The final round of the group stage was finally all over two days later, Iraq defeated North Korea 1:0, the United Arab Emirates lost to Iran 0:3, and after the two battles, Iran won all three games and ranked first in the group with nine points, and Iraq won two games and lost one and ranked second in the group with six points. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 InfoSince Iran has already qualified for the round one round earlier, Iraq is the last team to confirm a place in the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup.

Since then, the Asian Cup quarterfinals have all been produced, namely China and Uzbekistan in Group A, Japan and Jordan in Group B, Australia and South Korea in Group C, and Iran and Iraq in Group D.

Of these eight teams, six were predicted by the media to be in the quarter-finals, with only Uzbekistan and Jordan surprising everyone. Most mainstream media believe that in Group A, China and Qatar should qualify, but unexpectedly, Uzbekistan made a big show of power, and the first round of the duel made the host hate, which directly led to Qatar being very difficult in the subsequent game and was finally rejected outside the quarterfinals.

Qatar is the host, but it has not even qualified from the group, and the Qatar Football Association is also worried about the ratings, the team of their own country has been out, how many of their own people will continue to watch the next games?

It's a headache.

In addition, Jordan's ability to squeeze out Syria and Saudi Arabia has also made the media's eyes shine, you must know that Group B, where Jordan is located, is a veritable group of death!

The quarter-finals will last for three days (Beijing time), with the first match at 21:25 p.m. on January 21, the second and third matches at 00:25 a.m. and 21:25 p.m. on January 22, and the fourth match at 230:25 p.m. After four matches, the top four teams will be determined.

The first quarter-final is Japan vs. Uzbekistan, Japan is one of the favorites to win the Cup, in fact, every Asian Cup Japan team is the favorite team, although Uzbekistan is strong, but compared with the Japanese team, it is still a notch behind.

The match between the two teams was played at the Garafa Stadium, and in the end, Japan became the first team to reach the last four with a 3-1 victory over Uzbekistan thanks to a goal from Shinji Okazaki, Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa. Uzbekistan only scored a face-saving goal by striker Heinrich before the break, which didn't do much to help the team, but it allowed Heinrich to tie Zhang Shujie, Gu Zizhe and Abdullatif in the scorers' charts, with all four leading the scorers list with three goals.

Unfortunately, Abdullatif and Heinrich have no chance to increase their goals, so the Golden Boot winners of this Asian Cup will most likely be produced between Zhang Shujie and Gu Zizhe. But the schedule is only halfway through, and there are a lot of uncertainties behind it. For example, Lee Mu, Ji Dong-won (South Korea), who scored two goals, and Shinji Okazaki also have a chance in theory.

Less than an hour after the match between Japan and Uzbekistan, the second quarter-final match will begin, and China will play against Jordan.

The venue of the match is the same as the venue of the Chinese team's last game, which is still at the Khalifa Stadium. Due to the time difference, it was still night in Doha, but it was already early in the morning in China, so when the fans who stayed in China wanted to see the game, the time had already reached the next day, that is, the 22nd.

Jordan takes this game very seriously, as early as the pre-match press conference, Jordanian coach Adnan Hamad said: "The Chinese team is a very strong opponent, they have a lot of good players, several of them play in the mainstream European leagues. For example, Zhang Shujie and Li Mu in Parma, and Xu Ziyi in Villarreal. In my opinion, China is the same team as Japan, South Korea, Iran and Australia. But we will not rest on our laurels, we will fight to the death with the Chinese team. ”

It is not difficult to hear from these words that Jordan does not have much confidence that it will be able to defeat the Chinese team.

Chen Hui also asked him: "Can you specifically evaluate the Chinese players in your eyes?"

