Star News Reporter Park Jeong-wook | 2024.02.02 11:35
Hwang Hee-chan (above), who took the final kicker to secure Korea’s 4-2 victory in the round of 16 penalty shootout against Saudi Arabia, is happy to hug goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo, who made two saves, after scoring a goal. /Photo = Newsis Iran won the penalty shootout in the round of 16 against Syria. /AFPBBNews=News 1 The ‘2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup’ has been narrowed to the quarterfinals. In the round of 16 of the 2023 Asian Cup against Syria held at 1 a.m. (Korean time) on the 1st at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Iran was unable to decide the winner 1-1 until overtime and won 5-3 in a penalty shootout to advance to the quarterfinals. joined the last train. As a result, the 2023 Asian Cup quarterfinals will be Tajikistan-Jordan (8:30 p.m. on the 2nd), Korea-Australia (00:30 a.m. on the 3rd), Japan-Iran (8:30 p.m. on the 3rd), and Qatar-Uzbekistan. It was confirmed (at 0:30 a.m. on the 4th). # A ‘big match’ will take place immediately between the winning candidates.
The ‘final four’, Korea (23rd in FIFA rankings), Japan (17th), Iran (21st), and Australia (25th), who were considered favorites for the championship, all advanced to the quarterfinals and will face each other immediately. Only two teams survive here and advance to the semifinals. The other two teams must pack their bags. Korea will clash with Australia, and Japan will clash with Iran. It is safe to call it a ‘preview of the finals’ as it is a big match in which the contenders for the championship face each other. The two teams that passed the second hurdle of the tournament will not meet in the semifinals. Only by overcoming one more hurdle and advancing to the finals can the final showdown take place.
Australia’s goal celebration. /AFPBBNews=News1 Korea unexpectedly finished second in Group E (1 win, 2 draws) and advanced to the round of 16, then faced Saudi Arabia, led by Italian ‘master’ coach Roberto Mancini, and fell behind 0-1 in the second half. In the 99th minute, Cho Gyu-seong (Midtjylland) scored a dramatic header to tie the score, then went through overtime and won 4-2 in a penalty shootout to advance to the quarterfinals. It is a continuation of a classic. Australia advanced to the round of 16 as first place in Group B (2 wins, 1 draw), then defeated Indonesia 4-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals two days before Korea. They sailed smoothly without any obstacles and had 53 hours more rest time than Korea, so they enter the quarterfinals with a physical advantage. For Korea, this is an opportunity to avenge the pain of losing 1-2 in overtime in the final against Australia, the host country of the 2015 tournament, remembered as ‘Son Heung-min’s tears’ for the first time in nine years. Korea is aiming to regain the top spot 64 years after losing the 1st and 2nd Asian Cups in a row in 1956 and 1960. Japan, the country with the most Asian Cup wins (4 times), was unexpectedly pushed to second place in Group D (2 wins, 1 loss), like Korea. This is because they were defeated by Iraq 1-2. In the round of 16 against Bahrain, they achieved an easy 3-1 victory and joined the quarterfinals, regaining their status as champions. The quarterfinals against Iran are the biggest hurdle in the team’s quest to win the title for the first time in 13 years since 2011. Iran took first place in Group C of the group stage after winning all three matches, but lost a hard-fought victory against Syria in the round of 16 after a penalty shootout. After winning three consecutive championships in 1968, 1972, and 1976, he is attempting to win for the fourth time in 48 years.
