Iran will advance to the quarterfinals after 40 hours of rest

Iran had a 1-1 draw with Syria in the round of 16 at the 2023 Qatar Asian Cup held at the Abdulrah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar at 1 a.m. on Monday (Korea time), before winning the match 5-3. Iran will play against Japan in the quarterfinals.

This year's Asian Cup is a very strange event starting from the round of 16. Australia, which advanced to the round of 16 on Jan. 28, will have plenty of time to rest, while Korea, which advanced to the round of 16 on Jan. 31, will have only two days to rest.

In particular, the national team did not rotate the rotation in the third round of the group qualifying round following 120 minutes of extended blood fighting and more than 10 minutes of additional time, so the main players are gradually losing their stamina. In particular, Yang Fullback and key players such as Son Heung-min, Kim Min-jae, Lee Kang-in and Hwang In-beom ran around with a lot of forward pressure.

The same was true for Iran. Iran also played more hours than Japan, as it played 120 minutes of extra time and went to a penalty shootout. To make matters worse, Iran is scheduled to play in the quarterfinals at 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 3. Since the team played its round of 16 at 1 a.m. on Feb. 1, it will take only about 40 hours of rest and play the quarterfinals right away.

Another bad news here is that the so-called "key" player will be absent from the match against Japan. In all his appearances at the Asian Cup, he was the ace, scoring three goals in all four matches, both in the last group match against the UAE and in the match against Syria.

He was sent off with accumulated warnings when he pulled his opponent's arm and blocked counterattacks in the course of blocking counterattacks from Syria's counterattack at 1 minute extra time in the second half. As a result, Iran lost its ace in the match against Japan.

In Japan, ace Junya Ito could not play due to sexual assault, and Iran was also excluded. Attention is focusing on who will be the winner of the quarterfinals match between Japan and Iran, dubbed the best match in the Asian Cup.  토토사이트