The Asian Cup 1/8 finals will be played two more tonight, Cho Gyu-sung will draw in stoppage time, and the South Korean team will beat Saudi Arabia 4:2 on penalties and 5:3 on aggregate to enter the quarterfinals, and their opponent in the 1/4 finals is Australia. Uzbekistan defeated Thailand 2:1 and also entered the quarterfinals, their 1/4 final opponent was the host Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Thailand unfortunately went out, especially Saudi Arabia, leading half-time, was drawn at the last moment, and the mentality collapsed.
In this way, the Asian Cup quarterfinals have been released 6 teams, and the 1/4 finals have also produced three sets of matchups, namely Tajikistan VS Jordan, Australia VS South Korea, Qatar VS Uzbekistan, and the remaining two places will be produced in Bahrain VS Japan and Iran VS Syria.
Saudi Arabia 1:1 South Korea (penalty 2:4)
In the first half of the game, Saudi Arabia had the advantage of possession, the two sides played very anxiously, Son Xingmin burst into the penalty area and made a sweeping shot, the ball was confiscated by Kassar, Saudi Arabia quickly counterattacked, Al-Shehri shook off the defense and shot low, at the end of the half, the Saudi Arabian team had a corner kick opportunity, the header hit the crossbar and popped up, and then Ojami hit the crossbar again with a header, and the third supplementary shot, the ball was cleared by the defender's goal line, Saudi Arabia missed a good opportunity to score, and at halftime, the two teams drew 0:0.
In the second half of the game, Radif came on as a substitute, Zheng Seunghyun's pass was stealed by Ojami, and then passed diagonally to the middle of the frontfield, Radif stepped forward to form a single knife, and pushed the far corner in the penalty area to break the deadlock, Saudi Arabia broke the deadlock 1:0.
Hwang Hee-chan came off the bench to replace Jung Youying, Haibari volleyed outside the penalty area, the ball was confiscated by the Saudi goalkeeper, in stoppage time, Cho Gyu-sung's header hit the crossbar and popped up, at the last moment of the game, the South Korean team crossed from the right, Xue Ying-woo's header ferried, Cho Gyu-sung scored with a header, the score was 1:1, the two sides failed to score again in overtime, and entered a cruel penalty shootout, South Korean goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo saved the third and fourth rounds of penalties of the Saudi team, and the South Korean team won the penalty 4:2, and eliminated the Saudi team with a total score of 5:3.
Uzbekistan 2:1 Thailand
In the first half of the game, Uzbekistan had the advantage of attacking, Urunov and Faizulaev were active in the front, Hormatov made a long pass, Turgonboyev scored after a stoppage, Uzbekistan took a 1:0 lead, and Hormatov kicked a kick wide.
In the second half of the game, the backward Thai team took the lead in personnel adjustments, Subachol and Supana came on as substitutes, the situation on the field of the Thai team improved, the Thai team continued to cooperate in the front, and the Thai team scored with a long shot at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and the Thai team equalized 1:1. Soon Faizulaev used his personal ability to also hit a close shot at the top of the penalty area, and Uzbekistan took the lead again 2:1.