Hamad said: "The most dangerous figure in the Chinese team is their number nine striker, Zhang Shujie, who is very well-rounded. I've watched the footage of the Chinese team, I've studied him specifically, and his second goal in the final round of the group stage was very exciting, and now he has scored three goals and ranks first in the scorer list. ”

Hamad then added: "There is also Li Mu, although he is also a striker, but he is very different from Zhang Shujie. Li Mu is even more like a 'partial striker', he can pass and shoot, he has two goals and two assists in the Asian Cup, and he is also a player that we cannot take lightly. In the game, I will arrange for the players to defend him and Zhang Shujie separately. ”

"Well, anything else?"

"And the goalkeeper of the Chinese team, it is also difficult to deal with. Although he conceded three goals, he didn't make a single error, which is very rare. It is said that he belongs to Chelsea and is currently out on loan. ”

The other Hamad didn't say much, but also mentioned Zhao Wenkang and Yan Tao. It can be seen that the Jordanian coach has really worked the Chinese team, especially several overseas players in the team, and he knows them like a few treasures.

Gao Hongbo responded with a smile when he heard such a compliment from the other party, saying that Jordan is also very strong, and being able to stand out in the group of death is a symbol of strength in itself, and also said that Jordan will bring a lot of trouble to the Chinese team in the game.

As soon as he arrived at the locker room, Gao Hongbo immediately gave a death order after explaining the final tactics: "Among the eight teams in the quarterfinals, Jordan is recognized as the weakest, and we are lucky to meet them." You have only one mission, to win!

"Got it!"

"Alright, let's play!" Gao Hongbo said and opened the door of the locker room fiercely.

The main players of both teams walked through the tunnel and followed the referee and the two linesmen onto the pitch.

The formation of the Chinese team is 4312, which is exactly the same as the previous game. Young and Xu Ziyi and Yan Tao have already proven themselves in the group stage, and they have the ability to deserve the main position. suffered Gao Lin and Hu Xiaoning, so they could only stand by on the bench.

Gao Hongbo is not wrong, among the eight teams, Jordan is indeed the weakest one, and with the strength of the Chinese team today, it should not be a problem to defeat Jordan.

Soon, Gao Hongbo's words were verified on the court.

Soon after the opening, the Chinese team got an attacking opportunity. Xu Ziyi made a direct pass in the middle, Zhang Shujie ran to attract the opponent's defense, Li Mu inserted into the penalty area from his side, and a "bulltail pass" deceived Jordanian defender Basm Fatah, and then Li Muxiao took a step and dialed Shadi Abu, who came to intercept.

He saw that the goalkeeper was in a bit of a position, a little forward, so he did not hesitate to rub his right foot, and the ball drew an inward arc, which went around the hands of goalkeeper Amir Shaafir in the air and drilled into the goal between the post and the crossbar.

1:0! The Chinese team is ahead of Jordan!

It was two minutes and 35 seconds into the game, and Li Mu took the lead in scoring for the Chinese team, and the Jordanian team had not yet reacted at this time, and their players, coaches, and fans were still in shock.

The Chinese fans were stunned for a moment, and then the stadium erupted in loud cheers. Chen Hui happened to look at his mobile phone at this time, but he didn't notice Li Mu's goal, and when he looked up again, he saw that Li Mu was already hugging Zhang Shujie and Xu Ziyi to celebrate.

"Isn't it? Two minutes and thirty-five seconds? It's the fastest goal in this Asian Cup. ”

Shen Hao smiled: "Not as soon as possible, and it's still very exciting." ”

Chen Hui looked at the big screen, and sure enough, Li Mu's goal was indeed very exciting, and it was not inferior to Zhang Shujie's goal in the last round.

Liu Jianhong shouted loudly at the live broadcast site: "Li Mu! Li Mu! He scored with the first shot in the opening game! He scored his third goal in this Asian Cup, so that he and Zhang Shujie tied for the top of the scorer list, and he announced to everyone with his actions that he also joined the competition for the Golden Boot Award!"

Hamad sighed and shook his head, he asked Basmu Fatah to keep an eye on Li Mu, but he didn't expect that in the first conversation at the beginning of the game, Fatah was tricked by Li Mu!

