Asian Cup sad and happy night: the top 4 are all born! Saudi Arabia is out 0-2, Vietnam is eliminated, and the National Olympic Games are envious

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2024-04-27 05:29Published in Fujian

The U23 Asian Cup continued in Qatar, and in the quarter-finals, the host Qatar and Japan fought for 120 minutes, and finally lost with a score of 2-4 and missed the semi-finals. At the same time, South Korea's Olympic team played against the dark horse Indonesian National Olympics, and finally the two teams drew 2-2 after 120 minutes, and in the penalty shootout, the South Korean team lost 10-11 and missed the Olympic Games, breaking out the biggest upset of this U23 Asian Cup.

In the early morning of April 27, Beijing time, the other two 1/4 finals of the U23 Asian Cup ended, Uzbekistan defeated Saudi Arabia 2-0 to advance to the semifinals, and Iraq defeated Vietnam 1-0. Four teams will compete for three direct qualification spots in Paris, while fourth place will play a play-off match against an African team for an Olympic spot. The semi-finals will be played against Uzbekistan vs. Indonesia and Japan vs. Iraq.

Uzbekistan 2-0 Saudi Arabia

Uzbekistan won all three games in the group stage, scoring 10 goals without conceding a single goal, and is the only team to maintain a complete victory in this Under-23 Asian Cup, and is the team with the most goals and the strongest defense. Saudi Arabia lost to Iraq in the third round after winning two consecutive group stages, and could only qualify as second in the group.

The last time the two teams met was in the quarter-finals of the Hangzhou Asian Games, where Uzbekistan won 2-1, and in the final of the last U23 Asian Cup, Uzbekistan lost 0-2 to the Saudi Arabian Olympic Games. This is the third time the two teams have met in almost two years. Uzbekistan's youth training is second to none in Asian football, in the previous U20 Asian Youth Championship, Uzbekistan's national youth team won the championship, and in the last U23 Asian Cup, the Uzbekistan team reached the final and ranked second.

In the game, in first-half stoppage time, Uzbekistan's Kusain Nochayev broke the deadlock, and Uzbekistan led the Saudi Arabian Olympic Games 1-0 at halftime. In the second half, the situation changed abruptly, and in the 70th minute, Yahya of the Saudi Arabian National Olympic Games was sent off for the second yellow card of the game, and the Saudi Arabian National Olympic Games played one less person. In the 84th minute, Uzbekistan took advantage of the numerical advantage to launch a fierce attack, and Umali Rakhmonaliyev expanded the score, and finally Uzbekistan defeated Saudi Arabia with a score of 2-0 to advance to the semifinals, and will face Indonesia in the semifinals.

Iraq 1-0 Vietnam 1-0

In the unfavorable situation of losing to Thailand in the first round, the Iraqi Olympic team defeated Tajikistan and Saudi Arabia in succession, and advanced as the first team in the group. The last time Vietnam played Iraq was in a warm-up match early last year, with Iraq winning 3-0. Iraq's road to the Olympic Games is inspiring, defeating the previous champion Saudi Arabia in the last battle, and jumping from the fourth place in the group to the first in the group.

In the game, the two teams played inextricably in the first half, and the two teams were temporarily tied 0-0 at halftime. In the second half, in the 64th minute, Ali Jassim broke the deadlock with a penalty shot, and in stoppage time, Nguyen Van Hung was sent off by a straight red, and finally Iraq kept the score 1-0 until the end and advanced to the semi-finals, where they will face Japan in the semi-finals.

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