On February 7, Beijing time, the semifinals of the 2024 Qatar Asian Cup continued.
Jordan plays South Korea, Jordan is currently ranked 87th in the world and 13th in Asia. South Korea is currently ranked 23rd in the world and 3rd in the Asian Cup. In the quarterfinals, Jordan defeated Tajikistan 1-0 to reach the semifinals of this Asian Cup, setting a new record high. In the previous knockout round, South Korea eliminated Saudi Arabia after extra time and penalty shootouts, and then eliminated Australia after extra time. In the five matches of this Asian Cup, both sides have scored a total of 10 goals. The two teams have met in the last 6 times, and the South Korean team has remained unbeaten in the face of Jordan with 3 wins and 3 draws. In the most recent meeting, Jordan drew 2-2 with South Korea in the group stage of this Asian Cup, and their strength should not be underestimated.
In this duel, in the 19th minute of the game, Son Heung-min's offside position was blown offside, in the 32nd minute, Lee Jae-seong's header hit the post, in the 53rd minute, Tamari broke the ball and sent an assist, Nimaat scored, and in the 66th minute, Tamari scored after dribbling the ball for a long distance. The final score Jordan 2-0 South Korea advanced to the final, the whole game, South Korea 8 shots on goal 0 shots on target, 70% possession, 86% pass success rate, data lead, Jordan 17 shots on goal 7 shots on target.
The South Korean team aims to break the 64-year Asian Cup championship drought, but stopped in the semi-finals, the loss was not only due to South Korea's main central defender Kim Min-jae was suspended due to the last round of yellow and accumulation of yellow cards, but also the tactical response of head coach Klinsmann, who was blown up by the opponent on the side. However, when the reporter asked Klinsmann if he had any intention of resigning, Klinsmann replied: There is no plan for the time being, I will return to South Korea and the team to analyze this game. The North American World Cup is just around the corner, and there is still a difficult world preliminaries to play. Analyze it well and prepare for the next competition. I feel that time is pressing!
Asia's No. 1 Japanese team upset and stopped in the quarterfinals, the Japanese media said that there is a lack of stars like Son Xingmin! Now Son Xingmin is also out of the game, and he is already 31 years old and may not be able to win the championship in his four-time Asian Cup career, after the game, he said: I don't know if I can continue to play for the national team, because the coach may not think about me anymore, and I don't know what will happen in the future, very, very sorry, the players did their best in this situation, but because of our mistakes, the event ended like this, I'm really sorry! I have no regrets because I've done my best.
In this Asian Cup, Son Heung-min only scored 3 goals and no assists, ranking 7th, including two penalties and 1 set-piece to help South Korea beat Saudi Arabia to advance to the semifinals.
Qatar vs. Iran, the Asian Cup champions, Qatar is currently ranked 58th in the world and 6th in Asia. Iran is currently ranked 21st in the world and 2nd in Asia. In the quarterfinals, Qatar and Uzbekistan entered a penalty shootout after overtime to a 1-1 draw. Iran defeated Asia's top-ranked Japan 2-1. The two teams have met in the last 6 times, and Iran has won all of them against Qatar. Qatar's most recent meeting was a 3-2 win over Iran in a 2009 international friendlie. In this matchup, Chinese referee Fu Ming served as an assistant referee for VAR, and Zhang Cheng served as an alternate referee.
In the 4th minute of the opening game, Azmoun of Serie A Roma scored with a barb. In the 17th minute, Afif assisted, and Jassim's shot was refracted into the net. In the 43rd minute, Ali Al Mahathir Mohamad assisted, and Afif singled out the defense to overtake the score, Qatar 2-1. In the 48th minute of the second half, Al-Farag won a penalty, Ali El Mahathir was yellow carded, and Jahanbakhsh equalized from the penalty spot. In the 82nd minute, Hatem assisted, and Moez Ali scored with a low shot in the penalty area to overtake again. In the 90+3rd minute of stoppage time, the video referee intervened to confirm that Harizadeh brought down Afif and was red, and the referee changed the yellow card to a red card.
At full-time, Qatar had 15 shots on goal with 8 on target, 42 possession, 55% pass completion rate and 1 corner kick, while Iran had 22 shots on goal with 5 shots on target and 60% pass completion rate and 12 corners.
In the final, Qatar vs. Jordan, will start at 23 o'clock on February 10.
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