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Asian Cup 1/8 finals: Japan defeated Bahrain and Iran eliminated Syria on penalties
China News Service, Beijing, February 1st. On January 31st local time, the Qatar Asian Cup ended with the last two 1/8 finals. The Japanese team played steadily and easily eliminated the Bahrain team 3:1; the Iranian team and the Syrian team were tied in regular time. In the end, the Iranian team defeated the Syrian team 5:3 in the penalty shootout and the total score was 6:4, and won the final A spot in the quarterfinals.
In this game, star Kaoru Mikasa, who plays for Brighton in the Premier League, appeared on the Japanese team’s roster. He had been absent due to injury and finally made his Asian Cup debut in the first round of the knockout rounds.
The dominant Japanese team controlled the rhythm of the entire game and frequently threatened the Bahrain team’s goal from the beginning. In the 31st minute, Mi Xiong Shengye hit the post with a long-range shot, and Tang Anlu, who had a keen sense of smell, knocked on the door of the Bahrain team with a supplementary shot in front of the goal. In the 49th minute, the Bahrain team’s defense made a mistake and sent out an own goal assist. Kubo Kubo accepted the gift with a low shot to expand the score to 2:0.
In the 64th minute, Japan goalkeeper Aya Suzuki made a major mistake. When handling Bahrain’s header, he collided with teammate Kiryo Ueda on the goal line and sent the ball into his own goal. Fortunately, in the 72nd minute, Kiryo Ueda made up for it and scored through the crotch from a small angle, sealing the victory for the Japanese team 3:1.
In this game, Japanese team goalkeeper Aya Suzuki continued the embarrassing record of conceding goals in every game of this Asian Cup. This own goal also caused Japanese team coach Mori Yasuichi to be questioned by the media on the choice of goalkeeper. After the game, Mori Yasuichi said that the team’s defense had improved in this game and the goal lost may be due to a lack of communication.
In the last 1/8 finals, the Iranian team and the Syrian team tied 1:1 in regular time, and the Asian Cup knockout stage once again staged a penalty shootout. In the 34th minute, Taremi, an Iranian player who was in excellent form in this Asian Cup, made a point and then took the penalty himself, giving the Iranian team the lead. In the 64th minute, the Syrian team also received a penalty kick, and Omar Khribin scored to equalize the score.
In the stoppage time of the second half, Taremi, the goal scorer of the Iranian team, received a yellow card for a defensive foul. A total of two yellow cards were turned into one red and he was sent off. The ten-man Iranian team failed to break through the opponent’s goal in overtime. The match Enter the penalty shootout. Syrian player Fahd Youssef missed a penalty kick, and the Iranian team finally eliminated the Syrian team with a penalty shootout of 5:3 and a total score of 6:4.
Taremi, the core of the Iranian team’s offense, was unable to play in the next round against Japan due to a red card. Outsiders believe that the Iranian team’s prospects for advancing to the next game are bleak.
At this point, all the top eight seats in this Asian Cup have been determined. In the quarter-finals, the new Asian Cup team Tajikistan will face the Jordan team; the Australian team, which has been going smoothly, will face the strong enemy South Korea; the host Qatar team will face the challenge of the Central Asian team Uzbekistan; the Japanese team will also The Iranian team competes for a ticket to the semi-finals.
2024-02-01 06:03:00
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