0 1 to 3 2! The Asian Cup is unpopular, and the national football nemesis advances to the finals!
In the semi-finals of this World Cup, Iran will play Qatar at home. After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Qatar defeated Iran 3-2 to claim their second World Cup title. The best teams in West Asia will be defending their Asian title again, just like Japan did 20 years ago!
It's fair to say that the trip to Asia was a fiasco: favourites Japan and South Korea were both kicked out of the ring, while Jordan miraculously made a comeback to reach the final for the first time. Their final match against Qatar and Iran will be played. According to FIFA's most recent rankings, Iran ranks 21st in Asia, with the exception of Japan, in second place. In comparison, Qatar is 58th and Asia is 6th, with only one clear difference between the two.
Four minutes into the game, Iran opened the scoring with great strength. Jahansh sent the ball straight into the box and the Qatari defender made a mistake when he cleared in front of goal, but Azmoun grabbed the opportunity, but his inverted hook gave Iran a 1-0 lead! Not far behind, Qatar launched a fierce comeback in the 17th minute, with the Qatar captain passing the ball to a player in the Afif penalty area, and he unfazed to open the first goal for his team, before Jassim dribbled the ball into the back of the net. Qatar was lucky, Jassim then took a beautiful free kick, hit the Iranian defender and bounced back into the goal, 1:0!
Qatar's attack became even more dangerous after being levelled by the equaliser, with Qatar's number one player Afif shining again in first-half stoppage time. He received a pass from a player and slotted the ball into the back of the net, then fired a powerful shot past Iranian goalkeeper Beiranvand and into the back of the net.
In the 49th minute, Iran handballed them in the Qatari penalty area, and then the referee made a gesture to Iran to award a penalty. Jahanbac scored a goal to give Iran a 2-2 lead. After that, the two sides reached a stalemate, and although both sides created several chances, neither was able to change the scoreline.
Qatar equalised in the 83rd minute when defender Ketum played a long-range pass to Ali, who was grabbed by Ali and headed into the net to take a 3-2 lead! Iran is already in trouble, but the gods of luck do not favor them. Jahan. **A powerful shot from near the box hit the post and Iran missed a good chance to equalise. In the end, Qatar defeated Iran 3-2 and won their second World Cup title!
In the group stage, Qatar and the Chinese men's football team played a friendly match. In this match, Qatar were eliminated very early, and all of them were substitutes. Despite this, they still beat China 1-0 and kicked them out of the group stage. Now that the national team is in the final, China's national football team can breathe a sigh of relief because we lost to them in Asia, so it is not a big problem to qualify!