In the early morning of April 20, Beijing time, in the second round of Group B of the U-23 Asian Cup, the Japanese Olympic Games faced the United Arab Emirates. In the end, Japan's Olympic team won 2-0, which also means that the Chinese Olympic team and the United Arab Emirates team, which lost two consecutive games, were out of the competition at the same time and missed the Paris Olympics in advance.
In the second round of Group B, the match between the Chinese Olympic Games and the South Korean Olympic Games started first, and the Chinese Olympic Games missed many good opportunities throughout the game, and finally lost 0-2 to the opponent, suffering 2 consecutive defeats and 0 points. Before the match between Japan and the United Arab Emirates began, there was only a theoretical possibility for China to qualify for the Olympic Games.
As long as the Japanese Olympic Games do not lose to the UAE Olympic Games, the Chinese Olympic Games will be eliminated by one round in advance. The only way for China to retain the hope of qualifying is for the UAE Olympic Games to defeat the Japanese Olympic Games, and at the same time, in the final round of the game, the Chinese Olympic Games defeated the UAE Olympic Games, and the South Korean Olympic Games defeated the Japanese Olympic Games, so that China, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates 3 teams will have 3 points at that time, and then compare.
In the 27th minute, Japan threatened from a corner kick and crossed from the right to Seiji Kimura in front of goal, who headed home from close range to give Japan a 1-0 lead.
In the 61st minute, Ryotaro Araki swept the pass directly into the net in front of the goal, but the offside was canceled in the first goal.
In the 66th minute, Japan crossed from the left, and Kawasaki Satazen nodded the ball to the goal, and Japan took a 2-0 lead. In the ensuing game, the score was not rewritten.
With Japan beating the UAE to win two in a row, Japan and South Korea are both two wins in a row, and the two teams will advance together, and Japan and South Korea will meet in the final round to fight for the top spot.
The Chinese team and the UAE team both suffered 2 consecutive defeats and went out early, and the meeting between the Chinese team and the UAE team in the final round was to fight for honor. It is worth mentioning that the two teams were in the same group in the preliminary stage and ended 0-0 with a blank draw.