In the early morning of January 30, the Asian Cup quarterfinals were held in a row, Jordan played against Iraq, one was lucky to advance as the third in the group, and the other was the top of Group D. Iraq were able to maintain the top spot in Japan's Group D, all because of the upset defeat of Japan, and finally managed to win three consecutive games to qualify, Jordan is in the same group as South Korea, and the final game of the group stage is very dramatic.
As if in order to avoid the second Japanese team in Group D, Jordan and South Korea in Group E are not in the first place, and they have played unexpected results in the final game of the group stage - Jordan lost 0-1 to Bahrain, and South Korea was poor in defense at the last moment, and was unexpectedly forced to draw by Malaysia 3-3;
Let's talk about the quarterfinals between Jordan and Iraq, Jordan staged a crazy counterattack in stoppage time when they were 1-2 behind in regular time! In the 95th and 97th minutes, they scored two goals in a row to stage a crazy reversal with a score of 3-2, and also eliminated the top of Group D. Jordan's choice of Iraq over the number one place in the group was to avoid the second place in Group D, Japan. Jordan knows that it will almost be a dead end when it meets the Japanese team (it was lost to Japan in a friendly match before), but it has a chance of winning against other teams. Now, they have fulfilled their promise, and they have also completed a counterattack in the first game of the knockout round, which seems to be thrilling, but in fact it has a big advantage. In the 77th minute of this game, Iraq's goal-scorer Houssein was directly expelled by the referee and sent off the field because of his excessive and undeserved celebrations. This has also become a major attraction of the competition.
Jordan's next opponent in the next round is Tajikistan from Group A. Tajikistan also caused an upset when they eliminated the United Arab Emirates 6-4 on aggregate through a penalty shootout in the same knockout round. Hopes for Jordan's next round remain huge. Tajikistan is in the same group as the national football team, but its ability to beat the national football team to advance to the second place, but the real strength is not strong.
So far, 4 of the top 8 have been decided, Qatar, Tajikistan, Jordan and Australia. Qatar's opponent in the next round will be the winner between Thailand and Uzbekistan, and Australia will have to wait for their opponent to be revealed.