Topic: Asian Cup 2023 Prediction and Discussion - page 9. (Read 5284 times)

what an unexpected thing, cho gue sung managed to score a goal in the 99th minute and forced south korea and saudi arabia to have a penalty shootout. south korea played very carefully from the first half so it is not surprising that they succeeded in winning this match.

but initially i sided with saudi arabia in the match against south korea, they have a good track record, moreover they have already managed to beat argentina, congratulations to south korea, they are a lucky team.

This is still quite worthy of praise from the performance shown by Indonesia in this title because indeed they have developed enough in terms of the game carried out but indeed in the match against Australia yesterday we seemed to learn a lot that finishing is a condition that must be owned as a support to get a victory. Indonesia has a pretty good chance to develop when looking at the quality of their players especially they have a young average squad in defense and midfield is also actually quite well developed but the quality of their attacks is poor and of course this is finishing that must be improved.
Australia are not that scary in this round of 16 match but they have good finishing and that is proven when 7 shots fired by Australia 4 of them are on target and 4 on target are all turned into goals.

Iran vs Syria

The last quarterfinalist in the Asian Cup is being determined. Iran, one of the favorites of the tournament, continues on its way by making 3 out of 3 in the group matches. Iran is very effective in offense with Taremi-Azmoun duo and Ghayedi. Iran's experienced defender Kanaanizadegan is suspended for the Syria match. Syria, coached by Hector Cuper, has scored only one goal in the group stages, but apart from conceding a goal from Australia, they have been able to stop their opponents and play very tight defense.

Syria, despite their limited resources, are incredibly well organized and play with an aggressive defensive approach. Iran is of course the favorite in this match but I think they will have a hard time overcoming Syria's tight and aggressive defense. For the bettors, a draw in the first half and Iran to win at the end of the match is preferable.

I think with the pattern of play shown at the start of the first half Indonesia will not concede much. But my guess was wrong. Indonesia played well, but they couldn't score. With this progress I'm quite happy. In addition, Indonesia also broke 3 AFC records.
1. Qualifying for the knockout phase, even though many said Indonesia was just lucky.
2. Indonesia scored a goal in every match in the Group stage.
3. Through its young player Marselino Ferdinan Indonesia set a record for the youngest goal scorer at this year's AFC.

Saudi Arabia vs South Korea.

It would be a shame if Saudi Arabia had to stop moving towards the next round of matches. even though Saudi took the lead first with a neat pass from Al Dawsari "a winger from Al Hilal", Abdulah Radit, Al Shabab's young striker, was able to put it to good use in the 46th minute. Referring to the course of the match, in the first half the match was quite balanced even though Saudi Arabia was slightly master ball possession. unfortunately, two chances hit the goal post.
entering the second half, South Korea started to play aggressively by controlling 71% of ball possession. 11 total shots, 4 on target, 2 big chances, 1 hit the goal post. It seems that after Saudi Arabia took a 1-0 lead, their focus was on maintaining their position until the end of the match. That's why South Korea dominated ball possession and the course of the match. Unfortunately, at the end of the match in the 90+9th minute, South Korea was able to equalize the score at 1-1.

In extra time, the game returned to normal as they fought each other to score goals. although in terms of opportunities, South Korea is much better. In the end, the match continued with a penalty shootout. Unfortunately, Saudi Arabia had to stop and South Korea had the right to advance to the next phase to become Australia's challenger. But at least, the Saudi Arabian national team showed that they were able to provide resistance to South Korea, which in fact is one of the strongest teams in the Asian Cup competition. The development of Saudi football has developed very well. Despite all that, of the teams competing in this competition, I still favor Qatar who will be one of the candidates to compete in the Asian Cup Final. well, there are still other matches in the round of 16, so let's just enjoy each match.

It is indeed very unfortunate that after Indonesia was eliminated, it turns out that now Thailand has also been eliminated from the round of 16. But Thailand should be appreciated because the game they displayed was good enough for the FIFA ranking, which is very different from Uzbekistan. Just being able to play in the round of 16 is already a good experience for Thailand and Indonesia. Maybe in the next Asian Cup Indonesia and Thailand can play better and advance further.

Today there is still 1 more match that will be very exciting, namely the Saudi Arabia vs South Korea match. I don't know which one to favorite because recently Saudi Arabia has also developed quite rapidly. But in terms of Fifa Ranking, South Korea is far superior. So I am sure South Korea will be the favorite and will win today's match.

Another representative from Southeast Asia had to be eliminated in this Asian Cup competition and at least Thailand could still match the game of Uzbekistan, who was the favorite in this round of 16 match. In my opinion, a 2-1 defeat is not too bad for Thailand and they certainly learned a lot to get to this round. Uzbekistan is indeed a strong opponent for Thailand so we cannot fully expect Thailand to win.

