The 1/4 finals of the U23 Asian Cup were played twice, but no one expected that in these two games, there was a super upset, and the pattern of Asian football may also be rewritten, and the opponents of the Chinese men's football team in Asia have become more and more!
The team that caused an upset was Indonesia from Southeast Asia. In the latest FIFA rankings, the Indonesian men's football team is only ranked 134th, if you just look at the rankings, then the Indonesian team is undoubtedly the weaker team in Asian football, and it is difficult to make any waves. But in this U23 Asian Cup, the Indonesian team used its performance to tell everyone that if anyone dares to despise them, it will be a big one.
First of all, in the group stage, the Indonesian team upset the favorite Australia and the West Asian powerhouse Jordan, and finally beat the Kangaroos Army with 6 points, won the second place in Group A, and successfully got a ticket to the top 8. Immediately after the knockout round, facing another favorite South Korea, the Indonesian team did not have stage fright. Strujk's world-wave goal in the opening 15 minutes gave Indonesia an early break from the deadlock and a 1-0 lead. The South Korean team relied on the own gift from the opponent to successfully equalize the score.
However, in first-half stoppage time, a simple long pass from the back of the Indonesian team directly penetrated the entire defense of the South Korean team, Struik stopped the ball and cut into the penalty area, and in the face of the attacking goalkeeper, he completed the goal with a light push to help the Indonesian team exceed the score again. Yibian fought again, the top scorer of the South Korean team, Lee Yongjun, was sent off after receiving a red card, and the score was behind and one less player, just when everyone thought that the game had lost suspense, the South Korean team relied on a sharp counterattack, and Zheng Xiangbin completed the goal, so that the two sides returned to the same running line again, and the two teams immediately entered the 30-minute overtime.
In extra time, the two teams attacked and defended each other, but neither team could find the back of the net again, and the game had to go to a brutal penalty shootout. The plot of the penalty shootout was also full of twists and turns, and finally passed the long penalty of 12 rounds, the Indonesian team defeated the South Korean team 11-10, and eliminated the opponent with a total score of 13-12, and the team participated in the U23 Asian Cup for the first time in history, and entered the semi-finals!
The strong rise of the Indonesian team has also added another emerging force in Asian football, and the future Chinese men's football team will not say that it will compete with Japan, Iran, Australia, these first-class Asian teams, and whether it can win a "fish belly" like Indonesia, it will be a big question mark!