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In the early morning of January 10, Beijing time, the three favorites who participated in the Asian Cup ushered in the warm-up matches, and the results staged a night of carnival: the Japanese men's football team defeated the Jordan men's football team 6-1, winning 10 consecutive wins;Iran's men's football team defeated Indonesia 5-0 and won 10 of its last 12 gamesThe Saudi men's football team drew 0-0 with the Palestinian men's football team and missed four consecutive wins.
Japan beat Jordan 6-1
As the favourites to win the Asian Cup, Japan invited West Asian powerhouse Jordan to play a closed warm-up match in Doha before the first round of the group stage. In the latest FIFA rankings, the Japanese men's football team ranked 17th and 1st in Asia, and the Jordanian men's football team ranked 87th and 13th in Asia.
In this game, Japan completed the dimensionality reduction blow, Akira Itakura, Nakamura Keito, Minamino Takumi, Asano Takuma, Maeda Dairan each scored a goal, plus an own goal, Jordan pulled back a city at the last moment, and finally lost to Japan 1-6.
With the victory, Japan has won 10 consecutive games, scoring 45 goals and averaging more than four goals per game, continuing to break the team's all-time winning streak. In addition, Japan has defeated opponents on all five continents of the world, including teams such as Germany, Turkey, Peru, Canada, and Tunisia.
Next, Japan will face Vietnam, Iraq, and Indonesia in the group stage of the Asian Cup, and the team will unanimously aim to win the Asian Cup again after 13 years.
Iran beat Indonesia 5-0
As the second-ranked team in Asia, Iran is regarded as the third favorite to win the title, behind Japan and South Korea. In order to play well in the Asian Cup, Iran arranged a number of warm-up matches, after a 2-1 reversal of African team Burkina Faso, and now against Southeast Asian team Indonesia, the latest FIFA rankings, Iran ranked 21st, Indonesia ranked 146th.
In this game, Iran easily completed the hanging, scoring in the 10th, 20th, 46th, 69th and 90th minutes, and finally won 5-0, and the team won Indonesia for the third time in a row.
According to statistics, Iran has won the Asian Cup three times, but the last time it won the cup was back in 1976, 48 years have passed.
Saudi Arabia was held to a 0-0 draw by Palestine
Saudi Arabia, which has won the Asian Cup three times with Iran, has won the championship last time back in 1996, and it has been 28 years.
In order to prepare for the Asian Cup, Saudi Arabia arranged 2 warm-up matches, the first game was only a 1-0 victory over Lebanon, and now the second game is facing the mediocre Palestine, the Saudi Arabian team is not in good shape, and finally 0-0 was forced to draw by the opponent, the two teams have met in the last 5 times, Saudi Arabia has not scored a goal for the third time, and the slower entry into the state will affect the impact of the Asian Cup championship.