The two semi-finals of the Asian Cup have ended, and after the Jordan men's football team eliminated the South Korean men's football team, another final team was officially born, that is, the Qatar men's football team, which eliminated the Iranian men's football team 3-2, and advanced to the final for the first time in two consecutive tournaments. So far, the two seats in the Asian Cup finals have all been placed, and then Qatar and Jordan will compete for the championship, and the latest rankings of the Asian Cup will also be released.
With the reduction of the number of games, many strong teams have been eliminated one after another, before Iraq, Japan, Australia, Saudi Arabia and other teams were out early, and even the top four could not enter, which does reflect the great changes in the pattern of the entire Asian football scene, and Jordan is currently the representative team.
Jordan's previous best result in the Asian Cup was only the quarterfinals, and now the team has improved by leaps and bounds, advancing to the knockout stage one round ahead of schedule, and deliberately picking opponents in the final round to successfully avoid Japan, which also laid the foundation for the next rush to the final.
Entering the knockout round, Jordan successively eliminated Iraq, Tajikistan, and South Korea, and the team advanced to the final for the first time in history, setting a historical record.
Compared with Iraq and Tajikistan, South Korea is the second favorite to win the championship after Japan, with five major league stars such as Son Heung-min and Lee Gang-in in the team, Jordan is not favored to complete a crazy counterattack, completing 17 shots and 7 on target, South Korea 8 shots on goal without a shot on target, and 2 goals conceded were scored by Jordan using counterattacks.
According to statistics, this is the first time in the history of the Jordanian team to defeat South Korea, breaking the curse of winning, and the whole team celebrated wildly after the game, as excited as winning the championship. With the Asian Cup final, Jordan's latest world ranking has climbed from 87th to 73rd, surpassing the national football team.
After Jordan advances to the final, they will have to wait for the winner between Iran and Qatar, and regardless of which team advances, the West Asian team has already included the champion and runner-up, the last time this was in 2007, when Iraq defeated Saudi Arabia to win the title.
In this game, Iran, as the top favourite, scored by Azmoun in the opening three minutes, after which the team's backline began to falter. In the 16th minute, Garber met the ball and scored with a volley that was refracted and scored. In the 42nd minute, Afif scored from the far corner to help Qatar overtake the score 2-1. In the second half, Iran relied on penalties to equalize, but Ali's goal in the last minute made it 3-2 for Qatar.
This is the first time Qatar has advanced to the final as the defending champions, and will compete with Jordan for the title, hoping to defend the title.
For the national football team, it is now confirmed to be the team with the fewest goals conceded, and the alternative is in the first place, but it has only played three group games.
The latest Asian Cup standings are as follows:
Championship and runner-up battle: Qatar VS Jordan [February 10 at 11 p.m. Beijing time]
3rd to 4th place: Iran, South Korea
5th to 8th place: Uzbekistan, Australia, Japan, Tajikistan
9th to 16th: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Syria, Iraq, Thailand, Palestine, Bahrain, Indonesia
17th to 24th: Oman, national football team, Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, India