Preview: Asian Cup 2023 quarterfinals
Al Jazeera
The Asian Cup quarterfinals pit regional giants against each other but also see underdogs take on the holders.
The AFC Asian Cup has been a tournament is into the quarterfinal stage and the titans of the continent have made it relatively unscathed so far. They are all about to be pitted against each other though.
Here’s our run down of the tournament’s last-eight stage, which is set to take place across Friday and Saturday:
Two underrated teams face off in the first quarterfinal. Jordan scrambled to third sport in their group after Bahrain beat them 1-0 in the final round of fixtures in the opening stage, after having overcome Malaysia in their first fixture with a resounding 4-0 win and drawing with South Korea in their second match. Jordan produced an incredible comeback, scoring twice in stoppage time to beat Iraq 3-2 in their round of 16 fixture.
Tajikistan beat Thailand 2-1 in their last-16 tie, having qualified from the group stage for the first time with a second-place finish ahead of China, with whom they drew their opening match, before being beaten by Qatar, but overcoming Lebanon to secure their progress.
It’s not going to be easy to pick a winner in this one.
