Asian Cup: 96 minutes of stunner Iran reversed Japan 2-1 to reach the semifinals Ma Ning awarded a penalty in stoppage time
On the evening of February 3, Beijing time, the Qatar Asian Cup entered the third quarter-finals, Japan played against Iran, and the referee of the game was Ma Ning. In the 28th minute, Hidemasa Morita scored after successive passes. In the 55th minute, Azmoun assisted Mohebi to equalize. In the 93rd minute, Itakura committed a foul in the penalty area, and Ma Ning awarded a penalty, and in the 95th minute, Jahanbakhsh scored a penalty. In the end, Iran defeated Japan 2-1 to win the Asian Cup for the first time and enter the semi-finals, where they will face the winners of Qatar and Uzbekistan.
【Highlights】
1. In the 28th minute, Hidemasa Morita used his personal ability to pass continuously, and then his shot was blocked by Beiranvand and bounced into the net.
2. In the 33rd minute, the Iranian team adopted an alternative forced foul scale, and Jahanbakh pulled Ito Hiroki throughout the whole process, forcing Ito Hiroki to move forward by inertia and passively foul.
3. In the 55th minute, the Iranian team played a delicate match, Azmoun sent a wonderful pass, and Mohebi calmly scored with a diagonal shot.
4. In the 63rd minute, Azmoun inserted at high speed and scored after connecting two people, but when he received the ball, he was offside and the goal was invalid.
5. Throughout the game, Ma Ning's judgment was quite accurate and did not cause too much controversy among the players of the two teams.
【Wonderful Moment】
In the 12th minute, Jahanbakhsh took a cold shot with his foot, and the ball went slightly high.
In the 17th minute, the Iranian team made a steal in the front, and Ibrahimi's long-range shot once again tested Suzuki Caiyan.
In the 38th minute, Itakura's header went over the top and Gudos's long-range shot was slightly wide.
In the 49th minute, although Azmoun was offside, Suzuki's save still showed good ability.
In the 51st minute, after receiving a cross from the side of his teammate, Ueda Kiyo headed the goal, which was slightly high.
In the 67th minute, Mohebi's header hit the side-netting.
In the 72nd minute, Azmoun's header was very threatening and went just wide.
In the 84th minute, Ezzatorahi's volley was quite exciting, and Ayaki Suzuki confiscated the ball.
In the 93rd minute, Itakura brought down Kanaani, and Ma decisively awarded a penalty.
In the 96th minute, Jahanbakhsh scored a penalty kick.
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【Lineup】
Japan starters: 23-Ayaka Suzuki, 4-Itakura, 16-Seiyasu Ikuma, 21-Yoki Ito, 22-Kenhiro Tomiyasu, 5-Hidemasa Morita, 6-Hiroshi Endo, 9-Kiyo Ueda, 10-Ritsu Doyasu, 20-Kenei Kubo (67'7-Katsusa), 25-Dairan Maeda (67'8-Takumi Minamino).
Japan subs: 1-Daiya Maekawa, 2-Yusei Sugawara, 3-Shogo Taniguchi, 15-Hiroki Machida, 19-Yuta Nakayama, 24-Tsuyoshi Watanabe, 26-Kaishu Sano, 11-Shindai Hosoya, 13-Keito Nakamura, 18-Takuma Asano.
Iran starters: 1-Beiranvande, 4-Khalizade, 5-Milad Mohammadi, 13-Hussein Kanaani, 23-Rezarian, 14-Gudos (96'10-Ansarifad), 6-Ezatolahi, 8-Ibrahimi, 21-Mohebi, 7-Jahanbakhsh, 20-Azmoun (96'16-Torabi).
Iran subs: 12-Neamand, 22-Hosseini, 3-Haji Safi, 11-Asadi, 15-Cheshmi, 17-Holizadeh, 18-Gayedi, 24-Yussefi, 25-Farah, 26-Mohanga.