The Asian Cup final starts tonight!Ma Ning referee: Qatar strives to defend the title Jordan rushed to the first championship in the history of the team
At 23 o'clock on February 10, Beijing time, the Asian Cup final will be staged, and Qatar and Jordan will finally compete for the championship! Ma Ning served as the referee of the game, and Fu Ming served as the VAR referee.
The road to the top
Jordan is the biggest dark horse in this Asian Cup, beating Malaysia 4-0, drawing 2-2 with South Korea and losing 0-1 to Bahrain in the group stage, and advanced as the third in the group.
In the 1/8 finals, Jordan scored 2 goals in stoppage time and defeated Iraq 3-2. In the quarterfinals, they defeated Tajikistan 1-0 and advanced to the semifinals of the Asian Cup for the first time in team history. In the semifinals, he knocked out South Korea 2-0 and entered the final for the first time!
As the host, Qatar qualified first in the group stage: 3-0 against Lebanon, 1-1 draw with Tajikistan, and 1-0 to send the Chinese men's football team out.
In the 1/8 finals, Qatar reversed Palestine 2-1, eliminated Uzbekistan in the 1/4 finals on penalties, and eliminated Iran 3-2 in the semifinals, entering the finals for two consecutive tournaments!
Final matchup
Qatar is both the host and the defending champions. You know, the last team to successfully defend the title was Japan in 2004, and the last host country to win the title was Australia in 2015.
Jordan are in the final of the Asian Cup for the first time and will naturally hope to win the first title in their history, and if so, they will become the 10th different champion team after Japan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, South Korea, Israel, Kuwait, Iraq, Australia and Qatar!
Regardless of the outcome, however, West Asian teams will win the Asian Cup for the second time, with the last time an East Asian team won the trophy was in Japan in 2011.
Of course, there are also elements of East Asia and China, that is, the Chinese referee team made its debut in the final, with Ma Ning as the referee and Fu Ming as the VAR referee