The Japanese national team is happy. /AFPBBNews=News 1 Qatar (58th), the ‘defending champion’ and host country that won its first championship in the 2019 United Arab Emirates (UAE) competition, is also one of the candidates for the championship. After taking first place in Group A with all three wins, they defeated Palestine 2-1 in the round of 16 and advanced to the quarterfinals, aiming for their second consecutive victory in the competition. Qatar’s quarterfinal opponent, Uzbekistan (68th), took second place (1 win, 2 draws) after Australia in Group B, and defeated Thailand 2-1 in the round of 16. 4th place in the 2011 Qatar Tournament is their best result in the Asian Cup. Jordan (87th) is a powerful team that took the lead against Korea in Group E of the group stage but drew 2-2. After advancing to the round of 16 in 3rd place in the group (1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss), they were down 1-2 in the match against Iraq, 1st place in Group D (3 wins), but scored an equalizer and a game-winning goal in extra time in the second half to win 3-2. They staged a comeback and advanced to the quarterfinals. Tajikistan (106th) took second place in Group A (1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss) in its first appearance at the Asian Cup finals, and then faced UAE, led by Paulo Bento, former head coach of the Korean national team, in the round of 16 and lost 1-1. After being unable to decide the winner, they won 5-3 in a penalty shootout and advanced to the quarterfinals, sparking an ‘underdog revolt’.
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Korean players rejoice with goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo (No. 21), who blocked two shots in the round of 16 penalty shootout against Saudi Arabia. /Photo=Newsis# Penalty shootouts completed three positions in the quarterfinals At the first gate of the 2023 Asian Cup round of 16 tournament, three penalty shootouts took place. A penalty shootout completed the three spots in the quarterfinals. Korea and Iran, the favorites for the championship, and Tajikistan, which is taking the field by storm, also secured a spot in the quarterfinals through a penalty shootout.
Penalty shootouts are a device that provides a thrilling experience in tournament knockout matches. Before the 1970s, if there was a draw until overtime, a rematch or a coin toss was held, and the tournament ended with a joint win. Penalty shootouts appeared on the international stage in the 1970s. On the European stage, it was first adopted at the 1976 European Football Championship in Yugoslavia (Euro 1976), and Czechoslovakia won 5-3 in a penalty shoot-out after a 2-2 draw with West Germany in the final, winning its first trophy. Antonin Panenka, who was the final kicker in the Czech Republic’s penalty shootout at the time, put an end to the long game with the famous ‘Panenka Kick’.
A penalty shootout gives the winner an indescribably thrilling sense of accomplishment, but gives the loser an unbearable sense of defeat. Some view penalty shootouts as the ‘flower of soccer’, while others, like former FIFA President Sepp Blatter, describe them as a ‘disaster’. The penalty shootout will be recorded as a draw in the official records.
In a penalty shootout, tension and nerves intersect between the kicker’s confidence and fear and the goalkeeper’s instantaneous response. Although the kicker’s probability of success is clearly much higher, the burden of his failure is also greater. A goalkeeper becomes a ‘hero’ when he makes a save. Rather, it is a fight in which the goalkeeper has a psychological advantage.
Tajikistan players rejoicing (white uniforms). /AFPBBNews=News 1 The charm of the penalty shootout was still in effect in the 2023 Asian Cup. First, Tajikistan, the ‘leading sensation’, defeated ‘Bentuho’ UAE 5-3 in a penalty shootout and advanced to the quarterfinals in their first Asian Cup finals. It was a great revolt of the ‘106th place in the periphery of soccer’, which had been unable to stand out in Central Asia behind Uzbekistan and other countries. The penalty shoot-out marked a new page in the history of Tajikistan soccer. The UAE was caught up in Tajikistan’s storm and was unable to maintain its momentum of reaching the semifinals in consecutive years in the 2015 and 2019 competitions. While Tajikistan had all five kickers succeed in the penalty shootout, UAE hung its head when its second kicker, Kaiu Kanedu, missed.
