On January 31, 2022, the Asian Cup matches were fiercely contested as South Korea managed to avoid a match against Japan and beat their formidable rivals through some clever strategies, while Bahrain were unfortunately knocked out of the tournament. Japan performed well and deservedly became the most favored team.
Despite the fact that China's national soccer team is out of the Asian Cup, the script is still good now that the Asian Cup is still in progress. Just today, another amazing match officially ended. We have to say that now we have finally seen the most successful case of picking an opponent. South Korea managed to advance, while Bahrain, who didn't pick their opponents, were mercilessly eliminated by Japan. What happened? Read on to find out.
It's a miracle that Japan lost to Iraq in the Asian Cup against Bahrain because they lost their front hoof in the group stage, so they were second in the group stage while Bahrain was actually first in the next group. Because Jordan and South Korea were in the same group as Bahrain, after two matches Jordan was in first place, South Korea was in second place, and Bahrain was only in third place at the time. As a result, South Korea and Jordan teamed up to beat Bahrain in the last round.
First of all, as the first in the group, Jordan intentionally watered down the loss to raise Bahrain from three points to six points. South Korea can be said to have no bottom line of shame ah, by the Malaysian team angry three goals, and the opponent played three games:3 flat, you play Malaysia can be the opposite side of the three flat, really no face, Malaysia to play the national soccer team can not be played, South Korea in order to avoid the most feared Japan. Isn't it too shameless?
These two teams let go straight away, resulting in Bahrain going from third to first after winning a game, but little did he know he was facing something very desperate. Why is South Korea in second place and Jordan in third? Because it's first place and you have to face another group. Second place is Japan. This is the most popular team in the Asian Cup. No one dares to play Japan, so South Korea intentionally played for a draw, so Jordan intentionally let you win.
So what if Bahrain wins? The only goal Japan conceded was an own goal, and if it wasn't for the hilarious goalkeeper, Suzuki Chae-Yan, and his teammates who knocked the ball into their own goal, Japan would have had a complete victory. The strength of the Japanese team cannot be ignored, and South Korea and Jordan wisely avoided playing against them. This is because both Korea and Jordan managed to make it to the last eight, and they won their final round matches to finish first in their group, Bahrain. Unfortunately, they went home in one round in the knockout round. This shows that they should avoid strong opponents and you didn't expect this yourself. You have to win to win Japan. Isn't that going home?
