On April 26, Beijing time, the U23 Asian Cup 1/4 finals kicked off, in the latest two matchups, Japan fought hard to defeat the host Qatar 4-2 with 120 points, and the super dark horse Indonesia was upset, and the penalty shootout eliminated South Korea 13-12, so that the top four of this tournament have decided two seats, that is, Japan and Indonesia, and South Korea has been determined to miss the Olympic Games after missing the semi-finals!
Japan vs. Qatar
Japan is the favorite to win the championship, ranking second in the group stage with two wins and one loss in three games, while Qatar as the host is unbeaten in three games, two wins and one draw to qualify for the first place, so that the two teams meet in the quarterfinals, after the start of the game, Kaede Yamada scored with a long-range blitz in the second minute, leading 1-0. In the 24th minute, Qatar started a counterattack, after Yazidi's pass broke through the Japanese defense and hoisted into the penalty area, Ravi grabbed the header to complete the goal to equalize 1-1, and in the 39th minute, the Qatari goalkeeper maliciously fouled when he cleared the siege and kicked down Hosoya Shindai directly with his foot to swallow the red card, and Qatar fell into an unfavorable situation of 10 people. In the second half, Yibian fought again, soon after the opening of Qatar used a set-piece into the Japanese penalty area, Abdelsalam grabbed the header and pry open the door of Japan again, Qatar 2-1 overtook the score, and then Qatar was based on defense, played very sparsely, and Japan continued to organize the offensive, and finally scored, Japan with a set-piece also color, after the corner kick was hoisted into the Qatar penalty area, Seiji Kimura grabbed a header and scored, the two sides shook hands 2-2, and they could only enter overtime, in overtime Qatar was exhausted, it was difficult to resist Japan's offensive, and soon lost two goals in a row, Shindai Hosoya and Kotaro Uchino scored for Japan to overtake and kill the gameIn the end, Japan defeated Qatar 4-2 and successfully obtained a ticket to the semi-finals!
South Korea vs. Indonesia
South Korea won all three games in the group stage and beat Japan to get the first place to advance, Indonesia was a dark horse for the first time, ranking second in three games with 2 wins and 1 loss, beating Australia to advance to the second place, so that South Korea and Indonesia competed for the semi-finals ticket, Indonesia took the lead in breaking the balance in the 15th minute after the game began, Struk shot the world wave goal, Indonesia led 1-0, and then South Korea counterattacked, Hwang Jae-won passed the ball into the middle of the penalty area, and Yoon Ji-sheng grabbed the header to create an own goal of the opponent in the penalty area to equalize the score 1-1. In stoppage time, the Indonesian midfielder's long pass penetrated the South Korean defence, and Struk quickly stepped forward to score a double to give Indonesia a 2-1 lead. In the second half, Yibian fought again, South Korea strengthened and suffered a heavy blow, substitute Li Yingjun stepped on the opponent and ate a red card, South Korea can only fight 10 people, in the 84th minute, South Korea played a quick counterattack, Hong Yunsang assisted Zheng Xiangbin to score a long shot to tie 2-2 again, after which the two sides had no chance to score, until the end of overtime, they could only enter the penalty shootout, the result was that the quality of the penalty points on both sides was very high, and they continued to hit each other's points, Indonesia was still more skilled, and finally won the game 13-12, upset and advanced to the semifinals, and created the best record again！
In this way, the semi-finals have already taken the lead in deciding two places, Japan and Indonesia, the big dark horse who has created great results for the first time, and then Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia will face off, and Iraq and Vietnam will compete for the last two semi-final tickets, let's wait and see!
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