The day before the match, hosts the United Arab Emirates and Iraq took the lead in the first quarterfinals. As a result, the UAE beat Iraq 1-0 and will face the winner between China and Saudi Arabia in the semi-finals.

In the other game, the South Korean team, which was lucky enough to qualify, was not favored by God again.

South Korea vs Iran was originally a conjectural strong dialogue among fans. However, this time, the Taiji Tiger was slaughtered by the Persian Iron Horsemen.

This South Korean team is basically the original team that participated in the 94 World Cup, including Hong Myungpo, Yoo Sang-cheol, Kim Joo-seong and other South Korean celebrities.

In the opening 10 minutes, Iran's No. 10 Ali Daei showed his superb individual ability in front of the South Koreans.

Taking advantage of the gap between the South Korean defenders' turns, Ali Daei toes and dribbles into the South Korean penalty area from the left. Facing the bag of two people, after catching up with the ball, he flew up and almost pierced the door of the Korean team.

But one minute later, it was the South Koreans who broke the deadlock.

Kim Do-hoon followed a kick after receiving a through ball from his teammates, and while leaning on the Iranian defender, he sent the ball directly into the door of the Iranian team to help the South Korean team take a 1-0 lead.

In the 30th minute, Bagheri equalized for Iran. On the line of the penalty area, he received a corner kick pass from his teammates and hit the goal with a header, and the ball hit the ground and bounced directly into the door of the South Korean team. Treating such a rebound ball, South Korean goalkeeper Kim Byung-gi suffered a big loss.

In the 34th minute, the Iranian defender made a mistake in clearing the ball with a header, and the ball grazed the back of his head and flew into the penalty area. After receiving a light rub on the head of his teammate, Shin Tailong followed up with a push shot to pull the score away again and continue the score of 2-1 until halftime.

In the second half, the situation changed abruptly, and the Iranian team attacked in a big way.

Ali Daei, who had a piece of gauze on his left eyebrow, made a diagonal pass, and Aziz, who was running diagonally, kicked the ball over Kim Byung-gi's head before he could strike, leveling the score at 2-2.

The time that followed turned into a one-man show.

In the 65th minute, Ali Daei collided with the South Korean defender from a position behind, knocked the opponent away with a clear physical advantage, and got the ball that should have been cleared. Ali Dayi then took the ball all the way into the penalty area and shot the ball out of the small goal of the South Korean defender who came to make up for the defense, and penetrated the gate guarded by Kim Byung-gi in one fell swoop.

In the 76th minute, Ali Daei, who was at the top of the arc, received a half-high ball from his teammates from the right side with the arch of his foot, stopped the ball in the air and followed the side of his body to volley directly into the air. The ball flew through a beautiful arc towards the South Korean team's goal, and Kim Byung-gi stood still, watching the ball go into the net.

At this moment, there is a stark contrast between Ali Daei, who is running wildly, and Kim Byung-gi, who is bent over and sighing with his hands on his knees, and everyone is saying: The South Korean goalkeeper has collapsed!

However, the performance belonging to Alidai was not over, and in the 82nd minute, the Iranian team took advantage of a counter-attack opportunity to form a 1-on-1 situation in the front. The Iranian striker slowed down after dribbling into the South Korean penalty area, drawing the last defender to the left and sending a cross into the gap on the right. Ali Daei, who followed up, pushed the ball into the South Korean net again.

2 to 5, the South Korean team has gone and is powerless.

Just when everyone thought that the South Korean team was going to leave the Asian Cup with the shame of three goals, in the 89th minute, Aziz accelerated into the South Korean team's penalty area and rushed to the ball in front of Kim Byung-ki. Then he hit Kim Byung-gi and fell to the ground.

Iran won a penalty in the last minute of the game.

No. 10 Ali Daei stood in front of the penalty spot and easily scored the ball to complete his national team's first big four.

2-6, Iran killed South Korea in regular time.

Although the elimination of the South Korean team was a relief for Chinese and Japanese players and fans, the threat shown by the Iranian team made all the other teams tremble. In particular, Alidaii, the striker who has been playing in small teams like Saba Battery in Iran, has made him known to fans all over Asia.

The outstanding performance of this game also made a powerful paving for Ali to enter the Bundesliga team Bayern Munich in the future.

However, although Iran is strong, some domestic Q people are not very worried. Because judging from the schedule, if the Chinese team wants to play against Iran, it will have to wait until the final.

Can the Chinese team beat Iran in the final?

