In the early morning of January 26, Beijing time, with the end of the two matches in Group F, the group stage of the Asian Cup came to an end, and the last team to advance to the knockout round was produced.
Before the start of the two Group F matches, 15 places have been allocated in the round of 16, and the last place will be between Oman, Kyrgyzstan and Indonesia.
Indonesia is third in Group D, with three points from three rounds and still undecided to qualify, or will be out of the competition, and will need to wait for the results of the match between Oman and Kyrgyzstan. Oman, located in Group F, is in third place with 1 point in 2 rounds, and Kyrgyzstan is at the bottom with 0 points in 2 rounds.
As a result, when Oman led by one goal, the defense made a mistake in the second half, and Kyrgyzstan equalized, and finally drew 1-1. In this way, Oman has 2 points and Kyrgyzstan has 1 point, and neither can overtake Indonesia, who has 3 points, who miraculously caught the last train to qualify for the knockout round.
After the game, the players of both teams all sat motionless on the court, very depressed, and the players sitting on the bench were also directly numb, with only unwilling expressions on their faces.
It can be said that this draw allowed the two teams to reap the end of "ending together", and Indonesia reaped the benefits of the fisherman. In fact, as long as the national football team draws Qatar in the last round and accumulates 3 points in 3 rounds, it can beat Indonesia in terms of goal difference and finally advance to the knockout round, but unfortunately the national football team did not equalize.
After that, all the top 16 of the Asian Cup were born, and the specific matches were also released:
Upper Half District
South Korea VS Saudi Arabia
Indonesia VS Australia
Jordan VS Iraq
UAE VS Tajikistan
Lower Half Ward
Iran VS Syria
Bahrain vs Japan
Qatar VS Palestine
Uzbekistan VS Thailand
Judging from the above 8 matchups, only South Korea and Saudi Arabia have attracted the most attention, and the other favorites of Japan, Qatar, Iran, and Australia have relatively limited strength, and it is not a big problem for them to advance to the next round.
Our national football team, this time missed the three consecutive knockout rounds, and did not score a goal and did not win a game in the group stage, and finally locked the 18th place, which is also the worst record since participating in the Asian Cup in 1976.