In the early morning of February 3, Beijing time, the men's Asian Cup 1/4 finals ended two games, one team made history, the team entered the top 4 of the Asian Cup for the first time in history, and the other game was ups and downs, and the Asian 4th was gloomy, the following brings detailed information.
First of all, the first 1/4 finals are the contest between the two dark horse teams of the Asian Cup, the Jordan team, ranked 87th in the world and 13th in Asia, eliminated Tajikistan, the biggest dark horse in this Asian Cup, 1-0, and the team entered the top 4 of the Asian Cup for the first time in history!
Tajikistan, ranked 106th in the world and only 19th in Asia, has accumulated 4 points in the group stage with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss (2-1 Lebanon; 0-0 China; 0-1 Qatar) and directly qualified for the second place in the group.
In the subsequent 1/8 finals, Tajikistan faced the United Arab Emirates, which was ranked 42 places higher than itself in the world, and drew 1-1 in regular time and extra time, and then in the penalty shootout, Tajikistan eliminated the opponent 5-3 and miraculously entered the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup! Now that it has lost in the semifinals, Tajikistan can leave with its head held high.
At this time, we recall that it was not easy for the Chinese men's football team to draw 0-0 with Tajikistan in the first game of the group stage...... In the future, the Chinese men's football team will face Tajikistan again, and will definitely not be the second-tier team anymore, and will definitely lower its profile to fight the opponent.
Jordan's ability to reach the top four is undoubtedly a double blessing of strength and luck, as they have won their two group games in regulation time, with a 3-2 reversal of Iraq in the quarterfinals and a 1-0 victory over Tajikistan in the quarterfinals.
The luck is mainly in the group stage, with 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss (4-0 Malaysia; 2-2 South Korea; 0-1 Bahrain) with 4 points, ranked third in the group, and advanced to the round of 16 with the best third place of 4, so that the Jordanian team avoided Japan and Saudi Arabia in the 1/8 finals, and the match against Iraq is indeed the best arrangement.
In addition, Jordan was in the second half against Iraq, when Iraq overtook the score 2-1, and the striker Hussein, who scored for Iraq, was shown a second yellow card by the referee due to the celebration for too long, and two yellows and one red were sent off, so that the Jordanian team played 11 and 10, laying the foundation for the final reversal of the opponent.
As a result, in the stoppage time at the last moment of the game, the Jordan team scored two goals in a row to complete the stunner, in summary, Jordan in this Asian Cup, is completely a model of strength and luck.
In the second quarter-final that ended in the early morning of February 3, the match between South Korea and Australia was really exciting, and the game was full of twists and turns, as a result, the South Korean team reversed the opponent 2-1 and advanced to the top 4.
In the 42nd minute of the first half, Australia seized the opportunity to open the scoring to take a 1-0 lead and keep the score until the end of the regular 90 minutes.
However, with the tenacious fighting spirit of the South Korean team, in the fifth minute of stoppage time, Son Heung-min used his personal ability to win a penalty for the South Korean team, Hwang Hee-chan withstood the pressure and scored the penalty, and the South Korean team magically pulled the score to a 1-1 draw in the final moments of the game.
The two sides entered extra time, and in the 9th minute of the first half of extra time, it was Son Heung-min who stepped up and broke the Australian goal with a direct free kick, and South Korea overtook the score 2-1.
At the same time, in the stoppage time of the first half of extra time, the Australian team's house leak happened to rain overnight, and substitute player Eden O'Neill directly tackled the South Korean players and was shown a red card by the referee.
The final score remained 2-1 until the end of extra time, and South Korea defeated Australia and advanced to the last four. Australia are just two minutes away from qualifying for the last four, so it's a shame to lose.
It is worth mentioning that in the 1/8 finals, the South Korean team scored a goal in stoppage time, and finally eliminated the Saudi Arabian team through a penalty shootout.
In fact, South Korea did not perform well in the group stage, conceding goals in all three games, and finished second in the group with one win and two draws (3-1 Bahrain, 2-2 Jordan, 3-3 Malaysia).
Especially in the third game against the weaker Malaysian team, the South Korean team chose to draw with Malaysia in order to avoid facing Japan in the 1/8 finals, and now it seems that this choice is indeed correct, although in the field of fair play, the Korean team took advantage of the loopholes in the rules, but the two knockout matches still proved the strong strength of the Korean team.
In the next semi-finals, South Korea will play against Jordan, and these two teams are in the same group in the group stage, when the two teams fought to a 2-2 draw in the group stage, the two sides played a very exciting game, and to the semi-finals, the South Korean team is undoubtedly the dominant side.
The other two quarter-finals will be played on the evening of February 3, Beijing time, Japan vs. Iran, Qatar vs. Uzbekistan, and we will wait and see what the final result will be.
Through this Asian Cup, fans feel that the strong team is still very strong, and at the same time, many previously recognized weak teams have made significant progress, and when will we see the Chinese men's football team make great progress?