2-0 upset! The super dark horse overturned South Korea, ranked lower than the national football team in the world, and entered the Asian Cup final
The semi-finals of the Asian Cup kicked off, and in the first game, the Jordan team knocked out South Korea 2-0 to advance, Naimat scored, Tamari made a pass, Son Heung-min's first-half goal was blown for offside, and Lee Jae-sung hit the neutral post. Jordan were the first to advance to the final, where they will face the winner between Iran and Qatar. The two favorites Japan and South Korea in this Asian Cup have been eliminated, and the Asian Cup has become the West Asian Cup in seconds. It is worth mentioning that the Jordanian team is ranked 87th in the world and the national football team is 79th, but Jordan made history by reaching the final of the Asian Cup.
South Korea opted to avoid Japan for the other semi-final, and they also qualified for the semi-finals against Jordan. In this battle, Klinsmann discharged all the main forces, and Li Gangren, Huang Xichan and Son Heung-min fired three arrows together. After the start of the game, Jordan attacked fiercely and completed consecutive shots on goal. In the 19th minute, South Korea scored a goal, Son Heung-min calmly scored in the penalty area, but the goal was blown off because of offside.
In the 30th minute, Xue Yingyou fell to the ground in the penalty area, but the referee did not give a penalty after looking at VAR, and then Lee Jae-sung's header in the penalty area hit the post and popped up!
In the 42nd minute, the Jordan team fought for opportunities in the penalty area, and Nimmat's continuous close-range outside instep shots were saved by Zhao Xianyu's reaction, and Jordan almost took the lead. The camera focused on David Beckham in the stands, whose Inter Miami went to Japan to play, but the heartthrob came to watch the Asian Cup in Qatar. In the last minute of stoppage time of the first half, Hwang In-beom followed up in front of the goal to outflank the ball and missed a good chance.
In the 53rd minute of the game, the South Korean team made a mistake in the backfield, the Jordan team played a wonderful counterattack, Tamari divided the ball in time, and Nijmat inserted into the penalty area to face the goalkeeper and calmly scored the goal, 1-0! Jordan took the lead. The South Korean team, which was behind by the score, replaced Park Yong-woo with Cho Gyu-sung. In the 64th minute, Tamari turned and volleyed in the penalty area and was blocked by Cho Hyun-woo.
In the 66th minute, Tamari dribbled in front of the penalty area and scored with a left-footed shot into the far corner, and the score became 2-0!
South Korea fought back with all their might for the rest of the game, but Jordan played more and more confidently and did not give their opponents too many chances, and in the end Jordan kept the score 2-0 until the end, and they made history by becoming the first team to advance to the final of this Asian Cup.
South Korea's starting lineup: 21-Cho Hyun-woo/23-Kim Tae-hwan, 15-Jung Seung-hyun, 19-Kim Young-kwon, 22-Xue Young-woo/6-Hwang In-beom, 5-Park Yong-woo, 10-Lee Jae-sung/18-Lee Gang-in, 11-Hwang Hee-chan, 7-Son Heung-min