On February 23, Beijing time, the U20 Asian Cup continued, and just ended two 1/4 finals, staged a crazy night, including two penalty shootouts, Japan eliminated Iran 5-4, South Korea eliminated Uzbekistan 6-4, so that the top four of this tournament were all produced, and the last champion and runner-up Uzbekistan and Iraq both went home!

Japan against Iran. The two teams are the first and second teams in Asia, this round staged a strong dialogue, Japan has excellent technology, Iran has strong physical confrontation, Japan is undefeated in three rounds in the group stage and won the second place in the group, while Iran won all three games to win the first place, so that the two teams compete for the semi-finals ticket, as a result, Iran opened the scoring in the first five minutes with a controversial offside goal, and then Japan equalized in the 30th minute, and then Japan completely controlled the rhythm of the game and launched a siege on Iran, but Iran's defense was too tenacious, It is difficult for Japan to pry open the door of the opponent, and the overtime is also fruitless, and can only enter the penalty shootout, Japan is superior or wins, and defeats Iran with a big score of 5-4 to advance to the semifinals, I have to say that Japan is really stable in Asia, the group stage is only promised, and it will hit hard as soon as it comes to the knockout round, this is not the strongest Japan, which is enviable!

South Korea vs. Uzbekistan. South Korea was undefeated in three rounds of the group stage, and the 1/4 finals faced the last champion Uzbekistan, after the start of the game, Uzbekistan took the lead in scoring a goal, and then South Korean players scored twice to overtake the score, and then South Korea took advantage of the situation to chase and soon scored a goal again to 3-1, South Korea's offensive with a large score advantage slowed down, but it underestimated the tenacity of Uzbekistan, which scored two goals in a row to stage a perfect draw, and then entered overtime, the two teams were physically exhausted, The penalty shootout was not high in quality for both teams, but Uzbekistan was even worse, and in the end South Korea had the last laugh and defeated Uzbekistan 6-4!

In this way, the top four of this tournament are released, that is, Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia and South Korea, the above four teams go straight to the World Youth Championships, and the semi-finals are as follows, that is, Australia vs. Japan, Saudi Arabia vs. South Korea!

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