In the first game of the semi-finals of the Asian Cup, Jordan defeated South Korea 2-0, and South Korea, the favorite to win the championship, was eliminated! Jordan's opponents in the final were the winners of Qatar and Iran. The two favourites failed to make it to the final, and after Japan was eliminated, South Korea was also eliminated.
The total value of the starting lineup of South Korean players is 108 million euros, and the total value of the starting lineup of the Jordanian team is 9.48 million euros, and the difference in value between the two teams is as much as 10 times, and the difference in strength is huge. The South Korean team lined up a 433 formation, and several major stars Son Heung-min, Hwang Hee-chan, and Lee Gang-in all started the game, and Kim Min-jae, the core of the defense, accumulated yellow cards and was suspended.
In the 19th minute, Son Heung-min won the ball in an obvious offside position and then scored a hanging shot that was blown invalid, and the penalty was very accurate. In the following game, the South Korean team won a penalty, and the video replay canceled the penalty again, and it can be seen through the replay that it was indeed not a foul, and the two teams drew 0:0 in the first half.
In the 53rd minute of the second half, the Jordanian team broke the ball to counterattack, and the front court scored 2 to 3, and the Jordanian team played the defensive counterattack to the extreme, and the Jordanian team played a textbook-like goal, and the backward South Korean team sent forward Cho Gyu-sung.
In the 66th minute, the South Korean team conceded another goal, the Jordan team drove straight into the backfield with the ball, and the front court played less and more, shaking off a defender and shooting the ball outside the penalty area, and the Jordan team led 2-0! The South Korean team continued to make adjustments to the lineup, and the two goals behind were powerless.
Jordan had 30 per cent of the possession, led 17-8 shots on goal and 7-0 shots on target, while South Korea's attacking front line across Europe had zero shots on target. Jordan has played South Korea twice in this Asian Cup, with one win and one draw. South Korea and Japan are the strongest teams in Asia, they are far ahead on paper, but they don't have a clear advantage in Asia, and West Asian teams seem to have a good way to deal with them. Number one star Son Heung-min also apologized after the game.