5-0, 0-2! Asian Cup sad and happy night: 4 teams qualified, the National Olympic Games were out, and Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia advanced together

The 2024 U23 Asian Cup continues in Qatar, and the second round of the group stage is in full swing, with the Chinese Olympic team facing South Korea in this round and the Japanese Olympic team facing the United Arab Emirates in the same group. In addition, the two matches in the second round of Group C were also played, the first round of the two winning teams Thailand and Saudi Arabia met to compete for the first place in the group, and Iraq played against Tajikistan.

China Olympic Games 0-2 South Korea Olympic Games

The opponent of the first round of the Chinese Olympic Games was the Japanese National Olympic Games, and the Japanese National Olympic Games were sent off in the first 17 minutes, but although the Chinese team used the numerical advantage to besiege the Japanese Olympic Games, they were unable to score points, and finally lost the game. South Korea's Olympic team in the same group was stubbornly resisted by the United Arab Emirates, and it was not until injury time that South Korea scored the winning goal, fortunately getting three points, and the past six meetings between the Olympic team and South Korea have only won one draw and five defeats.

In the game, in the first half, Bai Helamu missed two good opportunities, Xie Wenneng was saved, South Korea scored with only 1 shot on target in the half, and in the second half, Xie Wenneng missed a single knife after South Korea counterattacked and scored, and the 2-meter goalkeeper Kim Yong came off the bench again to play a cameo as a center. In the end, China's Olympic Games lost 0-2 to South Korea's Olympic Games, and in the Group B standings, the National Olympic Games lost twice in a row and scored 0 goals at the bottom.

In the 15th minute, Baihelam broke the ball in front of the field and broke through to the penalty area with a single knife, facing goalkeeper Kim Jeong-hoon to push the shot, and the angle was too positive to be resolved by Kim Jeong-hoon. In the 21st minute, the National Olympic side played a smooth cooperation, Xie Wenneng did not stop the ball and crossed, and Baihelamu turned and swept in front of the goal. In the 24th minute, the counterattack opportunity of the National Olympic Games, Liu Zhurun pushed forward and slanted, and Xie Wenneng cut inside on the right side of the penalty area and was saved by Kim Zhenxun.

In the 68th minute, South Korea's backfield passed the ball wrong, and Xie Wenneng's excellent one-on-one chance in the penalty area was saved by Kim Jeong-hoon.

UAE Olympic 0-2 Japan Olympic Games

The UAE Olympic team lost all three games in the West Asian Youth Championship, and drew with Indonesia in the warm-up match, the state is average, and the difference in strength between the two teams in the original game with South Korea is obvious, but the UAE almost snatched a point. With its super strength, the Japanese Olympic team won all three points on the Chinese Olympic Games, and if Japan wins this round, it will be able to advance to the knockout round one round in advance.

In the game, the Japanese team had a clear advantage in this game, with 64 open possession, 23-7 shots on goal and 7-1 shots on target. Seiji Kimura gave Japan the lead in the 27th minute, and Sata Kawasaki doubled the score with a header in the 66th minute to give Japan a 2-0 victory and join South Korea in qualifying.

Thailand 0-5 Saudi Arabia

In recent years, Southeast Asian football has developed rapidly, and in this year's U23 Asian Cup, three Southeast Asian teams have won, Vietnam defeated Kuwait, Thailand defeated Iraq, and Indonesia defeated Australia, breaking the biggest upset in this U23 Asian Cup.

The Saudi Olympic team has introduced European superstars in the past two years, thanks to the high-intensity competition of the Saudi league, so that the Saudi national teams at all levels have gained rich competition experience, so the level of the Saudi national teams at all levels has also risen.

In the game, Radif scored a hat trick, Yahya and Al Ghamdi scored a goal each, and finally Saudi Arabia swept Thailand 5-0 to advance to the tournament.

Tajikistan 1-4 Iraq National Olympiad

Although Tajikistan ranked in the middle of Asia, in the first round of the match with the Saudi Arabian Olympic Games, Tajikistan did not fall behind, and the ball possession rate was still superior, and the Saudi Arabian Olympic Games fought against each other, and finally lost 2-4. Iraq attacked 23 shots against Thailand, but only had 5 shots on target, but was counterattacked by the Thai team and lost the goal twice, and finally had no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat.

In the game, Ali Jassim crossed and Soylov pulled a goal back from the penalty spot in the first half, and Iraq led 2-1 at halftime. In the second half, Khalid and Saad each scored a goal, and Madaminov pulled one back in stoppage time to give Iraq a 4-2 win over Tajikistan. Four teams from Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Qatar advanced.