With Iraq's 2-1 victory over Saudi Arabia and Thailand's 0-1 defeat to Tajikistan, the Asian Cup quarterfinals were finally born! Although the third round of the group stage of Group D has not yet started, due to the two consecutive wins of Uzbekistan and Vietnam, the Asian Cup quarterfinals have also been released in advance, they are: Japan, South Korea, Qatar, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Uzbekistan and Vietnam!
South Korea and Qatar locked up the first place in the group, and Japan and Saudi Arabia were second pots
The four teams in Group A are: Qatar, Indonesia, Australia and Jordan! Qatar won three games, won two and drew one, and Indonesia beat Australia to win the second place in the group and advance to the quarterfinals with the wonderful performances of 1-0 Australia and 4-1 Jordan! It is worth mentioning that this is the first time in history that Indonesia has entered the quarterfinals of the U23 Asian Cup;
In Group B, Japan and South Korea will join hands to qualify! South Korea won all three games to lock the first place in the group; Group C, Saudi Arabia missed the first place in the group, and in the case of two consecutive wins, it was relegated to the second place in the group by Iraq's counterattack in the final round, and Thailand lost and slipped to the fourth place in the group; the last group leader will be produced between Uzbekistan and Vietnam, and in the third round of the group stage, the two teams will talk directly and strive for the top spot in the group when they join hands to qualify in advance!
Vietnam, Indonesia and Iraq are in the quarterfinals, and the national football team is embarrassed
After three rounds of group matches, Indonesia U23 finished second in Group A with six points, only to lose to Qatar, the top of the group, in the first round! Asian upstarts are born again! This young team has naturalized a number of mixed-race players in recent years, many of whom play in the Eredivisie, Serie B and other leagues. Indonesia U23 made history and advanced to the quarterfinals of the U23 Asian Cup for the first time;
Vietnam U23 defeated Malaysia U23 2-0, 2 consecutive wins to advance to the 1st round of the group!Vietnam has advanced to the quarterfinals of the U23 Asian Cup for two consecutive years, and in the 2022 U23 Asian Cup, Vietnam lost 0-2 to Saudi Arabia in the quarterfinals. Vietnam's best result in the U23 Asian Cup was a runners-up in 2018. The Vietnamese national team has been able to play back and forth with the Chinese team on the stage of the competition, and the U23 national team is even more shining, and the Chinese men's football team is too difficult, not only losing the present, but also not optimistic about the future;
Iraq and Thailand have three points, and in the final round, Iraq challenged Saudi Arabia and Thailand, which were the top of the group, against Tajikistan, which was at the bottom of the group, but in the end Thailand did not seize the opportunity, and Iraq changed its fate with a weak victory, and defeated Saudi Arabia to win a valuable qualifying place, and qualified as the first in the group, and took the last train to the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup.
The national football team regrets that there is a long way to go for the ninth task
A total of 16 teams will participate in this tournament, and the top 3 teams will go straight to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games! With the failure to qualify for the quarterfinals, the Chinese National Olympic Games have also officially announced that they will not participate in the Paris Olympic Games! Since 2008, the National Olympic Games have missed four consecutive Olympic Games!
The Chinese team missed the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup, and if the 9-16 places are sorted, the ninth place of the Chinese team has also become the biggest difficulty for fans. The Chinese men's football team has won the best third place in the group, with three games, one win and two losses, with a goal difference of -2; Austria, the third in Group A, has only 2 points; Group C, Tajikistan, which is third in the group, has the same 3 points as the national football team, but the goal difference is -3; The third in Group D will be produced between Malaysia and Kuwait, and the two teams currently have 0 points, Malaysia has a goal difference of -4, and Kuwait has a goal difference of -7.
The Olympic Games defeated the United Arab Emirates Olympic Games 2-1 and won the U23 Asian Cup again after 6 years, but in the end they still missed the group qualification. In this group of death, the national Olympic team's 1-2 loss is actually okay, and the red card scene of playing the Japanese opponent is not ugly. Playing South Korea at least has a chance to score. Cheng Yaodong led the National Olympic Games to train for more than 700 days in five years, with 1 win and 2 losses and missed the Olympics, and Chinese football has a long way to go.