Shin Tae-yong’ Indonesia Faces Uzbekistan in U-23 Asian Cup Semifinals
Uzbekistan wins 2-0 in quarterfinals against Saudi Arabia… Final 4 draw completed.
Indonesia’s opponent for the 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-23 Asian Cup semifinals,
led by coach Shin Tae-yong, has been decided as ‘difficult enemy’ Uzbekistan.
The Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan won 2-0 in the quarterfinals against Saudi Arabia held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar on the 27th (Korean time) and earned a ticket to the semifinals.
With Uzbekistan defeating Saudi Arabia, the semifinals of this tournament were completed. 바카라사이트
Uzbekistan will face Indonesia, which advanced to the semifinals for the first time ever by defeating Korea in a penalty shootout the previous day,
at Doha’s Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium on the 29th at 11 PM Korean time for a ‘ticket to the finals’.
Another semifinal match, Japan-Iraq, will be held at Al Rayyan’s Jassim bin Hamad Stadium at 2:30 a.m. on the 30th, Korean time.
At stake in this tournament is a ticket to the men’s soccer finals at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The 1st to 3rd place teams advance directly to the Olympic stage,
and the 4th place team must win in an intercontinental playoff against Guinea,
the 4th place team in the Confederation of African Football (CAF) qualifiers, to go to Paris.
If Indonesia defeats Uzbekistan in the semifinals,
it will advance to the Olympic finals for the first time in 68 years since the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
If Indonesia loses to Uzbekistan, it will compete with the loser of the Japan-Iraq match
for a direct ticket to Paris in the 3rd and 4th place match to be held at the Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha on May 3 at 0:30 Korean time.
The continental playoff between the 4th place team and Guinea in this competition will be held in France on May 9th local time in a single match.
The quarterfinals, which attracted attention as a ‘return match’ between Saudi Arabia,
the winner in the 2002 finals, and Uzbekistan, the runner-up, ended with Uzbekistan’s complete victory.
Uzbekistan took the lead in extra time in the first half
when Husain Norchaev scored first with a right-footed shot after beating the goalkeeper from the right side of the goal area.
