At Al Janoub Stadium, Uzbekistan and Thailand played an exciting match. The Central Asian football representative took the lead at the end of the first half thanks to a goal from Azizbek Turgunboev.
In the 58th minute, Supachok Sarachat scored a superb long-range shot to equalize 1-1 for Thailand. 7 minutes later, it was Abbosbek Fayzullaev's turn to score a beautiful long-range shot to help Uzbekistan regain the lead. The 2-1 score in favor of Uzbekistan was maintained until the end of the match, helping this team to book a ticket to the quarter-finals.
Uzbekistan won a ticket to the quarter-finals of the 2023 Asian Cup (Photo: Reuters)
In the match that followed, Saudi Arabia and South Korea needed a penalty shootout to decide the winner. The two teams tied 1-1 in regulation time and both extra periods. In the nerve-wracking shootout, the Korean team won 4-2 to secure their ticket to the next round.
South Korea to meet Australia in 2023 Asian Cup quarter-finals (Photo: Getty)
Thus, 6 teams have been confirmed to enter the quarter-finals of the 2023 Asian Cup, 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 two tickets to the quarter-finals of the 2023 Asian Cup will be determined after the last two matches of the round of 16 taking place today, January 31, including Bahrain - Japan (6:30 p.m.) and Iran - Syria (11:00 p.m.). The winners of these two matches will meet in the quarter-finals.
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