Topic: Asian Cup 2023 Prediction and Discussion - page 7. (Read 5577 times)

It's true, friends, this match is certainly difficult to predict who the winner will be. If we look at the start of Group C yesterday, Iran has dominated the wins and not a single one has suffered a defeat. I'm quite confident about Iran's performance at the moment and in the next match. I'm quite optimistic that Iran will be able to win. win it. Although Japan is more popular for international matches.

Even though Iran will not include Mehdi Taremi in the match due to the previous red card, this will not have a total impact on the entire team. Maybe Mehdi's position is expected to be filled with Sardar Azmoun and of course Iran will appear with its flagship scheme, namely 4-2-3-1.

It is crazy to see they could come back in injury time when they nearly lost the quarter final but then Son Heung Min helped them to exit the death and won the match. It's emotional match for Son Heung Min and he had another step towards a first title with his national team. One effort to help his team get a penalty for an equalizer and a winning goal from an outstanding free kick.

Japan and Iran belong to top four of Asia together with South Korea and Australia. Those four teams have to face with each other in quarter finals and it seems two of them will join the final match. We already have South Korea in semi finals and let's see either Japan or Iran will be in semi finals.

It will be a dreaming final mach for 2024 AFR Asian Cup and in team aspect, Japan had more success than South Korea in latest World Cup tournaments but in personal aspect, South Korea has more success with Son Heung Min is a brightest Asian star player in the Europe. A first ever Asian player who can won Premier League scorer award and be an official captain of a club in Premier League.

Crazy to see South Korea can comeback during injury time, they have a good mentality despite they make many mistake that makes Australia can score a goal.

We will see another tough match today Iran vs Japan, although based on statistic Iran can't be underestimated because they ranks 21th, but Japan is a team that rising so fast and improve a lot compared to other countries.

I guess, the final match would be South Korea vs Japan.

If Japan is in normal performance in terms of the Japanese squad, it is clearly better, many of its players play in Europe. of course Japan is more favored to win this match. even though from the FIFA ranking, the difference is not so far.
But I'm more favoring Japan to win this match. even though playing in Qatar is a very hot desert country.

there is only a 3 ranking difference between Iran and Japan, Iran ranks 21 while Japan 17, so that situation, the match today will feature a fierce match to get a semifinal ticket. but, Japan is also favorite, because many japan player playing in Europe league, so that case, they have strong mentally against opposing pressure. Japan also often play on the international stage, with lots of experience playing internationally Japan can definitely win easily and maybe will go to the ideal final to meet Korea.

After securing victory, South Korea will play Jordan in the semifinals. Maybe Korea will also win and advance to the Final. In addition, I am very amazed by Japan for the time being. After the defeat of Iraq they seem to have righted the mistake. It seems that the entry of Mitoma is able to make Japan stronger. Their wing sides are nicer at the moment. Japan today they will play Iran, of course I chose Japan. Although I know Iran is also good. I am favored that Japan can reach the Final. In the final maybe they will meet South Korea. The dark horses of Uzbekistan were also unexpected, they were able to reach the Quarter Finals. But I think they will lose to Qatar. So the semifinals will be Japan vs Qatar.

If you check it in more detail, you will know that South Korea has done it 4 times in this tournament I mean scoring a goal in the last minute (90+) is this just luck? not sure because South Korea did it more than once. I agree with you that this is related to the mentality of the players, South Korea is ready to face any situation and only one step away from reaching the final round. South Korea could have won this tournament if its opponent in the final was not Qatar, because if the opponent was Qatar then the situation would be different I mean as a home team it will be difficult to beat Qatar while for other teams I think it's not a big problem.

By the way, Uzbekistan deserves to be called the underdog team their efforts to reach this stage should be appreciated. Underdog teams can usually provide surprises, will Uzbekistan do it this year or are they just lucky?  If Uzbekistan is able to beat Qatar today then any team must be wary of this team meaning they have hidden abilities. For the Iran vs Japan match, I prefer Iran to win because, Iran's journey has been more convincing since the group stage.

South Korea shows its winning mentality again. after the Saudi Arabian opponent also fell behind first, the score equalizer also occurred in injury time to win through a penalty shootout. against Australia, the incident again fell behind first and the score equalizer occurred in injury time.

South Korea steal the show what an end of second quarterfinal which played between Australia vs South Korea we have 42nd minute goal from Australian Goodwin which was enough for them to win, but injury time penalty bring South Korea back into the match and in extra time we have another goal from the Tottenham star Son which give impressive win to them, and now they are going to face Jordan into semifinal of the AFC Asia Cup in next round.

We have marathon game in this second quarterfinal of the event with 90 minutes were not enough for having winner in extra time South Korea dominate and Australian suffer with red card which bring them down and South Korea now have to go through into semifinal where Jordan is waiting for them and most chances we will have them into final as well.

Seeing from the actual game Australia is not as good as expected, it's just that Indonesia's shortcomings in this case are only about those who lose in terms of experience and they are unable to dispel Australia's excellent finish in this match. But that's all over now that we've reached the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup.

Australia were also eventually eliminated in the quarterfinals this time as Korea came back with a surprise in the dying minutes and were able to make a comeback and take a 1-2 lead at the end of the match.
Honestly, feel a bit weird about South Korea in this competition. They have some players who are actually at a good level but seeing from the game and the results they always get in a match this does not really reflect that they are a top club when if you look at the current squad they should be more than that.
Although they are now through to the semi-finals, I don't see anything special about South Korea in this competition.

