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The Asian Cup entered the white-hot stage of competition, in the first leg of the knockout round, there were four upsets, including Tajikistan and Jordan, two world ranked 100 outside the fish belly team, actually reached the top 8, which no one could have imagined before the game, which also made the national football team sigh with only 1 point difference from the group.
In fact, the Chinese team is ranked 80th in the world, even if it scores an extra goal in the group stage, the national football team can also play against the strong teams on the stage of the 1 8 finals, coupled with the tactics of the national football team's iron bucket formation, there is a good chance to play 0-0 with the opponent in regular time, and then eliminate the opponent in the penalty shootout, creating a miracle. However, such a miracle is now playing out on Tajikistan, the sworn enemy of the national football team, facing the seventh-ranked United Arab Emirates in Asia, Tajikistan scored in the 30th minute through Hanonov, although the opponent was drawn in the 95th minute, but Tajikistan had the last laugh in the penalty shootout.
And Qatar, the other opponent of the national football team in the same group, they have not been tested too much due to the aura of the host. In the 1 8 finals, Qatar encountered the fish belly team Palestine, in fact, the advantage of Qatar on the field is not prominent, but the Chinese referee Ma Ning shot at a critical moment, under the stalemate of 1-1 on the field, Ma Ning decisively awarded Qatar a penalty, it is with this penalty, Qatar midfielder core Afif overnight, to help the team 2-1 overtake, and finally rely on this decisive decision, Qatar 2-1 to the end.
On the side of the East Asian teams, South Korea and Japan both looked a little stumbling in their advances, especially the Taiji Tigers South Korea, who were dragged into a penalty shootout by Saudi Arabia and were almost eliminated. But what's worse is that South Korea will play Australia next, and Japan will challenge Iran, you must know that Australia and Iran are the two unbeaten teams in the group stage of the Asian Cup, and Iran has won all of them, and their performance in this Asian Cup is significantly better than that of Japan and South Korea. What's more, the goalkeeper of the Japanese team, Suzuki Caiyan, is a fatal shortcoming, and Kaoru Mitoma is in no state at the beginning of his recovery, and Japan wants to pass the Iranian level, which is no less difficult than qualifying for the World Cup.
On the side of the South Korean team, head coach Klinsmann's coaching ability has been criticized, and the state of the core Son Heung-min is also quite bad. Therefore, judging from the current state of these teams, Japan and South Korea are at risk of being eliminated, if the result is really so, it is also the most beneficial for the national football team, which shows that the level of East Asian football is half a catty, although Japan and South Korea are the favorites to win the championship, but in fact they are also strong and empty.