The achievements of Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand and Indonesia in making it through to the round of 16 are indeed worthy of appreciation, but again their opponents at this level are much better so the chance of advancing to the quarterfinals is quite impossible. I think both Thailand and Indonesia have gained a lot of experience in a competition of this size and I hope they will return in the next competition year.

Currently the match in progress is the Uzbekistan vs Thailand match and the temporary score is 2-1 with the advantage still on Uzbekistan's side.

I might expect Thailand to win this match as the remaining representative of Asean. But it looks like Uzbekistan is very difficult to beat so it is very likely that Uzbekistan will qualify from the round of 16.

There may be some Iraq supporters who protest why Aymen Hussein got a red card. If you look realistically at the referee's position, then the decision can be discussed with referees 1 and 2 maybe even VAR. But he was so fast, it seems that the referee thought Hussein did that as a form of profocation. In addition, the referee may consider the celebration to have been choreographed, resulting in excessive waste of time. If he hadn't celebrated, it might have been a different story. Hussein may also have forgotten he got a yellow card. 

Ok new update guys Indonesia lose against Japan



and you all already know that Japan is tough and the result was 3 against 1.


We fight against the Australia but you know it will be also a tough game



and the result is out that 4 Australia and 1 Indonesia, but that is totally fine since this is a new achievement for our country so nothing to lose. Just hope we are gonna win next time.

Indeed, from the start Australia was a strong team, they were one of the champion candidates, but I also appreciate the Indonesian national team's struggle to reach the round of 16, but the good thing I saw this time was that no one blamed Shin Tae Yong's strategy, he was great coach, but the quality of Indonesian players is still far below Australian players, once again congratulations to the Australian national team.

the match between Yordania vs Iraq really ended dramatically, who would have thought that Jordan's 2 goals came in the 95th and 97th minutes, it was really bad luck for Iraq to concede two goals at the end of the match.

Indonesia's development has improved quite a lot at this time, even though the score is losing, the game is starting to look more well organized. This is just a matter of flying hours because the majority of Indonesian players are U-23. Australia was able to take advantage of Indonesia's weakness in the second half, which was starting to run out of stamina. Indonesia's weakness lies in their less clinical finishing, even though many opportunities were created, but none of them could be converted into goals.

Indeed, Australia's game is not as scary as Japan, which plays a fast tempo from foot to foot. Australia bowled more often to take advantage of their posture. But both teams should be appreciated because the FIFA rankings are very far apart too. Congratulations to Australia for qualifying for the last 8.

We can see Indonesia dare to play short ball and hold the ball a lot. This is a good development, the ball movement is flowing well. But in some decisions there are still some players who are often late to pass. Indonesia's attacking line also struggled. Australia didn't play like Japan, in fact I think Japan were much faster with the tempo. So the tempo of the match was slower.
Australia managed to take advantage of the physical advantage and some basic mistakes of Indonesian defenders. The 2nd and 4th goals are one example. Other than that Australia was also more effective. Congratulations to Australia you deserved to win. Next up is the Asia U23 cup and World cup qualifiers, I hope some of the Indonesian blooded players who are in the process of transferring are finished.

Honestly, Palestine played way better than Qatar in the first half but unfortunately they managed to score only one goal. If they were able to score more goals they wouldn't lose. The Qatari team and especially the defence line committed a lot of mistakes and I wonder if they could advance further unless the coach fix these big errors.

In the other two matches, Tajikistan made a shocking victory after eliminating Emirates by penalties and Jordan made a good victory too against Iraq!

Right, the red card really brought a disaster Iraq should be comfortable with a 2-1 lead and the match leaves 20 minutes in normal time but this is what is called luck, Jordan can take advantage of the remaining matches to score 2 more goals to turn the situation into 2-3. By the way, I don't understand what happened so the referee gave a red card, is it due to excessive celebrations? as far as I know the celebration that is not permitted is to take off the jersey.

Qatar vs Palestine match has begun and will end in 10 minutes, exactly as I said Qatar will win but it's not as easy as I think because Palestine scored first, fortunately Qatar scored 2 other goals and still lead this far. The match in round 16 looks more aggressive most of the matches ended with 2-5 goals this is beyond my expectations because I think the match is a little more defensive. By the way, I chose Qatar as one of the candidates who will go to the semi-finals or final they have the ability and advantage as the host.

