After the 3rd break of the Qatar Asian Cup, the semi-finals will be fully launched, and the CCTV sports channel will continue to broadcast live, including Iran vs. Qatar, and South Korea vs. Jordan, forming a pattern of three teams in West Asia encircling South Korea, if South Korea is out in advance, then the West Asian team will win the championship and runner-up in advance.
The top 4 of the Asian Cup (all are Beijing time):
Top half: February 6, 23:00 Jordan VS South Korea
Bottom half: February 7, 23:00 Qatar vs Iran
The first match to start is the strongest dark horse Jordan PK favorites South Korea, the two teams have already played each other in the group stage, so neither side will be strange.
Although South Korea has an unbeaten record of 3 wins and 3 draws against Jordan in 6 times, this West Asian powerhouse has been crazy in recent years, and its strength has reached the second-rate level in Asia, and it will not be easy for South Korea to win. In addition, compared to Jordan, which defeated its opponent in 90 minutes in two consecutive rounds, South Korea fought hard for 120 minutes in two consecutive rounds of elimination, and the physical consumption was very large, which was a disadvantage and gave Jordan hope for an upset.
Before the game, Jordan coach Amuta talked about the difference between the two teams in an interview, "Although there are technical gaps between the two teams, these gaps can be made up through tactics, I will try my best to be ready to fill the gap, our whole team is ready to go through this big battle, everyone will give their all, according to the established tactics." ”
As long as South Korea is eliminated, Jordan will advance to the Asian Cup final for the first time in history, which is another historic breakthrough, and it will also send South Korea to bid farewell to this Asian Cup in advance, and return home with the national football team and Japan.
The other matchup is Iran PK Qatar, this is the second Asian Cup meeting in the history of the two teams, the first time was the 2015 Asian Cup Iran won 1-0, and now this Qatar team is among the top in Asia, Iran wants to win is not easy, at least as well as beating Japan, the game will not be so easy.
In addition, Qatar is also the host team and has a home advantage, and it will be difficult for Iran to qualify for the final if the referee's decision is biased in favor of Qatar, after the previous two knockout rounds against Palestine and Uzbekistan, and the referee's decision was in Qatar's favor on several occasions.
Qatar has hosted the Asian Cup twice before, Qatar's record is sluggish, and now it is the third time to play at home, and fans are very eager for the national team to complete the trophy at home and defend the title at the same time, and the last time the team can defend the Asian Cup was Japan from 2000 to 2004.
At present, South Korea and Iran are the strongest, and the possibility of both teams going out at the same time is small, of course, it cannot be ruled out.