Beaten by the 87th in the world! South Korea stopped in the semifinals of the Asian Cup for the fifth time, and the championship drought in 64 years is still difficult to break

In the first semi-final of the Asian Cup that ended in the early morning of February 7, Beijing time, the South Korean men's football team, the favorite to win the championship, lost 0-2 to the dark horse Jordan team, and after stopping in the semi-finals, the 64-year championship drought of the Asian Cup of the South Korean team will continue.

In this Asian Cup, the South Korean team was very resilient in the previous knockout rounds, eliminating strong rivals Saudi Arabia and Australia through two overtime reversals, and after Japan upset and missed the top 4, South Korea also became the favorite to win the championship. In the semi-finals, South Korea met the dark horse Jordan. Although Jordan drew 2-2 with South Korea in the group stage, Jordan, ranked 87th in the world, is obviously not as strong as South Korea, ranked 23rd in the world. Many people even believe that South Korea has basically locked a ticket to the finals.

However, surprisingly, the Jordanian team performed quite well in this game. In the first half, Jordan suppressed South Korea, hitting 12 shots despite not scoring a goal, while South Korea, who had the burden of winning the championship, did not play well, with 4 shots on goal and 0 shots on target. In the second half, the Jordan team took the tactics of high pressing + sharp counterattack to the extreme, and used this trick twice to score 2 goals in a row by Neimat and Tamari in the 53rd and 66th minutes.

Although the South Korean team fought back frantically after that, this time the Taiji Tigers failed to replicate the miracle of the reversal of the previous two knockout games, and had to accept the bitter result of stopping the semifinals of the Asian Cup for the fifth time in team history. According to the statistics after the game, the South Korean team had 0 shots on target in this campaign, which can be called a complete defeat.

With South Korea locked out of the final, their 64-year Asian Cup title drought continues. The last time the South Korean men's football team won the Asian Cup was back in 1960. After missing out on the best chance to win the championship, South Korea can only hope for the Saudi Asian Cup in four years.