On April 25, Beijing time, in the 1/4 finals of the U-23 Asian Cup, the Qatar Olympic Games faced the Japanese Olympic Games. In the first half of the game, the Japanese team was completed by Yamada Kaedeki, Ravi helped Qatar equalize, Qatar goalkeeper Bad was sent off for a violent foul, and in the second half, Abdulsalam once helped Qatar to achieve a rebound, and the Japanese team was equalized by Seiji Kimura, and the two teams entered extra time. In overtime, Shindai Hosoya and Kotaro Uchino completed a combo, and Japan eliminated Qatar 4-2 with 11 to 10 to advance to the top 4.
Qatar qualified first in the group with 2 wins and 1 draw, while Japan finished second in the group with 2 wins and 1 loss, and the two teams met in the group stage in 2020 and drew 1-1.
In the opening 1 minute 09 seconds, the Japanese team made a long pass in the backfield, and the Qatari defender kicked the ball to the opponent when the front of the penalty area was cleared, and Yamada Kaede took the ball to shake off the defense and scored with a long shot, and the Japanese team opened with a blitz and took a 1-0 lead.
In the 9th minute, Rihito Yamamoto received the ball from his teammates in front of him, and his volley from close range was blocked by Qatari defenders and missed a good opportunity to expand the score.
In the 15th minute, Rihito Yamamoto got rid of the defense at the edge of the penalty area, and a long-range shot failed to suppress the ball and flew directly.
In the 18th minute, the Japanese team won a free kick at the edge of the penalty area, and Kaede Yamada took the penalty, and the ball hit the wall and went out of the bottom line.
In the 24th minute, Qatar crossed from the right, Ravi scored with a header, and Qatar equalized, 1-1.
In the 38th minute, the Japanese team had an absolute good chance, but Hosoya Shindai outflanked him and missed the empty goal.
Before the end of the first half, when Qatar's main goalkeeper Ballid rushed out of the penalty area to clear the siege, he directly kicked Hosoya Mada, although the referee did not say anything, but after VAR intervened, it was determined that Ballid was violently fouled and was sent off with a direct red card, and Qatar played 10 to 11 in the remaining games.
In the 48th minute, Qatar took a free kick in front, and Abdul Salam scored a close-range header in front of the goal, 2-1, Qatar achieved a comeback.
In the 58th minute, Ravi turned and volleyed from the edge of the penalty area, and the ball grazed the post.
In the 67th minute, taking advantage of the corner kick opportunity, the Japanese team scored with a header from Seiji Kimura, and the two teams drew 2-2.
In the 76th minute, the Japanese team crossed from the right, and Megumi Sato's header at the back point was confiscated from the angle of the goal.
In the 83rd minute, Shota Fujio shot from close range in front of the goal, and he actually kicked it away, and the Japanese team missed a good opportunity again.
In the first minute of stoppage time, Japan's Rihito Yamamoto and Shota Fujio missed consecutive chances. In the end, both teams had to go to extra time.
In the 101st minute, Shindai Hosoya received a straight plug and scored a low shot from a small angle in the penalty area, and the Japanese team was 3-2.
In the 111th minute, Kotaro Uchino missed a good chance to make a single shot.
In the 113th minute, Kotaro Uchino scored an empty goal, and the Japanese team eliminated Qatar 4-2 to advance to the top four.
Qatar national line-up: 1-Al Balid (red card 40'), 4-Ayash, 3-Fadrera, 5-Hussein (90+ mins 18-Irfan), 13-Ali (90+ mins 23-Almanet), 6-Machar, 8-Hadrami (21' yellow card, 98 mins 7-Amir), 15-Abdulsalaam, 11-Yazidi (81 mins 2-Yusuf), 10-Binshaba (44 mins 21-Kolayem), 19-Rawi (81 mins 9- Mansour)
Japan's Olympic line-up: 1-Reio Kokubo, 21-Ayumu Ohata, 5-Seiji Kimura (45+' yellow card), 22-Yukita Takai, 4-Daiki Sekine, 7-Rihito Yamamoto (106 mins 6-Sata Kawasaki), 8-Jean Fujita, 11-Kaede Yamada (90+ mins 13-Ryotaro Araki), 17-Kuyu Matsuki (30' yellow card 45 mins 9-Shota Fujio), 10-Memi Sato (84 mins 20-Yu Hiragawa), 19-Shindai Hosoya (106 mins 18- Kotaro Uchino)