On April 27, Beijing time, the 1/4 finals of the U23 Asian Cup continued, Saudi Arabia was eliminated by Uzbekistan, and Iraq defeated Vietnam on penalties. So far, the semi-finals of the Asian Cup have all been released, and the semi-finals are Japan vs Iraq, Uzi vs Indonesia. The Asian teams South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Australia, who participated in the last Olympics, all missed out on the Paris Olympics, and the dark horse Indonesia has continued to set new records in the team's history after participating in the main event for the first time, and now they are even more hopeful of hitting the Olympic quota.
Uzbekistan - Saudi Arabia
At the beginning of the game, the two teams attacked and defended each other, and the two sides played very carefully and did not create too good space, until the first half of stoppage time, Faizulaev did not stop the ball and sent a second pass, Norchaev won the ball in the penalty area and calmly passed the goalkeeper to push the empty goal, and Uzi broke the deadlock to take a 1-0 lead.
Yibian fought again, Yahya broke the siege and raised his foot too high to receive a second yellow card and was sent off, and the situation in Saudi Arabia, where ten people were fighting, became more and more passive. In the 84th minute, Rakhmonaliyev followed up with a header in the middle to end the suspense, and finally Uzbekistan eliminated Saudi Arabia 2-0 to enter the semi-finals. Throughout the game, the Saudi players played very roughly, and when they saw that the general trend had gone, they gave up directly, and did not show fighting spirit at all, on the other hand, Uzi's individual skills and hard work are remarkable, and they are very hopeful of winning the Olympic quota.
Iraq-Vietnam
Iraq basically controlled the rhythm of the situation in the first half, organizing attacks one after another to create threats, but they could not easily penetrate the defense line in the south, so the half was temporarily blank. In the 60th minute of the second half, Nihad was brought down by the goalkeeper from close range, and the referee watched the replay of the penalty spot, and Jassim scored a penalty to help Iraq break the deadlock.
Backward Vietnam made lineup adjustments one after another, the team did not give up and is still tenaciously looking for opportunities, but the ability is indeed limited, it is difficult to play a wonderful cooperation to make achievements, the player's mentality gradually changed, 91 minutes Nguyen Manh Hung stepped on a serious foul stained red, the ten-man battle trend has gone, the goalkeeper fouled again in the penalty area at the last moment of stoppage time, fortunately the opponent was offside first, and Iraq defeated Vietnam 1-0 to enter the semifinals.