This Thursday starts the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup and it opens at the Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai, where the favorite to win the title as Japan receives one of the pleasing revelations of the tournament as it is Vietnam.
Vietnam:
Those led by Park Hang-Seo started the tournament as bad results, lost in their debut against Iraq 3-2 and then against Iran by 0-2, but that 2-0 victory over Yemen allowed them to qualify as one of the best third of the competition and thus get into the eighth finals where he faced Jordán.
Before Jordán the Vietnamese team showed a lot of character, because despite going to the break with the score against, they were not intimidated and with a goal by Cong Phuong starting the second half he put the equality and then they remained firm in the defense taking the match to the penalty shootout where in the end the Golden Dragons got their qualification to these quarterfinals.
Japan:
On the other hand, the ones directed by Hajime Moriyasu have been very firm so far in the tournaments and apparently the fact of being considered favorites has not weighed them at all.
For the Blue Samurai it all started with a 3-2 victory over Turkmenistan, then beating Oman by the slightest difference and finally defeating Uzbekistan 2-1 and thus qualifying as first in their group.
Already in the round of the round of 16 they faced Saudi Arabia and with a solitary goal by Tomiyasu in the 20th minute it was enough for Japan to stay with the victory and thus the 4 times champions are put in the final straight to get another title this year.
In terms of direct confrontations, according to the statistics websites these teams met twice and both Japan won.
The first of its games was in the Asian Cup 2007 where Japan won with a 4-1 comfort, while the most recent was in a friendly in 2011 with Japan triumph for the minimum difference.
PREDICTION: Over 2.5 goals @ 1.89
