There are two more matches in the quarter-finals of the U23 Asian Cup, one of which happens to be a remake of the previous final, with defending champions Saudi Arabia taking on runners-up Uzbekistan. In the end, Uzbekistan defeated the ten-man Saudi Arabia 2:0, broke into the semi-finals for four consecutive years, and successfully avenged the loss of the championship in the last final. In the other quarter-final, with Ali Jassim's penalty, Iraq defeated Vietnam 1-0 to advance. In this case, the semi-finals of the Asian Cup will be Japan, Indonesia, Uzbekistan and Iraq.
Saudi Arabia 0:2 Uzbekistan
In this tournament, the Saudi Arabian team lost to Iraq 1:2 in the group stage, advanced to the quarterfinals as the second in Group C, and had no choice but to meet Uzbekistan, which won all three games in Group D, ranked first, Uzbekistan lost to Saudi Arabia 0:2 in the last final, lost the championship, and ushered in a chance for revenge.
Uzbekistan has always been a strong team in the Asian youth team, and the last three U23 Asian Cup competitions have all reached the semi-finals, one championship, one runner-up, and one semi-finals, and the results are quite stable. Not to be outdone, the Saudi team has reached the finals in the last two editions of the competition, finishing runners-up once and champions last time.
Before the end of the half, Faizulaev suddenly plugged through, Norchaev stepped forward, shook the goalkeeper with a single chance, and pushed the goal from a small angle, and Uzbekistan broke the deadlock 1:0.
In the 70th minute, Yahya raised his foot too high and received a yellow card, two yellows turned into one red and was sent off, the Saudi team played one less, the game was more difficult, the integrity of the whole second half of the game was not high, the two teams were entangled, in the 84th minute, Faizulaev received a pass from the left, a long shot from outside the penalty area, the ball was saved by the goalkeeper, Rakhmonaliev scored with a header, and Uzbekistan extended its lead 2:0.
After 16 minutes of stoppage time, Uzbekistan held the score 2-0 until the end, and at full-time, Uzbekistan had 7 shots on goal with 4 on target, while Saudi Arabia had 8 shots on goal with only 1 on target. The 20-year-old Faizulaev is still the biggest contributor, with an assist and a long-range shot to score, and he is still a big name in the Asian youth arena with an assist and a long-range shot, and his value of 5 million euros is still very high.