In three months, the Paris Olympics will officially open, and the results of the current football group have been released, among which the men's top 16 team has not yet been determined, and there is still a week to wait, because the U23 Asian Cup has just finished the quarter-finals.
In the last two match days, the U23 Asian Cup has produced the top 4 seats, including Japan and Iraq in the first half of the region, and Indonesia and Uzbekistan in the lower half of the region, including the host Qatar, the defending champion Saudi Arabia, and the favorite South Korea have all been eliminated, and the Chinese Olympic Games have also been determined in advance to miss the Olympic Games.
Compared with Qatar and Saudi Arabia, South Korea cannot enter the Olympic Games, but it is a big upset.
According to statistics, since the 1988 Seoul Olympics, South Korea has participated in 9 consecutive Olympic men's football competitions, and is now eliminated by Indonesia, which is also the first time in nearly 40 years that it has missed the Olympic Games, and at the same time has not participated in 10 consecutive games. After the game, the Korean media and South Korean fans believed that this was the beginning of a dark era for Korean football.
In fact, South Korea's absence from the Paris Olympics will not feel "lonely", because even the "football kingdom" Brazil can't play, as well as Germany, Mexico, these Olympic regulars, are now collectively absent from the finals, which reflects that football has ushered in an era of reshuffle.
In the last two Olympic Games, Brazil has won consecutive championships, but this time they failed to qualify for the South American qualifiers and were eliminated by Argentina, who joined hands with the super dark horse Paraguay to advance. According to statistics, this is the first time in 20 years that Brazil has missed the Olympic Games.
In addition to Paraguay, there are also 2 teams in the European zone of Israel and Ukraine, so that Portugal, the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy are not eligible.
Men's football at the Paris Olympics:
Group A: France, USA, New Zealand, U23 Asian Cup 4th place vs Guinea winner
Group B: Argentina, Morocco, third place in the U23 Asian Cup, Ukraine
Group C: U23 Asian Cup 2nd place, Spain, Egypt, Dominica
Group D: U23 Asian Cup 1st place, Paraguay, Mali, Israel
There are still four places to be made, including the top three of the U23 Asian Cup, and Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Iraq and Japan are currently advancing to the semi-finals.