In the early morning of February 7, the first game of the Asian Cup semifinals ended, and the Jordanian men's football team played the big dark horse, and finally relied on Neymat and Tamari to score consecutive goals, breaking out the biggest upset in the Asian Cup, defeating the South Korean men's football team 2:0, and it was also the first time in the team's history to reach the World Cup Asian Cup final. As a team ranked 87th in the world, the overall strength is lower than that of the national football team, but it is not easy to still advance to the final, which makes fans take off their hats and salute. The other semi-final is Iran and Qatar, so that the West Asian team has already won the championship, second and third place in advance.
Looking back at the confrontation between Jordan and South Korea, the two teams have met 7 times in history before, and the South Korean team has won three wins and three draws to remain undefeated, but in this game, the South Korean team was completely pressed by Jordan, and the back line made frequent mistakes, Jordan was fluent and sharp in attack, and I couldn't believe that their world ranking was about the same as China.
In the first half of the game, Son Heung-min scored from an offside position, Cho Hyun-woo made repeated saves, and Jordan started strongly but failed to score. In the second half, Tamari scored with a volley, and Tamari followed closely behind to score again, and in the end, Jordan beat South Korea 2-0 to advance, and they will face the winner between Qatar and Iran. It is worth mentioning that before the South Korean team was eliminated, Japan was also eliminated early, and did not even enter the semi-finals, which also created the worst record since 1992. Now the top teams in Asia, Japan and South Korea have all been out of the tournament in advance.
As the captain of the team, Sun Xingmin was also very annoyed by the loss, and apologized frequently after the game, believing that his performance was not good enough and the team lost the victory. The 31-year-old Son Heung-min also bluntly forced Chrisman to leave after the game. Son Heung-min said that he didn't know if he still had a chance, and he would play for the national team again under the leadership of Chrisman, and it was obvious that Son Heung-min was only 31 years old as a Premier League superstar, and the Korean national team would not be able to do without him in the future. On the other hand, Son Heung-min is undoubtedly very dissatisfied with Chrisman's coaching, forcing him to step down and bring such a strong South Korean team out of the tournament early, which is something South Korea needs to summarize.
Before the start of the game, South Korean media also posted that South Korea is known as the favorite team to win the championship, and their odds are 10/11. They said that if South Korea and Iran meet in the final, they do not rule out the report of the referee Ma Ning, Ma Ning targeted the South Korean team in the entire Asian Cup, when in the first game South Korea equalized the game 3:1, Ma Ning showed as many as 5 yellow cards to the South Korean team, but Bahrain was treated lightly, such a result made the South Korean media very dissatisfied, and now it is finally good, South Korea has successfully avoided Ma Ning out of the game early.
Chinese referee Ma Ning is likely to coach the final, although Chinese football did not go to the Asian Cup final, but the strength of Chinese referees is undoubted. Ma Ning is going farther and farther, and it can only promote Chinese football, and he can coach in a higher-level league, which has caused the AFC to pay special attention to Chinese football. In the future, referees such as Ma Ning and Fu Ming will also bring advanced coaching concepts to the Chinese Super League, better restrain players to adapt to the rules of international competitions, and better adapt to the rhythm of the game, which is also a good development.
For Chinese football, Jordan's ability to beat South Korea to advance to the final also provides a good experience for Chinese football. We can learn from Jordan's experience when we meet South Korea in the World Championships, and Jordan also offers us the tactics and determination to defeat the strong with the weak. What do friends think about this?