Korean players rejoicing. /Photo = Newsis Korean national soccer team. /Photo = Provided by Newsis The protagonist of the second penalty shootout was Korea. In the round of 16 match against Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Radif was given the lead as soon as the second half started, and it was a tough game, but 9 of the 10 minutes of added time in the second half were followed by a header pass by Seol Young-woo (Ulsan HD) and a header by Cho Kyu-sung. After taking the game to overtime with a goal, they won the penalty shootout thanks to two saves by goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo (Ulsan). ‘Captains’ Son Heung-min (Tottenham), Kim Young-kwon (Ulsan), Cho Gyu-seong, and Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton) took turns as penalty kick kickers and all hit accurate shots. Korea laughed and cried in the penalty shootout at the Asian Cup. In the 1972 Thailand tournament, after drawing 0-0 with Iraq in the group match, they lost 2-4 in the first penalty shootout, but after drawing 1-1 in the semifinals with Thailand, they won 2-1 in the penalty shootout and advanced to the final. . In the final against Iran, they lost 1-2 and took second place. At the 1988 Qatar Games, they suffered a disappointing defeat in the finals due to a penalty shootout. The opponent in the final was Saudi Arabia. At that time, Korea advanced to the finals with good momentum by defeating UAE (1-0), Japan (2-0), Qatar (3-2), Iran (3-0), and China (2-1), but lost 0-0 to Saudi Arabia. After failing to decide the winner at 0, they lost 3-4 in the penalty shootout and finished in second place once again. The penalty shootout victory against Saudi Arabia in this tournament was a battle of revenge from 36 years ago. Saudi Arabia has only won four penalty shoot-out games in the Asian Cup, but this time they experienced the bitterness of their first loss.
Son Heung-min, captain of the Korean national soccer team, is answering questions from reporters at the Al Egla Training Center in Doha, Qatar, on January 31 (Korean time). /Photo = Newsis Park Ji-sung. /Photo = Newsis The highlight of Korea’s Asian Cup penalty shoot-out history is the 2007 Southeast Asian Four Nations Tournament. After recording 2 wins and 1 draw in the group stage, all three games in the quarterfinals went to penalty shootouts. In the quarterfinals against Iran, they drew 0-0 and then won 4-2, but in the semifinals against Iraq, they lost 3-4 in a penalty shootout after drawing 0-0. Then, in the 3rd and 4th place match against Japan, the team won 6-5 in a penalty shootout after 0-0, and finished in 3rd place. The goalkeeper at the time was ‘captain’ Lee Woon-jae, and the kickers Jo Jae-jin, Oh Beom-seok, Lee Geun-ho, Lee Ho, Kim Jin-gyu, and Kim Chi-woo were all successful. At the 2011 Qatar Tournament, Korea met Japan in the semifinals and drew 2-2 before going to a penalty shootout again. This time, they lost 0-3. Koo Ja-cheol, Lee Yong-rae, and Hong Jeong-ho, who played as kickers, all failed. This is the same tournament where Son Heung-min summoned Park Ji-sung after the Asian Cup penalty shootout against Saudi Arabia for the first time in 13 years. It was the first and last time Park Ji-sung and Son Heung-min played together.
Iranian players are happy. /AFPBBNews=News 1 Iran, which last went to a penalty shoot-out in the round of 16 of this tournament, was unable to show off its strength and struggled against Syria, resulting in a bitter win and a ‘big match’ against Japan. Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand, who gave up a penalty kick in the second half and provided an excuse to equalize 1-1, blocked the shot of Syria’s second kicker, and all five Iranian kickers succeeded. However, he earned his own penalty in the 34th minute of the first half. The main striker, Mehdi Taremi, who scored the first goal with a kick, was sent off for accumulating warnings, which resulted in the team being unable to play in the quarterfinals against Japan. After receiving a yellow card once for simulation, Taremi blocked a dribbling opponent with a rough foul in the 46th minute of the second half and left the ground after receiving a second warning. No one knows what kind of match will unfold even after the quarterfinals. A soccer ball is round, and anything can happen. Penalty shootout is one of them. As this is a game that requires a lot of luck, I hope that we can give a refreshing victory without going to a penalty shoot-out so as not to worry soccer fans and the entire nation. If there is a penalty shootout, I hope that the one who smiles will always be the ‘Taegeuk Warrior’.
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