Competition of Asia's top football teams

The quarter-finals of the 2023 Asian Cup promise many exciting matches when Korea plays Australia, Japan meets Iran, and host Qatar competes with Uzbekistan.

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Tajikistan will face Jordan in the quarter-finals of the 2023 Asian Cup. (Source: Sportskeeda)

The 2023 Asian Cup Round of 16 ended with many surprises when the two championship candidates, UAE and Iraq, lost to Tajikistan and Jordan. The two Southeast Asian representatives, Thailand and Indonesia, also could not make a surprise against the very strong Uzbekistan and Australia.

High-class teams such as Iran, Qatar, and Japan also won tickets to the next round convincingly. The most notable match was between Korea and Saudi Arabia, which ended with victory belonging to coach Klinsmann's team.

The quarter-finals of the 2023 Asian Cup in Qatar will soon witness the competition between representatives who have won tickets to the 2022 World Cup. Notably, Japan, Iran, South Korea, and Australia are the top 4 teams in Asia according to the rankings of the World Football Federation (FIFA).

The quarter-final match between South Korea and Australia promises to be exciting and coach Klinsmann's team is rated higher thanks to a squad of stars playing in Europe such as Son Heung Min, Lee Kang In and Kim Min Jae.

In the 2015 Asian Cup final, Australia defeated South Korea to win the championship. Both Asian football powers want to reach the semi-finals this year to erase the pain of being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2019 Asian Cup in the UAE 5 years ago.

The match between Japan and Iran is considered an early final of the 2023 Asian Cup, between the two strongest teams in Asia at the moment. In the 2019 Asian Cup semi-finals, Japan beat Iran 3-0 to reach the final.

Host Qatar vs Uzbekistan receives special attention from fans, as these are two teams with technical playing styles. Qatar is under great pressure as they are expected to defend their championship title.

The match between Jordan and Tajikistan promises to be extremely unpredictable, as the Central Asian representative hopes to make history in this year's tournament.

Jordan is considered more experienced, but the West Asian team faces many difficulties against Tajikistan, which has a young squad and a psychological advantage when it is participating in the quarter-finals of the continent's top tournament for the first time.

Asian Cup 2023 quarter-final schedule:

- 18:30 February 2: Tajikistan and Jordan

- 22:30 February 2: Australia and Korea

- 18:30 February 3: Iran and Japan

- 22:30 February 3: Qatar and Uzbekistan.

( according to Dan Tri )

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