Now it is Qatar 2-1 Palestine. Qatar scored their second goal on a penalty kick. Even if this goal is a penalty, but the extra pressure on Qatar will be lifted. Because Palestine team is much weaker than Qatar team, Qatar team is ranked 58th and on the other hand, Palestine team is ranked 99th. If Qatar lost today, it would be a shame for Qatar.
However, the Qatari team came back in a very short period of time. (45'+6') Akram Afif assisted Hassan Al-Haydos first goal and 49 minutes Akram Afif's penalty shoot out the second goal. Anyway I think Palestine team will lose this match as they have not won even one of the last five matches against Qatar team. Moreover, Qatar team is the topper of the group.

Unexpected results for the Iraq vs Jordan match. We know that Jordan qualified for the round of 16 because they were third best from group E who met Iraq. We know that Iraq is the team that qualified as group D champion with the status of a team that has never lost.
I was surprised to find out that Jordan qualified for the round because they managed to beat Iraq in normal time without having to go into extra time.

The team that qualified for the round of 16 because it was ranked third best, like Indonesia, lost against Australia.
Now Palestine is the one who has qualified because that route is also leading 0-1 against Qatar and the match is already at half time.
Palestine scored a goal in the 36th minute. This means that before 45 minutes of the first half they were ahead against Qatar.
If Jordan has made a surprise, maybe Palestine will also follow Jordan's steps?

edit: Qatar 1 - 1 Palestine (45+6)

Iraq 2 - 3 Jordan

It's a result that left me very surprised, I expected Iraq to win this game mainly because they were a team with a good performance in this competition, but in this game Jordan did much better on the field, at the beginning of the game they had a serious foul In my opinion, the referee should have given the Jordanian player a red card, but the referee chose to give a yellow card. after that there was an excellent moment in which the Jordanian player could have scored a goal, to be honest I was even scared by that movement from the Iraqi goalkeeper, he was very brave when he jumped to save the goal, it didn't take many minutes for the Jordan caused danger again and once again the Iraqi goalkeeper saved the team

then Iraq made an attack but without much danger to Jordan's defense. but Jordan again caused another great danger and once again the Iraqi goalkeeper saved the team. Iraq reacted and came very close to scoring a goal, but Jordan's goalkeeper saved it, it was a spectacular save. But after that, Jordan had a good opportunity that they didn't waste and scored a goal, giving Jordan an advantage in the game and the 1 half ended with Jordan's victory. In my opinion, Iraq in the 1 half made a lot of mistakes in defense and in attack they preferred to shoot from distance and this was something that did not cause much danger for Jordan's defense

the 2 half started with Iraq causing more danger, it seemed that Iraq had changed the way they saw the game and went completely attacking, Iraq put a lot of pressure on Jordan's defense until they managed to score the equalizer and then Iraq scored a goal again and with that they took an advantage, it seemed that Iraq would come out of that game with victory but 1 minute after scoring the second goal the Iraqi player received a red card, so Iraq was weakened and lost the game. I think Iraq was very unlucky in that game. Anyway, congratulations to Jordan for winning

The match have already finished with Jordan as the winner and this is hard match for Jordan because Iraq playing with full of determination and since the beginning of match both teams were attacking each other but the goalkeeper from them can performing well but everything was change after Iraq player Hussein got a red card and it makes Jordan starting to dominate the game and pushing Iraq to focus to their defense and Jordan has successfully to make epic comeback and they dramatically can fliped the situation and eliminate Iraq and at the quarterfinal Jordan will fight against dark horses Tajikistan

For upcoming match Qatar vs Palestine i haven't checked the odds yet but i will assuming Qatar is the favourite but i didn't surprised if maybe the bookmakers will provide low odds for Qatar because as a host Qatar was starting this season with fantastic performance because at the group stages Qatar can collect 9 points which mean they can able to won all of the matches and Qatar even still cleansheet which mean still not conceded and for Palestine they qualified to the round of 16 after became an one of the best ranked 3 teams in the tournament and their performance is not too impressive because Palestine have already lost once from Iran and for today match i agree with you that Qatar will easy to gets the winning result from Palestine and advances to quarterfinal

I appreciate the struggle of the Indonesian players in their participation in the Asian Cup. I think Indonesia, which is the team with the lowest ranking, is already great enough to be able to appear until the 16th round. Shin Tae Yong has really been able to change the playing style of the Indonesian National Team as a whole, yes, maybe it's just a matter of time before Indonesia's current generation will be able to talk a lot about it. regional competitions they will participate in.

Of course, it is not easy for anyone to handle a team with all its shortcomings, meaning that the average Indonesian player is not yet fully able to understand football professionally, there are quite a lot of basic mistakes that the coach from South Korea continues to correct and it is proven that currently their game is very developed.