On April 23, Beijing time, the third round of the U23 Asian Cup group stage continued, with China winning the first victory in Group B, South Korea beating Japan to win the first place, and Group C Iraq overthrew Saudi Arabia to join hands in qualifying, while Thailand was eliminated at the bottom and staged a crazy night.
In the 9th minute of the game, the UAE quickly instigated an offensive, and the ball was passed to the front of the goal on the side, and Jia Feifei cleared and kicked into his own goal, but fortunately, the offside position was blown invalid. The national football team stabilized the rhythm and continued to look for opportunities, and in the 24th minute, a tactical corner kick was passed to the penalty area, and the defenders cleared not far away, Xie Wenneng volleyed into the net to break the deadlock, which was our first goal in this tournament.
The situation is not fast-paced, the two sides threaten to attack only a handful, in the 41st minute, Baihelam outside the periphery of the long shot into the arm of the defender in the penalty area, the referee awarded the penalty for the first time, but VAR intervened, watching the replay to signal the arm against the body to cancel the penalty. In the first half of stoppage time, the UAE goalkeeper went out of the penalty area, and the team's defense made a collective mistake, Liu Zhurun broke the ball and went straight into the penalty area to volley into the far corner, so that at the end of the half, the Chinese Olympic Games had a two-goal advantage.
Back in the second half, the UAE's offensive became more and more fierce, and in the 48th minute, a long pass from the midfielder directly penetrated the defense, and Fazzi stepped forward to receive the ball and scored a low shot to pull one back, the team continued to create danger, and Mansoori was very threatening. Li Hao frequently made wonderful saves and did not concede another goal, and the rest of the time was unsuccessful, and the Chinese Olympic Games defeated the United Arab Emirates 2-1 to win the first victory at the end of the game, and won the Asian Cup after six years, and their performance was also standing out.
In the other match in the same group, in the 75th minute, South Korea found Kim Min-woo with a header from a corner cross, and Japan dominated most of the time but lacked the goal. In the end, South Korea defeated Japan 1-0, won all 3 games in the group stage and conceded 0 goals to win the top spot in Group B, Japan ranked second with 2 wins and 1 loss, China National Olympic Games 1-2 and accumulated 3 points and was eliminated.
In Group C, Iraq beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 to qualify with six points, while Thailand lost 1-0 to Tajikistan and scored Safarov's header in the 91st minute of stoppage time. Thailand defeated Iraq in the first round of the group stage, and the situation was quite optimistic, but they did not expect to lose two games in a row and finally came out of the bottom.