Men's Football AFC Under 23 Asian Cup 2024

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1 hour ago, JoshMartini007 said:

The tournament has started a few minutes ago, if anyone is interested.

 

I just realized that the 4th place team will play their play-off game against only one week later. That's a bit unfair...

Not really as the group would've had more time to gel as a team compared to  as they'd have played an entire 3 week tournament together. Also a week's rest is a long time in football. 

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29 minutes ago, Cinnamon Bun said:

Not really as the group would've had more time to gel as a team compared to  as they'd have played an entire 3 week tournament together. Also a week's rest is a long time in football. 

It's a double edge sword. Sure they may get time together and a week rest, but that's after playing six games in 15-17 days with the top players being fully involved in at least the final three games, plus there's a risk of injuries during that time.

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  0 - 0 

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 2 - 0 

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Iraq lost their opening match against Thailand so things aren't looking good for them.

 

South Korea and Japan struggled in their wins against UAE and China.

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Groupe D

 

3 - 1

2 - 0

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Groupe A

1 - 0

2 - 1

 

6 pts

3 pts

1 Pts

1 Pts

 

 

Edited April 18 by Benolympique

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Not looking good for Australia.

 

Also a 90+14 goal in the Qatar/Jordan game (btw it was 2-1). Was there a lot of stoppage or were the refs waiting for Qatar to score  

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Groupe B

2 - 0

2 - 0

 

Advanced Quarter Final

 

 

 

Groupe C

  5 - 0

Edited April 19 by Benolympique

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The first two quarterfinals have been decided

 

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Indonesia is the surprise of the tournament as they defeated Australia and Jordan.