This question is very easy to answer for Chinese fans: "Qi is a quack doctor, I will burn high incense if I can send the Chinese team to the semifinals!" If I make it to the finals, I'm thankful for his parents! ”

After the game, the video of South Korean team coach Park Jong-hwan being stunned by the Iranian team's goal on the sidelines was ridiculed by a crowd of people. At the press conference, Park Jong-hwan confessed: "It is undeniable that the Iranian team is a very strong team and an underrated team. There are a lot of good players in this team, and at the same time, the overall strength of the team is not weak. There is no doubt that Iran will be the biggest favourites to win the Asian Cup. ”

Regarding the remarks of the South Korean coach, the coach of the Japanese team, Kamo Zhou, thought in an interview that Park Jong-hwan was looking for a step for himself.

As for whether he can lead the team to defeat Iran in the semi-finals, Gamo Zhou did not give the media an answer. After all, if they want to face Iran in the final four, they have to pass Kuwait first.

"According to official statistics, more than 80% of fans believe that the Iranian team will win the final championship, and other teams are just 'studying with the prince'..."

"! This is just! On the hospital bed, Vice Chairman Xu snorted and slapped the newspaper aside, "Xiaonuo, you bring me the "Sports Weekly" over there, and I'll see how our regular newspaper reports it!" ”

The gap between the performance of other teams and the Iranian team, Vice Chairman Xu is not unable to see clearly, but he is just angry that there are such tabloids in China touting the Iranian team so much

"These unscrupulous media really grow the morale of others and destroy their own prestige!" Vice Chairman Xu opened the "Sports Weekly" handed over by Xu Xu, and the newspaper did not introduce too much about the match between Iran and the South Korean team, but used a lot of space to guess the starting lineup of the Chinese team tonight.

"If you want the fans not to scold, you must first achieve high standards and strict requirements! Come on, Xiaonuo, come here, Mom will give you some good things. After Lun Shufen complained, she called Xu Yu, who was waiting by the bedside, to her side, and pointed to the small bowl full of cut apples on the table next to her, "Go, bring it to your father." ”

Xu Yue rolled his eyes, picked up the apple peel that Lun Shufen had stuffed into his mouth, and sent the apple in the bowl to Vice Chairman Xu.

His wife's rebuttal made Vice Chairman Xu speechless, national players do have a lot of bad habits, which is also what has been criticized by fans. However, it has only been a few years since the reform of football professionalism, and the general quality of players has not yet reached the passing line. In particular, there is no way to change the bad habits of some old international players.

Now Vice Chairman Xu can only hope that after Ou Chuliang, a group of Jianlibao students, grows up and becomes the pillars of the national football team, he will set an example for the people!

"Alas, when I closed my eyes, Lord Yama told me. The road to reform of Chinese football has a long way to go. You still have a lot of work to do, and you won't be accepted here, so you might as well go back. Now it seems that this is really the case. Vice Chairman Xu muttered to himself for a long time, and stuck a piece of apple with a toothpick, "Xiaonuo, open your mouth." ”

"Dad, you can eat." Promise shook his head and swallowed the last piece of apple peel into his mouth.

Seeing that Xu promised not to eat, Vice Chairman Xu did not force it. "Xiaonuo, you shake the head of the bed down, I want to rest for a while."

"Hmm."

Vice Chairman Xu lay on the pillow, his body was slowly flattened, closed his eyes and began to rest.

Through Sun Yourong's relay, Vice Chairman Xu knew that because of his illness, the plan to host the Asian Cup in the millennium was completely disrupted. Although Villapan was very concerned about Vice President Xu's health, he finally awarded Lebanon the right to host the Asian Cup for the millennium.

Such a blow hit Vice Chairman Xu's chest like a heavy hammer, making Vice Chairman Xu really languishing for a while.

Looking at the family photo of the Chinese team in the sports weekly, Vice Chairman Xu sighed: "2000 is gone, but we still have 2004." As long as I am alive, I must let the Chinese team host an Asian Cup. ”

"As for the World Cup, it's up to you! As long as the team's results meet the standards, politically and logistically, I and the Football Association will take care of these things! As he spoke, Vice Chairman Xu's gaze stayed on Ou Chuliang, and his eyes were full of tenderness.

After touching Ou Chuliang's face on the newspaper, Vice Chairman Xu's gaze slowly moved to the very center, where a meticulous Qi Shusheng was sitting.

"Old Qi, I'm begging you, just lead the team to play honestly, don't be a moth, okay?"