Determining 6 out of 8 teams entering the quarterfinals of the 2023 Asian Cup

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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