3-2!2-0!Asian Cup is in chaos: 5 favorites are out, 2 dark horses advance to the final!
In Asian football, Japan, Iran, South Korea, Australia and Saudi Arabia, the five teams, can be said to be the first-class teams that cannot be beaten, and they are the favorites to win the championship in every Asian Cup. But in this Asian Cup, these 5 traditional powerhouses have all been reduced to background boards!
In this Asian Cup, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Australia were eliminated early, and only Iran and South Korea, two traditional powerhouses, successfully reached the semifinals. And their semi-final opponents, Jordan from West Asia and the host Qatar team, from the point of view of paper strength, South Korea and Iran undoubtedly have an absolute advantage, so many fans predicted before the game that South Korea and Iran should meet in the final to compete for the final Asian championship. However, the trend of the game surprised countless fans.
In the semi-finals between South Korea and Jordan, the Koreans did not dominate the game as everyone expected. Due to the suspension of the number one central defender Kim Min-jae for accumulating yellow cards, the South Korean team's defense was frequently penetrated by the opponent, and if it were not for the outstanding performance of goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo, the South Korean team's goal may have been breached early in the morning. However, after the rematch, the South Koreans still did not escape the fate of conceding the goal. In the 53rd minute, the Jordan team counterattacked in front of the field and launched a counterattack, Tamari cleverly plugged to the teammates who inserted, and Naimat faced the goalkeeper with a light kick to send the ball into the net, helping the Jordan team to rewrite the score to 1-0!
In the following game, the South Korean team, which was forced to the edge of the cliff, had to press hard, but their counterattack not only failed to score, but their own goal was lost again. In the 66th minute, Tamari used his personal ability to dribble all the way to the front of the South Korean team's penalty area, and then scored with a kick to help the Jordan team extend the score to 2-0! The Jordanians who won the game reached the final of the Asian Cup for the first time, refreshing the history of Jordanian football!
The subsequent match between the Qatar team and the Iranian team also broke out a big upset. Although the Iranian team scored the first goal in the early opening game, the Qatari team playing at home launched wave after wave of onslaught in the following games. With a pass and a shot from the team's number one star Afif, the Qatar team successfully reversed the score to 2-1 before half-time! However, as soon as the second half came up, the referee awarded a penalty to the Iranian team by reviewing the video, and Jahanbakhsh hit the penalty steadily, pulling the two teams back to the same running line again.
In the time that followed, the two sides went on the offensive and the game was at a stalemate. In the 83rd minute, the Qatar team played a sharp attack again, Hatem's long-range shot from outside the penalty area accidentally hit an assist, and after intercepting the ball in the penalty area, striker Ali pushed and scored to help the Qatar team exceed the score for the second time!
If someone told you before the Asian Cup that Qatar and Jordan would be the teams to reach the final, you would probably think he was crazy, but that's football, that's the charm of the world's number one sport. The sudden rise of the Qatar team and the Jordan team has also completely disrupted this Asian Cup, I don't know if the future Asian football pattern will change because of this Asian Cup?