South Korea is thrilling, Mancini's speech is dissatisfied! The national football team is embarrassed, and Japan may be out of the game
In the early morning of January 31, the Asian Cup continued to compete for the knockout round. The South Korean team's road to qualification can be described as thrilling, and Klinsmann's failure of the back three system made Son Heung-min extremely awkward. Saudi Arabia scored first, Klinsmann finally changed the formation and Cho Gyu-sung equalized with a header. South Korea won on penalties and advanced to the last eight.
In the penalty shootout, before Huang Xican's last penalty, Saudi Arabia coach Mancini left the field early, and this lonely back has become a famous scene in this Asian Cup. After the game, Mancini collected his mood and attended the press conference to apologize for his early departure. Then he said: There are losses and wins in football games, everyone is very hard, thank you. We lost on penalties with an element of luck. Huang Jianxiang bluntly said that the Italians just can't beat the Germans when they win on penalties. In the first 75 minutes of this game, Mancini's command, tactics, and targeted adjustments all beat Klinsmann. However, in the end, when Klinsmann changed the back three back to a back four, it was a bit of a stabilisation to recover too early. The South Korean team started on the side and bombed in the middle, which finally worked.
Rather than be discouraged, Mancini felt that the level of his players had improved, but the loss on penalties made him sad. But seeing that everyone has made progress, more needs to be done.
Although many fans are dissatisfied with his statement, they still hope that the famous coach Mancini will continue to transform the team, hope to lead Asian teams to the World Cup, and strive to see Mancini on the World Cup stage.
On the same matchday, Uzbekistan eliminated South Korea 2-1. What is commendable is that despite the backwardness, Thailand played extremely pleasing to the eye and still insisted on passing and controlling, and our national football team was ashamed of it.
At this point, six places have been decided in the top eight of the Asian Cup! Australia's opponent has also been decided, that is, the South Korean team, which is the favorite to win the championship. Jordan played Tajikistan and Uzbekistan played hosts Qatar. With the remaining two 1/8 finals, the winner between Japan and Bahrain and the winner between Syria and Iran will determine the last two places in the top 8 and will meet directly in the next round.
Frankly speaking, the Japanese men's football team will attack at 19:30 on January 31, and there is a possibility of an upset. Bahrain advanced as the first in the group, and Japanese goalkeeper Ayaka Suzuki made frequent mistakes, conceding 5 goals in 3 games in the group stage, and there were many hidden dangers. Whether Mori can change the goalkeeper has become a major attraction. In this Asian Cup, the strong teams are not strong, the weak teams are not weak, and the penalty shootouts are endless, and Japan is unstable.