On July 31, Beijing time, the men's football group stage of the Paris Olympics was all over, in a focus battle that attracted much attention, Asian powerhouse Japan faced Israel, after fierce confrontation, Japan scored a killer goal at the last moment, so that Japan won all three games, becoming the only team in Asia to advance to the quarterfinals, so far the quarterfinals of this tournament are all released, that is, France, United States, Morocco and Argentina, Egypt, Spain, Japan and Paraguay, of which France and Japan are the teams that won all three games!
Japan was able to participate in the Olympic Games as the champion of the Asian Cup, and this tournament did not bring any overage players, but this did not prevent Japan from winning, defeating South American powerhouse Paraguay 5-0 in the first two games of the group stage, beating Mali 1-0, and basically advancing with two consecutive wins, Israel in the final round, the opponent squad has a number of players in Europe, and the first two rounds are 1 draw and 1 loss!
As a result, the two teams played evenly in this game, although they attacked and defended each other, but did not break the goal for a long time, I thought the game would enter extra time, but Japan cleanly refused, in the 90th minute Hosoya Shindai sent a fatal blow, with a score of 1-0 to defeat Israel, a strong three-game winning streak to get the first place to advance, and Israel was eliminated from the three games without a win, I have to say that Japan is really strong, becoming the only team in Asia to advance to the knockout round!
With Japan and Paraguay getting the last two quarterfinals tickets, the 8 quarterfinals of this tournament stand out, the 1/4 final matchup has also been finalized, that is, the host France vs. Argentina, this group of matchups is really absolutely arranged, the two teams have already formed a beam, now the meeting can only be said to be a narrow road, it is expected that the game will be played very fiercely, African powerhouse Egypt vs. South American powerhouse Paraguay, United States vs. African powerhouse Morocco, Asian powerhouse Japan challenges European powerhouse Spain, there are many things to watch, Let's wait and see the final four, come on!
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