For the second time, South Korea was again lucky in the final minutes of the match they were able to equalize. Previously, against Saudi Arabia, South Korea was very lucky to be able to equalize in the crucial minute 90+9. in the match against Australia, South Korea trailed 1-0 in the 42nd minute. Luckily, in the 90+6th minute, South Korea was awarded a penalty kick which Hee-Chan Hwang didn't waste as an equalizer. I want to say, South Korea has escaped defeat twice. in the end, Son scored a goal in the first minute of extra time until the match ended with a score of 1-2.

Talking about the course of this match, every time I observe the South Korean national team squad, in the first half, they don't really play enthusiastically or you could say they took the first initiative to steal the lead first. even though in reality, South Korea controlled the game. in the second half, South Korea started to play aggressively and started to create opportunities. until the final minute, South Korea was able to equalize. that too, past the white point prize. Until finally, South Korea reversed the situation and they qualified to advance to the next round.
On the other hand, it was unexpected that Yornadia would be able to qualify for the next round. and yeah, these two teams will meet again in the semifinal match of this championship.

The Asian Cup final between Japan and South Korea if it happens it will be the ideal final.
Jordan has confirmed himself against South Korea in the semifinals after 0-1 can be maintained by Jordan until the end of the match.
South Korea won over Australia was quite dramatic. In the semifinals, Korea seems to be able to beat Jordan according to predictions.

Iran opponents who are not easy for Japan tomorrow according to our time zone.
Although it is difficult, I want Japan to qualify in that round.

Jordan actually is one of a strong defensive teams in this Asian Cup.
And yes they qualified from 3rd best in the group stage, I guess they did that in purpose because they dont want to meet Japan if they win against Bahrain.
Also with 1 win and 1 draw in the group stage, they will be qualified 100% as one of the 3rd best teams into the next round even if they lost against Bahrain. 

Nice turn of events for the South Korean team making a tie and winning the quater finals in the last  injury times against Australia. Even though Korea dominated the whole game, they were unable to score on the 90 minutes while Australia had already scored one in the first half. The penalty on 96th minute made the score a tie and tottenham star Son Heung-min scored the winning goal in 104 minute in injury time.
It's good to see Korea on the semis as they are definitely the better team, they'd probably easily win over jordan to reach the finals.

It seems like many are favourites for the Japanese national team for this AFC Asian Cup. But this is very reasonable because the Japanese national team has a different performance from the others. Their very neat level of play has indeed proven that they are indeed ranked right at this time in the Fifa Ranking. So it is not surprising that Japan will be the favourite to win the AFC Asian Cup title this season.

Jordan made it through to the semi-finals after beating Tajikistan by a narrow score of 0-1. But I really didn't expect Jordan to make it to the semi-finals. They only qualified for the last 16 because they were the 3rd best in the group stage. It looks like there will be more matches that will surprise me besides this one. Maybe the Australia vs South Korea match will surprise me too.

You have done deep work for the last two teams, but I am not agreed with this all because now I have feeling most chances we will have three teams into last two with Australians journey are going to end in quarterfinals with South Korea is better team, and they will jump into last two and second could be from the Japan or Qatar because these both are doing good job and Japan is having some troubling start, but now they fight back which is good for them.

Indonesia is most talked team into this event with their quality is surely not good enough with they were still able to have spot into last 16 which is good for them and here one more point Australia is not enemy we need to more sports lover so calling them opponent is much better.

Jordan is now the first to qualify for the semi-finals after beating Tajikistan.

And soon another match will take place which is Austtralia vs South Korea. I'm backing South Korea for this one. But if we're talking about my favourite team to win the Asian Cup then of course I'm also backing Japan. Because only this team is showing a very disciplined and outstanding type of play.

Japan and Korea are currently best teams in Asia with their structure and quality because these both teams having enough players which are playing in top clubs of Europe others are Australia and Qatar but most chances we will have Korea vs Japan which could be exciting.

Currently, first quarterfinal is having 82 minutes game with Jordan is going to be first team which is having spot into last four through own goal by Tajik player Asian soccer is so boring they need to work on quality if they want better fans base and entertainment for the soccer fans around the world.

I’m supporting Japan to win the tournament. We’re at the 1/4 final stage now with Tajikstan vs Jordan on 76 minutes as I type this, Jordan lear 1-0.

Here’s a write up on the games - https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/sports/2024/2/1/titans-prepare-to-do-battle-as-the-asian-cup-hots-up-in-the-quarterfinals

If you look at the eight teams that advanced to the quarter-finals, they were dominated by teams that were strong enough so that the quarter-finals would be a match with a high level of difficulty. Jordan was lucky enough to face Tajikistan, which could be said to have the same strength if judged from the FIFA rankings.
In the Australia vs South Korea match, I support South Korea to advance to the semifinals but this will not be easy, in fact it is very possible that the match will have to be decided by a penalty shootout because the score is the same until extra time.

Tajikistan vs Jordan, the match is still 0-0 and no one dominates this match because as I mentioned earlier both of them are almost the same strength but Jordan will have a better chance of getting to the semifinals and winning with a narrow score