How does this Chinese look like a Brazilian when he plays? Could he have studied in Brazil? Or grew up in Brazil? Or is he simply a Chinese-Brazilian half-breed?

Hamad couldn't figure it out.

The game has only just begun, and Jordan still has plenty of chances to score. But the Chinese team has more chances than them.

In the fourteenth minute, Zhang Shujie received a pass from Xu Ziyi, and after shaking off Barney Yassin on the edge of the penalty area, he fired a volley with great power, Shafael did not react to the ball at all, fortunately the ball flew off the crossbar, otherwise Jordan would have lost two goals in the opening fifteen minutes, and his willpower would have collapsed.

In the eighteenth minute, Deng Zhuoxiang knocked Xu Ziyi horizontally, Xu Ziyi did not make any adjustments, and shot from 22 meters away, which was more threatening than Zhang Shujie's time. The ball changed direction on the leg of one of the opposing defenders, and goalkeeper Shafair had made a save, but the change in the path of the ball caused him to save in the opposite direction. He frantically moved to the other side and narrowly flicked the ball over the crossbar on the goal line, which looked quite embarrassing.

Shafir got up from the ground, a little annoyed, but not good at venting at his teammates. Originally, his teammates were not wrong, and they wanted to help him, but they did something bad unintentionally and almost messed up.

The Chinese team took a corner kick, Zhao Wenkang drove the ball out, and Yan Tao, who assisted to the penalty area, grabbed a header and hit the goal, and the ball was high above the crossbar.

In 20 minutes, the Chinese team had four shots on goal and one goal, and Jordan was clearly at a disadvantage. But that didn't mean they didn't even have a chance to attack, and in the 25th minute, Jordan launched a quick counter-attack.

Striker Odai Saifei smashed the Yellow Dragon with the ball, and he was about to form a single knife. This is also to blame the Chinese team for being too careless, Jordan has been suppressed for more than 20 minutes, and the formation of the Chinese team has also advanced a lot intentionally or unintentionally, the two fullbacks Wu Hao and Yan Tao are about to become full-backs, and the left and right full-backs Qu Bo and Zhao Wenkang are about to become wingers. The central defenders were even closer to the midfield, and Du Peng even scurried around in the middle line.

If this situation is counterattacked, it will be very dangerous. Odai Saifei now only has the Chinese team's goal, he had a total of more than a dozen shots on goal in the previous game, but only scored one goal, for which he is also controversial, if this goal can be scored, he can save the team's decline.

Ma Junqiang shouted: "Stop him!"

The Chinese team was already back on the defensive, but the battle line was too advanced, and Du Peng and Li Guobin could not do anything, so they could only follow behind Odai Saifei and chase desperately.

Liu Jianhong exclaimed: "The Jordanian team's counterattack was very sudden, and the defenders of the Chinese team were caught off guard, let's see if the Chinese team can survive this catastrophe!"

Odai Saifei gradually approached the penalty area, six, five, four meters......

On the right side of the Chinese team, a figure ran back to his own penalty area at a very fast speed. Ma Junqiang had already attacked the big penalty area at this time, but he saw that someone quickly came back to defend and had approached Odai Saifei.

"Yan Tao is now back in place! His speed is very fast! He caught up from the right side, and he was about to catch up with Odai Saifei!"

The scene was almost exactly the same as in the group stage against Qatar, when Qatari striker Sebastian also got such a chance, he thought that the goal was imminent, but it was ruined by Yan Tao, who caught up from behind.

Can Yan Tao "cross the catastrophe" for Ma Junqiang again this time?

Yan Tao and Odai Saifei were still about one and a half meters apart, and Odai Saifei was only half a step away from the penalty area. Ma Junqiang didn't expect Yan Tao to stop the Jordanian striker, after all, Yan Tao had done his best!

Ma Junqiang opened the formation, he was worried that the other party would hang the door, so he didn't dare to pounce first. At this moment, Yan Tao, who was behind the side of Aodai Saifei, suddenly fell to the ground and slid and shoveled at the ball with both feet!