Doha, China Youth Daily, February 4 (China Youth Daily, China Youth ** Reporter Guo Jian) Jordan, South Korea, Iran, and Qatar have eliminated their opponents in the 1 4 finals of this Asian Cup to enter the semi-finals.
In the 1 4 finals of the Asian Cup, Chinese referee Ma Ning (fourth from left) served as the referee of the battle between the Iranian team and the Japanese team. Courtesy of Visual China.
Perhaps it is to hope that the fans on the scene will feel "worth the ticket price", only the first of the 4 1 4 finals of this Asian Cup, the Tajikistan team lost 0:1 to the Jordan team, and the game was "clocked out" in 90 minutes - the Japanese team made a big mistake in injury time to give the Iranian team a penalty, and the latter pressed the whistle in the 96th minute, but it was able to refuse overtime - South Korea drew before the end of the game to beat Australia in extra time, and the host Qatar team stayed up to a penalty shootout with Uzbekistan in a 1 4 final at the latest, In the end, he relied on a score of 1:1 in regular time and 3:2 in penalty shootout to advance to the semi-finals.
In the 1 4 finals of the Asian Cup, the Japanese team was crushed by the Iranian team, and the head coach of the Japanese team, Mori Bao, looked ugly. Courtesy of Visual China.
Compared with the excitement of the first half, the two games in the second half of the game are "more than equal": the Japanese team, the favorite to win the championship, was in a good situation ahead of the Iranian team in the first half, but the performance in the second half was like two teams, and the second 45 minutes of self-defeating martial arts finally made a principled mistake in the penalty area again when the game was about to enter extra time, and was punished by the Iranian team with a penalty; Hosts Qatar were in a slump of form, and they battled against Uzbekistan until penalties before they were able to get through with the goalkeeper's incredible remedial performance.
In the 4th game of the Asian Cup 1 4 finals, the 5th round of the penalty shootout, Qatar goalkeeper Basham almost did not move and confiscated a penalty from Uzbekistan's Mashazhpov. Courtesy of Visual China.
The difference in the strength of the top 8 teams is not large, and the ideas of each team are mainly stable, which is the most important factor in the "delay" of the 1 4 finals, and the firm tactical choice of the underdog team and the belief in retaining the last blow also support the best interpretation of the suspense of "this is football" in Asian football.
The two semi-finals of this Asian Cup will be played on February 6 at 23:00 Beijing time (Jordan and South Korea) and February 7 at 23:00 (Iran and Qatar).
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