The biggest upset in the U23 Asian Cup was born: the 134th in the world advanced, Australia was out, and the National Olympic Games were at the bottom
The U23 Asian Cup continues in Qatar, and this year's U23 Asian Cup is just in time for the Olympic Games, so the U23 Asian Cup has become a qualifier for the Paris Olympics, with the top three teams qualifying for the Paris Olympics and the fourth place team competing with African teams for a ticket to the Olympics. A total of 6 teams advanced to the knockout stage in the first two rounds. In the early hours of this morning, the two matches of the third round of Group A were played at the same time, the host Qatar and Australia, and the dark horse Indonesia played Jordan.
Jordan 1-4 Indonesia
Jordan drew 0-0 with Australia in the first round, and faced the host in the second round, Jordan once suppressed the host Qatar on the field, whether it was possession or shots on goal, Jordan had the upper hand, but Qatar scored a stunning goal by Manet in the last minute of stoppage time, and the Jordanian team was finally killed.
Indonesia, ranked 134th in the world, are the dark horse team of this year's U23 Asian Cup, and Indonesia was the dominant side in the first round against hosts Qatar, but after being sent off, Qatar took control and ended up with a 2-0 scoreline. In the second round, Indonesia faced the Australian Olympic Games, and Australia besieged Indonesia all over the field, but Indonesia finally defeated Australia with tenacious defense, won the first victory of this U23 Asian Cup, and also occupied the initiative to qualify from the group.
In the game, Ferdinand opened the scoring with a penalty shot in the first half, Suleiman expanded the score, and in the second half, Ferdinand scored twice, Habernard set up an own goal, and Teris Nanda sealed the win, and finally Indonesia defeated Jordan 4-1, ranking second in the group with 6 points and advancing to the knockout round.
Qatar 0-0 Australia
Qatar as the host, at the beginning of the Asian Cup to achieve the title of the champion, due to the success of the Qatar World Cup, Qatar football has been qualitatively developed, not only the senior national team won the Asian championship, the strength of the youth team is also improving. In this year's U23 Asian Cup, Qatar won both games, locked the first place in the group in advance, and advanced to the top 8.
Australia's Olympic team reached the semi-finals in the last U23 Asian Cup, but in this year's U23 Asian Cup, Australia suffered two upsets at the beginning, first besieging Jordan and never being able to break through the opponent's goal, and was forced to draw 0-0 by Jordan. Immediately after the onslaught against Indonesia, there was a hole in the backline, and Indonesia was fatally beaten by a blow, losing 0-1, and only one point after two rounds.
In the game, Australia besieged Qatar all over the field, with a possession rate of 75%, 20 shots in the whole field, 6 shots on target but could not break through Qatar's goal, and finally the two teams shook hands 0-0, and Australia was eliminated.
China's Olympic team was placed in the group of death in the U23 Asian Cup, along with Japan, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates. Unsurprisingly, China lost to Japan and South Korea in succession. These two defeats are very regrettable, the first game of the Japanese Olympic Games, the Chinese Olympic Games still lost in the case of one more player, the second game against the South Korean team, the Chinese Olympic team missed 3 single opportunities in a single game, and finally could only swallow the bitter fruit of two consecutive defeats, and was out of the group in one round ahead of schedule and missed the promotion. In the final round, the Chinese Olympic team will face the United Arab Emirates, which is a battle of honor, and the national Olympic team will hit the first victory of this U23 Asian Cup.