2024-04-23 11:24:20
Local media reported on the 23rd that following Korea’s victory in the Korea-Japan match at the Asian Cup, where qualification for the Paris Olympics was at stake, voices were heard at Japan, keen to qualify for the Olympic final.
The U-23 national football team led by coach Hwang Seon-hong defeated Japan in the third final match of Group B of the 2024 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U23 Asian Cup, which s was held on the 22nd at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar. They beat the team by 0 points and qualified for the quarterfinals in first place in their group. They will face Indonesia, second in Group A, in the quarter-finals.
Japan, who qualified for the quarterfinals in second place in their group, will face Qatar, first in Group A. Qatar is ahead of Indonesia in objective strength and also has the advantage of the host country.
In this competition, in which 16 countries participated in total, only those ranked among the first three will advance directly to the Olympic final. The 4th ranked team must play a playoff once morest Guinea, the 4th ranked team in the African regional qualifiers, and win to qualify for the Olympics.
In response to this, Japanese media outlet Nikan Sports said that Qatar were at a disadvantage because they had one more day off than Japan until the quarter-finals, and voices were raised on social media to express their concern regarding this.
Nikan Sports reported that some netizens are expressing concern on social media regarding Japan’s progress toward the Olympics, saying things like “We won’t be able to beat Qatar” and “This is the worst development.”
However, there were also positive reactions from netizens, such as “Just beat Qatar” and “You can beat Qatar as long as you don’t make strange decisions.”
Japanese media outlet Sponich Annex assessed the defeat in the Korea-Japan match as a “test for the Paris Olympics” and said: “The Japanese U-23 national team, which aims to participate in the 8th consecutive Olympics, lost to the Korean national team. and was determined to finish second in Group B. “The opponent in the quarterfinals is the host nation Qatar, a difficult opponent who showed overwhelming power in Group A.”
Meanwhile, Korean football has qualified for the Olympic final nine times in a row, starting with the 1988 Seoul Olympics and ending with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. This is the world record for greatest number of consecutive Olympic participations.
Japan national team coach Go Oiwa said following the Korea match: “I’m not happy with this defeat. But this is not the last match. We are doing according to our plan. “We lost this match, but we will prepare well for the next match,” he said.
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