The score of 5-0 in the first half has completely lost the suspense of this game, and even hardcore Iraqi fans do not have hope for the Iraqi team. Never before in the history of football has a team drawn or won after falling behind by such a large margin in the first half.

With such a score, the Chinese team has taken the lead in the semifinals.

In the semi-finals, China will face the winner between Japan and South Korea. Judging by the current situation of the two teams, South Korea has a better chance of winning.

At the beginning of the second half, Lu Feng was replaced very early, and not only that, Frances even replaced three people in less than 10 minutes.

When the outcome of this game has lost its suspense, it is very beneficial for them to let more Chinese players play and accumulate game experience.

In the second half of the game, the Chinese team and the Iraqi team each scored a goal, and the final score became 6-1, and the Chinese team easily advanced to the semifinals.

The head coaches of the rest of the teams who watched the game all felt a lot of pressure for the strength of the Chinese team and Lu Feng.

With the current state of Lu Feng and the Chinese team, none of the remaining teams is their opponent.

After the match between Iraq and China, the other quarter-final match was between Australia and India.

The points for the entire group stage are as follows.

The four teams in Group A are: South Korea, Iraq, Thailand, and Vietnam. South Korea won all three games and ranked first in Group A, while Iraq finished second in the group with two wins and one loss. Vietnam and Thailand ranked third and fourth, respectively.

The four teams in Group B are: North Korea, Australia, Qatar and Iran. In Group B, Australia and Iran both have two wins and one draw, with Australia topping the group on goal difference and Iran relegating to second.

In Group C, China won all three games and qualified first, Japan won two wins and one loss and won second in the group, and Bahrain and Jordan were eliminated.

In Group D, Saudi Arabia won two wins and one draw, and India ranked second with one win and two draws, while the United Arab Emirates, which was originally favored, ranked third with one win, one draw and one loss, and the rest of the Malaysian team is completely soy sauce-like existence.

The Indian team is known as the biggest dark horse in this Asian Youth Championship, and it was enough to surprise many fans by reaching the finals of the Asian Youth Championship.

As a result, India actually successfully qualified from the group of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, which proved its identity as a dark horse.

In this game, the Indian team also showed its good strength, pressing high and super fast rhythm throughout the game, which brought huge trouble to the Australian team.

At the end of the first half, it was surprising that India actually led Australia with a corner goal.

After the start of the second half, the stronger Australian team made full use of its size advantage and launched a high-altitude bombing.

The attack paid off, and Australia equalised less than five minutes into the second half.

After the equaliser, the Australian team appeared to be unhurried, patiently possessing the ball and looking for opportunities. On the other hand, on the Indian team's side, the full-court high-level pressing is undoubtedly a huge consumption for physical fitness. Even though it's a youth team game, the young people can't stand running like this.

With the huge physical drain, the Indian team's defense finally showed holes. The Australian team also seized their opportunity decisively and scored a crucial goal in the 86th minute to kill the game.

In the end, Australia reversed India with a score of 2-1 with two goals in the second half and became the semi-finals.

The other quarter-final is from Saudi Arabia vs. Iran. Both teams are West Asian teams with outstanding skills at their feet. The only difference is that Iran's style of play is tougher.

At the beginning of the game, both teams looked quite conservative, and neither side dared to attack first, for fear that the other side would take the opportunity first.

In this way, the first half of the game between the two teams can be said to be quite ugly.

With a score of 0-0, both teams started the second half.

In the second half, both sides were very cautious, after all, both teams wanted to go further to the semi-finals.

As a result, in the second half of the game, the two sides still did not score a goal.

After the game went into extra time, it was the Iranian team that seized on a mistake by the Saudi team and scored a goal to end the game.

In the end, with 120 minutes of play, the Iranian team reached the semi-finals.

The final four spots will be between Japan and South Korea.

If it weren't for the outstanding performance of the Chinese team in this Asian Youth Championship and the strength of Lu Feng, I am afraid that everyone would think that the final champion would be produced between Japan and South Korea.

After all, these two teams, whether they are senior or youth, are first-class in Asia, and they have won the most championships.

However, even if there is such a strong Chinese team in the Asian Youth Championship this time, there are still many people who are optimistic that the Japanese and South Korean teams will eventually win the championship. The matchup between Japan and South Korea has undoubtedly attracted widespread attention.

This game, which was jokingly called the early final by many Japanese and Korean media, began in the spotlight.

There was a huge gap between the two teams in the group stage, with South Korea showing a strong dominance in the group and comfortably topping the group.

As for the Japanese team, they met the Chinese team in the first game, not to mention, and were directly beaten by Lu Feng, who was in explosive form. So much so that in the second match against Bahrain, the Japanese team almost capsized in the gutter and lost the game.

Fortunately, the Japanese team held on at a critical time and finally defeated the opponent with difficulty. In the final round against Jordan, the Japanese team found their original form and quickly won 3-0 to ensure the second place in the group.

Unexpectedly, Japan, which qualified second in the group, met the South Korean team in the knockout round. This made many Japanese media and fans feel cold. When I met the Chinese team before, the results were not too good, and when I met the South Korean team, does it mean that after this game, the Japanese team's Asian Youth Championship journey will come to an end.

Fortunately, at the beginning of this game, the performance of the Japanese team gave confidence to the people who supported the Japanese team.

Just 10 minutes into the game, a mistake by a South Korean defender who was too low to be at a low level gave the Japanese striker a chance to make a single move.

In the face of such a generous gift, the Japanese striker did not refuse, and decisively chose to shoot after passing the goalkeeper, and the football rolled into the goal.

In this way, the game, which originally looked evenly matched, allowed Japan to take the lead because of a small mistake by the South Korean defenders.

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