In the 2024 U23 Asian Cup, the Uzbekistan team played a dominant performance! In three group games, 2-0 Malaysia, 5-0 Kuwait, 3-0 Vietnam, won all three games and scored 10 goals without conceding a goal, and easily won the first place in Group D. So far, in this U23 Asian Cup, the Uzbekistan team has advanced to the final 14-0 in 5 games, and has gone straight to the Paris Olympic Games, winning the Olympic Games for the first time, creating history!
The Uzbekistan Under-23s team is led by their former international Kapadze, who is also an old acquaintance of our Chinese football team and played against the Chinese team frequently as a player. Under Kapadze's tutelage, Uzbekistan is very good at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and broke out in this U23 Asian Cup, winning 3 consecutive wins in the group stage to win the first place in Group D, defeating the defending champion Saudi Arabia in the 1/4 finals, scoring 12 goals in a row and not conceding a goal to advance to the top 4, and the semi-finals against Indonesia.
Under the leadership of former South Korean international Shin Tai Long, the Indonesian team has become the biggest dark horse in this U23 Asian Cup, and they have won consecutive victories over Australia, South Korea and other traditional Asian football giants to advance to the top 4, creating a new history of Indonesian football, especially the 1/4 finals to eliminate the favorite South Korean team, the Indonesian team showed tenacious will quality, after regular time + extra time + 12 rounds of penalty shootouts, and finally won the promotion with a total score of 13-12, breaking out a super cold.
However, in this campaign, in the face of Uzbekistan, which was extremely strong before, the Indonesian team was crushed to breathlessness, from the beginning to the end of the whole game, the Indonesian team was almost tired of defense, the scene is equivalent to the half-court attack and defense, Uzbekistan continued to besiege, the Indonesian team continued to clear, only in the first half, Uzbekistan hit the goal frame 3 times, if not, the game would have been spent!
The key point of victory and defeat occurred from the 63rd minute to the 68th minute, and Uzbekistan, which had failed to score a goal for a long time, was attacked by the Indonesian team in the 63rd minute, but then the Chinese referee Shen Yinhao changed the judgment to invalidate the goal, thinking that the Indonesian team was offside first, in fact, it was difficult to judge whether it was offside by a millimeter! In the 68th minute, after escaping the catastrophe, Uzbekistan finally broke the deadlock and took the lead 1-0.
After that, the balance of victory and defeat completely tilted in Uzbekistan's favor, Indonesian player Rido was sent off for kicking the opponent's crotch, Uzbekistan scored another goal in the 86th minute, and the final score was locked at 2-0, Uzbekistan eliminated Indonesia to enter the final of the U23 Asian Cup, and at the same time won the men's football quota for the Paris Olympics.