The lively and vigorous Asian Cup has come to an end, but there are four teams in this Asian Cup that have performed very magically, or exceeded or underestimated expectations, so let's take a look at these four magical teams.
The first - Jordan team, as the biggest dark horse in the Asian Cup, was originally ranked only 87 by FIFA, almost no one was optimistic about them before the game, and they all focused on Japan, South Korea, Iran, Australia, these strong teams, but the Jordan team played exceptionally in the middle of the game, unexpectedly rampaged all the way and finally reached the final, first easily killed the fish belly Malaysia 4-0 in the group stage, and drew 2-2 with the South Korean team, showing an excellent high level at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. Entering the knockout round, he was out of control, winning 3-2 directly against Iraq, 1-0 against Tajikistan, and 2-0 against the South Korean team. All signs show the strength of the Jordanian team, and thanks to Jordan's excellent performance in the Asian Cup, the latest FIFA ranking has also risen 17 places to 70th.
The second team, the South Korean team, as one of the old Asian powerhouses, has the best acting skills in this Asian Cup, and is fully qualified to win the title of actor. In the group stage, they were able to defeat Bahrain 3-1, Jordan 2-2, and Malaysia 3-3, so as to avoid Japan in the knockout round. After winning 2-1 against Australia, the South Korean team has been strictly controlling the process of the game, scoring when they want, almost every game can be dangling for 90 minutes, hey, it's just playing, you have to score in the final stoppage time, you have to serve. Just looking at the surface scoreline, you can't imagine what level this South Korean team is. However, in the end, it was smashed up, and Son Xingmin couldn't save it, losing 0-2 to Jordan and stopping in the semifinals.
The third team - Qatar, since the Asian Cup host country was changed to Qatar, and then to China, Tajikistan, Lebanon in a group, until the knockout round all the way to avoid Japan, South Korea, Australia, and finally won the championship, the host's script is a perfect mess, I really admire the Qatar Football Association. You can't say it's all a coincidence, but it's actually the best arrangement and the best result for the Qatari team. Not only won the championship, but also improved the FIFA rankings, and made the domestic fans happy, which is really happy. But even if you watch the entire Asian Cup, you may not know what level of team Qatar is.
The fourth team - the Chinese team, haha, our own team, this must be talked about, it can be said that this Asian Cup trip, the Chinese team is not only unlucky, but also is still confused and doesn't understand what's going on. After the group draw at the beginning, I thought that it was an easy group, even if I couldn't fight the host, there were still two Tajikistan and Lebanon to bully, and it would not be too easy to advance to the round of 16. But the result? After going out, I found that the head coach couldn't do it, he couldn't do any tactics, Wei Shihao, the only one who had the ability to break through, was injured and couldn't play, one of the group opponents was going to the championship, and the other was in the quarterfinals, and he couldn't kick it! When you meet Lebanon, you can't win. But I didn't lose in a draw.
At least after the game, we can also say that only the champion of the entire Asian Cup won the Chinese team, haha! Hundreds of spectators