The 2024 Asian Cup continues in Qatar, and at 0:00 a.m. Beijing time on February 1, in the Asian Cup 1 8 finals, the Iranian team, which is currently ranked 23rd in the world, will face Syria. Iran are one of Asia's top teams, having won the Asian Cup three times in a row, but have not won the Asian Cup again for 48 years, and Iran is aiming for the ultimate title.
The Iranian team has been ranked first in Asian football for many years, and in recent years, due to the excellent Japanese team, it has snatched the position of the first brother in Asia, but Iran is still the top two. In the history of the Asian Cup, Iran is the team with the second most championships, except for Japan, which has won the championship four times. The Iranian team has a number of players who have played in European leagues, such as Jahan **sh, Taremi, Azmoun, Gudos and other players who have traveled to Europe.
Iran team in this Asian Cup with the United Arab Emirates, Palestine, Hong Kong, China team in Group C, in this group, the strength of the Iranian team is the only existence, the first round of the group stage, the Iranian team won 4-1 against Palestine, four goals were scored by four players, the front court attack more blossom. In the second round of the group stage, the Iranian team was stubbornly resisted by the Hong Kong team of China, and finally won the group with a score of 1-0. In the final round against the United Arab Emirates, the number one star of the Iranian team, Taremi, broke out and scored 2 goals to lead the team to defeat the United Arab Emirates, and finally the Iranian team advanced to the knockout round with a record of three wins.
Syria is ranked 91st in the world, which is quite different from Iran. In this Asian Cup, Syria has poor luck, and Australia, Uzbekistan and India are in the same group, Syria and Uzbekistan exchanged blanks in the first round, each scoring one point, and in the second round facing Australia, the strongest team in the group, Syria resisted 59 minutes after the goal was broken, Owen scored the killer goal, Syria lost 0-1. In the final round against India, the weakest team in the group, Syria won 1-0 and qualified as third in the group.
Syria has brought bitter memories to the national football team in the World Preliminaries, in the 2018 Russia World Cup preliminaries, Lippi led the national football team to impact the World Cup, in the key battle, Syria snatched 4 points from the national football team, which directly led to the national football team not having a chance to rush out of Asia, in the last World Preliminaries Top 40 matches, the national football team lost to Syria, Lippi resigned angrily after the game, it can be said that Syria has become the new bitter master of the national football team.
Judging from the head-to-head records of the two teams, the Iranian team is unbeaten in the last 9 matches against Syria, with 5 wins and 4 draws. The last time the two teams met was in the Qatar 2022 World Qualifiers, where Iran beat Syria home and away. Before the start of this Asian Cup, the Iranian team was one of the favorites to win the championship, and in the last Asian Cup, the Iranian team eliminated the national football team and reached the top 4, but lost to the Japanese team and missed the championship match.
Coincidentally, the Japanese team, which is the favorite to win the Asian Cup, lost unexpectedly in the group stage and only finished second in the group, with a 1 8 final against Bahrain and a 1 4 final, Japan is likely to meet Iran again. Iran has the best chance to get revenge. In this match against Syria, the Iranian team will not have much problem winning, and CCTV's CCTV5 sports channel will broadcast the game live. For fans, it is hoped that in the 1 4 finals we will see a super showdown like Iran and Japan play out.