In stoppage time, Japan fell to the ground with a bang! Refresh the two major shames, Yongshuai still does not get out of class, and South Korea profits
Asian Cup top 8, as the favorite to win the championship Japan in the top 8 crashed down and was eliminated, in the face of Iran, the Japanese team in the early first goal in the case, and finally by Iran staged a stunner; Moriyasu and his team were once again questioned a lot, but his position is still solid, even if he led the team to set a new record of shame in this Asian Cup.
As the current ranking and most valuable team in Asia, the Japanese team was considered the favorite to win the championship early before the Asian Cup, after all, they have a lot of players who play in Europe and are the main players, and the Qatar World Cup has overturned Germany and Spain two World Cup champions in a row, and even Kamada Daichi and Tanaka Bi 2 have not been selected for the Asian Cup list. And after the upset loss to Iraq in the group stage, South Korea even gave up the operation of first place in the group in order to avoid its edge, in order not to meet Japan too soon.
After qualifying second in the group, Japan met Bahrain in the first round of the knockout round, Bahrain was naturally not Japan's opponent, they were eliminated 1:3, but after coming to the top 8, Japan faced Iran, Japan was completely passive, even though their possession rate was nearly 70%, but the number of shots on goal was less than half of Iran's. Iran's tactics are very clear, with counterattacks again and again, fierce scrambling to bring a lot of pressure to the Japanese team, and because of this, the two goals conceded by the Japanese team all came from mistakes in the backline, the first goal was the goalkeeper Suzuki Saiyan passed the ball directly to the opponent, Azmoun turned and assisted Mohebi to score with a low shot, and the second goal was sent by Akira Itakura in stoppage time, so that Jahanbakh completed the stunner.
With the Japanese team's exit, they also set two new shameful records; the first is that the Japanese team's goal has been penetrated a total of 8 times in this Asian Cup, setting a new record for the Japanese team to concede goals in the Asian Cup; Suzuki Ayakan has made low-level mistakes in every game and has become the target of public criticism, and the Japanese team has conceded the most goals in the 2007 Asian Cup, conceding 7 goals in 6 games. The top 8 is also the worst record in Japan's recent Asian Cups.
In the last Asian Cup, Japan eliminated Iran 3:0 cleanly, and this Asian Cup was killed by Iran as the number one favorite to win the championship. Countless netizens have already thought that Mori has not been able to bring any help to the Japanese team and should be fired. However, Mori had no intention of resigning, and in an interview after the game, he still said that he would lead the Japanese team to continue to work hard towards the ultimate goal of becoming the world's No. 1. In addition, Kozo Tajima, president of the Japan Football Association, said in an interview that he had no plans to let Mori take class.
Japan's exit has also made South Korea the biggest favorite to win the championship in one fell swoop, although the South Korean team stumbled in the process of this Asian Cup, but in the semi-finals against Jordan, as long as there is no accident, it is not a big problem to advance to the final. Iran's semi-final opponents are likely to be hosts Qatar, who will all need to face a more difficult semi-final battle before a team can progress to the final.