Indonesia and Iraq will defend the last staying Olympic football area in the U23 Asian Cup bronze medal match.
Japan and Uzbekistan will satisfy in the last of the AFC Under 23 Asian Cup 2024 in Qatar after protecting 2-0 wins over Iraq and Indonesia in their particular semifinals.
Both nations have actually likewise protected their credentials for the Paris Olympics 2024 by reaching the last.
First-half objectives from Mao Hosoya and Ryotaro Araki sufficed to protect a comfy win for Japan over Iraq in the 2nd semifinal at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in Doha on Monday.
Hosoya put the 2016 champs in front in the 28th minute and Araki doubled the lead 14 minutes later on throughout a commanding efficiency by Go Oiwa’s side, with captain Joel Fujita at the heart of a dominant screen.
The Japanese will handle Timur Kapadze’s Uzbekistan in Friday’s last at the very same place.
The last staying Olympic football slot from the Asian area will be chosen in the bronze medal match in between the 2 losing semifinalists Iraq and Indonesia on Thursday.
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Thursday ، 2 May 2024:Abdullah Bin Khalifa Stadium
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The Samurai Blue from the Far East remained in great type versus their West Asian challengers in the 2nd semifinal, with Fujita leading from the front.
The scoreline might have been various had actually Japan not been rejected by Iraq’s goalkeeper Hussein Hasan on a number of events.
When play resumed at 2-0 after half-time, Ali Jasim looked figured out to score as Iraq looked for a method back into the video game however was stayed out by the Japanese defence.
Japan kept pushing through the 2nd half however were not able to contribute to the scoreline.
Uzbekistan ended Indonesia’s motivating run at the competition with yet another strong efficiency in their semifinal.
Khusayin Norchaev scored for the Central Asian country to break the deadlock in the 68th minute and an own objective from Pratama Arhan 4 minutes from full-time sealed the football-mad South East Asian nation’s fate.
They will still have another possibility of getting approved for the Olympics when they fulfill Iraq in Thursday’s bronze medal match.
Last match outcome in between Indonesia and Uzbekistan
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