Japan Wins 2-0 Against UAE in U-23 Asian Cup
Japan wins 2-0 against UAE in U-23 Asian Cup… Korea-Japan advance to quarterfinals
Fateful Korea-Japan match’ at 10 PM on the 22nd with 1st place in the group at stake.
Korea and Japan early confirmed their advancement to the quarterfinals of the men’s soccer final preliminary round at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Japan defeated the United Arab Emirates (UAE) 2-0 in the second match of Group B of the 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-23 Asian Cup held at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar on the 20th (Korean time). Defeated. 온라인카지노
As a result, Korea and Japan confirmed their early advancement to the quarterfinals of this tournament, which also serves as the final qualifying round for the Paris Olympics.
The two teams, who each won two games in a row and accumulated six points each, secured at least second place in the group regardless of the results of the remaining three games.
The first place in Group B will be determined based on the results of the Korea-Japan match held at 10 p.m. on the 22nd.
The 1st place in Group B will play the 2nd place in Group A, and the 2nd place in Group B will play the 1st place in Group A in the quarterfinals.
In Group A, which has two games each, the host country Qatar is currently in first place, and Indonesia, led by Coach Shin Tae-yong, is in second place.
China and UAE, who lost two games in a row, were confirmed to be eliminated from the group stage.
Japan, who had been pounding on the UAE goal from the start of the game, took the lead with Seiji Kimura’s first shot in the 27th minute of the first half.
Seiji headed in a cross from Rihito Yamamoto from the right side, and the ball hit the goal post and crossed the goal line.
In the 34th minute of the first half, Sato Gain’s shot was blocked by the UAE defense’s hand-to-hand defense, and Seiji shot again with his right foot, but it hit the goal post and ended in vain.
Japan swallowed their disappointment after two opportunities to score additional goals came to nothing after video review (VAR).
It looked like a penalty kick was awarded in extra time in the first half, but it was canceled after VAR.
In the 16th minute of the second half, Ayumu Ohata’s shot hit the net, but was ruled offside by VAR.