At 23 o'clock in the evening of February 6, 2024 Beijing time, the first semi-final of the much-anticipated Asian Cup will start, South Korea VS Jordan. The strength of the Korean team is there, so from the overall point of view, everyone's confidence in the Korean team winning is very obvious. On social platforms, 73.3% of fans believe that South Korea will advance, while 26.7% of fans think Jordan will cause an upset. Frankly, I believe that the Jordan team can overturn the South Korean team. Because, the South Korean team has played 5 games in this Asian Cup, with 3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. It should be said that the South Korean team almost lost most of the games, and if it wasn't for luck, the South Korean team would not be able to get to where it is today.
In the first game, the South Korean team got 3 yellow cards in a row after the opening, and finally scored the first goal in the 38th minute by Hwang In-beom, but it was equalized by Bahrain soon after the opening of the second half.
In the second match, South Korea drew 2-2 with Jordan. South Korea scored two goals thanks to a penalty and an own goal.
In the third game, South Korea drew 3-3 with Malaysia, and of course, that game may have been deliberately done by South Korea as they also wanted to avoid Japan.
In the knockout round, South Korea fell behind and only scored the equalizer in the 99th minute by Cho Gyu-sung. Eventually defeated Saudi Arabia in a penalty shootout. In the second round of the knockout round, Hwang Hee-chan only scored the equalizer in the 96th minute of stoppage time, and then Son Heung-min scored a goal in stoppage time.
It should be said that in this Asian Cup, the South Korean team has always had very good luck. But this kind of luck will not last forever, the Jordan team's defensive counterattack and tackling ability are still very strong, they will dismember the South Koreans' offensive routine step by step, and finally rely on defensive counterattacks and long-range shots to score.
We need to note that South Korea is one of the few teams that has "conceded a goal" in all matches of this Asian Cup. It can be seen that the defense of the South Korean team is indeed poor.
South Korea has now become the swan song of East Asian teams in the Asian Cup. From the current point of view, in East Asian football, except for Japan and South Korea, the gap between the rest of the East Asian teams and the West Asian teams has become wider and wider. Looking at the outstanding performance of players from Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, Jordan and other countries, it really makes us admire. Thinking about our national football team, I don't know what to say.