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On April 26th, Beijing time, the U23 Asian Cup entered the 12th match day, let's take a look at the latest standings, the 1/4 finals have taken the lead in ending the two games, the Japanese team eliminated the host Qatar 4-2 in overtime, and South Korea lost to Indonesia in a penalty shootout 10-11 and missed the Paris Olympics!
Japan made it to the semi-finals
Let's start with the match between Japan and Qatar, which lost 1-0 to South Korea in the final round of the group stage and fell to second place in the group, and can only play Qatar, the first host of Group A. In this game, the Japanese team scored with a blitz in just one minute of the opening game, Yamada Kaede took advantage of the Qatari defender's mistake to steal the ball, and scored directly from a distance, and Ahmad Ravi helped Qatar equalize in the 24th minute. In the 41st minute, Qatar made another mistake, when goalkeeper Valliard cleared the ball with a header out of the penalty area, he stepped on the opponent and dyed red, and Qatar had to fight with 10 men for a long time.
The Qatari goalkeeper is stained red
The Japanese team, which has gained the advantage of numbers, has more possession and shots, but in the 49th minute of the second half, Qatar, which has one less person, was overtaken by Abdul Salam, and if it can hold the score of 2-1, Qatar can advance, but Qatar faced the siege of the Japanese team in the 67th minute or lost the goal, and Seiji Kimura equalized. The two teams were drawn 2-2 in regulation time and had to go to extra time, where goals from Shindai Hosoya and Kotaro Uchino killed the game, and Japan eliminated Qatar 4-2 to reach the semi-finals for the second consecutive tournament, and the next semi-final opponent was the winner between Iraq and Vietnam.
Indonesia made history by breaking into the top four
Let's take a look at another game, the South Korean team lost to Indonesia in the first half, Rafael Strujk scored twice in the first half to lead South Korea 2-1, in the 70th minute of the second half, Lee Yongjun was seriously fouled and stained red, and the South Korean team that played one less + the score was in a desperate situation, and in the 84th minute, Zheng Xiangbin rescued, and the South Korean team stubbornly equalized the score 2-2. In overtime, both sides did not make any achievements, the cruel penalty shootout, the two sides fought to 12 rounds, Indonesia 12 penalties 11 hits, South Korea 12 penalties 10 hits, and finally the South Korean team upset, missed the semi-finals, missed the Olympic ticket for the first time in 40 years, missed the 10th consecutive Olympic Games, it is worth mentioning that Indonesia's head coach is the Korean Shin Tailong.
For the first time in nearly 40 years, South Korea missed the Olympics
Indonesia made history in this tournament, the team broke through from the group to the top 8 for the first time, and now eliminated South Korea to enter the top 4, they are writing history just like Vietnam in 2018, Vietnam in 2018 as a Southeast Asian team to the final, and finally finished as runners-up, can Indonesia go one step further and go black to the end? Indonesia's next semi-final opponent is the winner between Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia. #头条创作挑战赛#