Asian Cup Carnival Night! South Korea has set a record of shame, and the dark horse has risen to surpass the national football team!
In the early morning of February 7, local time in Beijing, the first round of the group stage of the Asian Football Championship has come to an end. The Jordanian men's football team remained an underdog, beating South Korea 2-0 with two goals from Nemat and Tamari to secure their first World Cup spot. The last World Cup was held in 2007, when Iraq defeated Saudi Arabia for their first trophy.
The match was the 7th match between the two sides in history, in which South Korea drew 3-3 and did not lose to Jordan.
However, with a 120-minute knockout game and their core centre-back Kim Min also out due to suspension, they face two biggest disadvantages: Jordan have the absolute upper hand in terms of fitness and were held to a 2-2 draw in the group stage.
In the 4th minute, Lu Dan's shot was saved by Zheng Xuanwu. In the 18th minute, Cho Hyun-woo made a crucial shot to keep the team's door. In the 18th minute, Nema's ultra-long-range shot was blocked by Jung Hyun-so. In the 26th minute, Nema's long-range shot was blocked by Zheng Xuanwen. Nemat's powerful shot from near the box was blocked by Cho Hyun-woo in the 42nd minute. In the first half, South Korea only kicked 4 kicks and did not hit a single one, while Jordan hit the goal with 12 kicks and 4 kicks, but they were all blocked by Cho Hyun-woo.
In the second half, Cho Hyun-woo failed to defend the goal for South Korea, and Jordan launched more **. In the 53rd minute, Park Yong-woo sent a wrong cross to Nemat, and South Korea lost the match 0-1. In the 66th minute, Hwang In-beom's pass gave Jordan a beautiful goal, and then Tamari's pass helped Jordan seal a 2-0 advantage.
According to official data, North Korea fired eight shots, but none hit the target; Jordan, on the other hand, got 7 of 17 shots and should win this game.
According to the statistics, South Korea won only one game in 90 minutes, far from the favourite, and also broke the record of 64 years since 1960 without a single Asian trophy, and also made history with the first defeat to Jordan in history.
It is worth mentioning that with the defeat of South Korea, Japan, the biggest favorites of this World Cup, were also kicked out of the tournament early, and they did not reach the semi-finals, which was the worst since 1992, and several teams from East Asia were swept in the previous national team competition.
In addition, South Korea and Japan have both conceded 10 goals in this tournament and are both attacking their biggest number of goals conceded in this Asian tournament.