In yesterday's Asian Cup semi-finals, Jordan, the biggest dark horse of the tournament, did not give the favourites South Korea the slightest chance to win the championship, beating Klinsmann's South Korea team 2-0.
Kim Min-jae's absence in this game has a great impact on the South Korean team. The two goals conceded in the game were caused by South Korea's own defensive mistakes, and the passing errors and lack of tacit coordination led to a counterattack by Jordan. In the case of defensive hip pulling, the South Korean team's offense is also lacking. Full match technical stats: 17-7 shots on goal, 37 open possession, 0 shots on target for South Korea.
South Korea's attacking line-up players such as Son Heung-min, Lee Gang-in and Hwang Hee-chan were quite self-blaming and very disappointed with the result. Asian brother Son Xingmin was completely restricted in this game, apologized many times in an interview on the sidelines after the game, lowered his head for a long time, choked up several times, and had a trace of pessimism about the future of the national team, saying that he did not know if he could continue to play for the national team, and thought that Coach Klinsmann might not consider him again.
South Korea's Asian Cup title drought continues! After winning two consecutive Asian Cups, South Korea failed to win the championship for 64 years, and finished runners-up four times during that time: the first Asian Cup in Hong Kong in 1956 and the second in 1960 in South Korea. Since winning the Asian Cup for the second time in 1960, South Korea has not been able to reach the top, finishing runners-up four times.
Jordan's opponent after beating South Korea to advance to the final will be the winner of Qatar vs Iran. This is the first time in Jordan's history that Jordan has reached the final of the Asian Cup. Prior to that, their best results in the Asian Cup were the quarter-finals, in 2004 and 2011.