Thailand eliminated; South Korea wins on penalties

Thailand had a great effort, but not enough to create a surprise when facing Uzbekistan in the 1/8 round match of the 2023 Asian Cup.

Against a highly rated opponent, the “War Elephants” took the initiative to play low. However, facing the opponent’s stormy attack, the Thai team still had to pick the ball out of the net twice. Meanwhile, Supachok’s super goal was not enough to save Thailand from a defeat against Uzbekistan.

With Thailand out, Southeast Asia no longer has any representatives in this year's tournament. Previously, Indonesia also stopped after a 0-4 defeat to Australia.

In the highlight match of the round of 16, Korea had to work very hard to win against Saudi Arabia to gain the right to continue.

South Korea were under a lot of pressure when Saudi Arabia took a 1-0 lead in the 46th minute through Abdullah Hadi Radif. After that, South Korea continued to increase the pressure and the pressure was only relieved when Cho Gue-sung scored the equalizer in the 90+9 minute.

The 1-1 result remained unchanged at the end of regulation time as well as 30 minutes of extra time, forcing the two teams to determine the winner on penalty kicks.

In the "shootout", coach Jurgen Klinsmann's team defeated Roberto Mancini's team 4-2 to become the 6th team to advance to the round of 16.

Thus, up to this point, the quarter-finals of the 2023 Asian Cup have officially determined 6 teams including Australia, Tajikistan, Jordan, Qatar, Uzbekistan and South Korea. The first 3 quarter-final pairs have been revealed including Tajikistan - Jordan, Australia - South Korea and Qatar - Uzbekistan.

The remaining quarter-finalists will be determined after the round of 16 matches on January 31. Japan will face Bahrain while Iran will compete with Syria for the next round./.

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