Defensive mistakes and over-acquisitions are green against Japan

Green managed to take full control of the game against Japan, but he forgot the most important goal: to score 1-0 on the Asian champions in the round of 16, too many chances to double his opponent and his most powerful opponent at the championships of the continent.

Defender Takihiro Tomayasu scored the only goal for Japan, which will meet Thursday in the quarterfinal against Jordan, winner of Jordan.

This is the first time that the Green Hawks qualify for the group stage and do not reach the final, having won the title three times (1984, 1988 and 1996).

On the other hand, Japan continues its course, without conviction as for the level of performance, towards the title of fifth, having already recorded 4 records, in 1992, 2000, 2004 and 2011.

Saudi Arabia lost 4 times (1-0 in the 1992 final, 1/4 in the first round of 2000, zero in the last match, zero in the first round of the 2011 edition, 1 in eighth final of the current version), winning once in semifinal 2007 with a score of 3/2.

Both teams entered the meeting with caution, and the first few minutes did not highlight any danger. Ybader Al Shahrani fired a powerful defense shot at Abdul Aziz Al Bishi, who in turn hit the veteran captain of Japan, Maya Yoshida, a player from Southampton and one of the permanent elements of the firm since 2010. in the 12th minute.

Unlike routines, after a Gaku Shibasaki corner, forward defender Takihiro Tomayasu overtook the crowd and sent goalkeeper Mohamed Al Owais.

It was clear that Saudi Arabia insisted on a draw from the start of the second half: Salem Al Dosari, who returned to the squad after his absence from Qatar, made an easy pbad in the second half. the arms of Ghonda 48, before Yoshida comes to the head with Al Owais without difficulty. Fahad Al Mawled received a warning in the 55th minute, before the exit of Al Bishi and his replacement by Yahya Al Shahrani (56).

There was a golden opportunity to change the score as the ball went from right to bottom and made a pbad back. She found Salem Al Dosari, who prepared it for himself and removed it from the goal (62). Habbari fired a one-centimeter ball on the side of the post (64), and Abdullah Atif put a ball on the right side to Hussein Al-Mekhoi with a header that did not reach the goal.

For their part, the United Arab Emirates qualified for the quarter-finals of the tournament after a difficult victory over Kyrgyzstan (3 to 2). Khamis Ismail scored in the UAE in the 15th minute and Mirlan Mirziev tied for Kyrgyzstan in the 26th minute. Ali Mabkhout returned to the goal. (UAE) In the 64th minute and the last minute of the second period, Kyrgyzstan scored a draw by a header from Tursunali Rostamov (90). In the first extra period, veteran Ahmed Khalil used a penalty kick in favor of Al-Abyad and sent him back to the quarter-finals.

The United Arab Emirates set fire to Australia in the quarterfinals of the tournament.

The match at the Zayed Sports City Stadium stadium in Abu Dhabi was marked by the presence of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed.

Mathieu Ryan led Australia to the quarter-finals and Uzbekistan won the 4-2 penalty shoot-out (original and extra).

Brighton goalkeeper Ryan met with two of four Uzbek players to place Australia in the quarterfinals.

After the first and second times in the negative table, both teams used penalty kicks. Australia confirms its historic superiority over Uzbekistan, after sinking 3 times in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers, to 1-0 and 2-0, and scored the most. great result in sweeping his opponent 6 / Zero in the semifinal of the 2011 Asian Cup.