[DISCUSSION & PREDICTION] All Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Competition

[masulum]

I deliberately re-raised this thread and changed the title so it can be used as a place to discuss matches held by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). This month we will be faced with Asian Cup U-23 competition, which will be participated by 16 clubs and divided into 4 groups. Here's the list for AFC Asian Cup U-23 2024

Group A

• Qatar U-23
• Australia U-23
• Jordan U-23
• Indonesia U-23

Group B

• Japan U-23
• South Korea U-23
• United Arab Emirates U-23
• China U-23

Group C

• Saudi Arabia U-23
• Iraq U-23
• Thailand U-23
• Tajikistan U-23

Group D

• Uzbekistan U-23
• Vietnam U-23
• Kuwait U-23
• Malaysia U-23

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[Luzin]

Even Indonesia not strong enough, I will support my country for any results  [/list][/color]

Naturally, I hope they are able to compete. In ranking, of course, Indonesia is in the Hell Group. But U23s are always difficult to predict, Indonesia can always compete if it's in the age group. The current condition of the team, the Indonesian players have 8 experienced players in the senior Asian Cup.

Some European players are also allowed to join. So I think they are capable of competing. The target of the Indonesian Federation is the semi-finals, although it looks difficult but the opportunity seems wide open. Hopefully they can play to their maximum and not many players will get injured. Lets Go Garuda !!!

[masulum]

Today is the first match in the AFC Asian Cup U-23 competition, group A. Australia U-23 is the favorite in the match against Jordan U-23, and Qatar U-23 may be more favored over Indonesia U-23. Also, Qatar is the host of the Asian Cup U-23, they will have a lot of national team supporters in the stadium which could reduce the concentration of Indonesian players. Even though they are not the favorite team, I am sure the Indonesia U-23 will play better this time. Of course Indonesia will trying to get 3 points, but if that is not possible, 1 point is also good for the opening match.

Stake.com odds for Group A matches. high odds for Indonesia U-23, Do you want to take a risk to bet for Indonesia?


https://stake.com/sports/soccer/international-youth/u23-afc-championship

[AakZaki]

It is difficult to predict the champion of the Asian cup in the age group. There will be many surprises that will happen. But some editions that have been running from 2013 Iraq, Japan, Uzbekistan, South Korea and Arabia are the countries that have tasted champions. I don't know many youth power maps, but I hope Indonesia can compete. At least they were able to qualify for the group stage.

[Luzin]

Stake.com odds for Group A matches. high odds for Indonesia U-23, Do you want to take a risk to bet for Indonesia?

Qatar vs Indonesia 2-0
A funny opening match. I try not to be partial, but I saw the referee in the Qatar vs Indonesia match too with Qatar. There were some bad decisions that I thought shouldn't have happened. This decision made Indonesia disadvantaged, even playing with 9 people. Even if you look at the young Qatar players who have been taught to play their soap operas, there are too many funny incidents that harm Indonesia. They took advantage of the referee's weakness to weaken Indonesia. It's interesting but this is too bad, they weren't taught fair play well.

Interestingly, in the second half when playing with 10 people and continuing 9 Indonesians, they still continued to work hard. Even Indonesia's statistics look better. There are still 2 matches but Indonesia must lose because one of their main players must be absent if the appeal of the Indonesian football federation is rejected.

[Sunderland]

Qatar vs Indonesia 2-0
A funny opening match. I try not to be partial, but I saw the referee in the Qatar vs Indonesia match too with Qatar. There were some bad decisions that I thought shouldn't have happened. This decision made Indonesia disadvantaged, even playing with 9 people. Even if you look at the young Qatar players who have been taught to play their soap operas, there are too many funny incidents that harm Indonesia. They took advantage of the referee's weakness to weaken Indonesia. It's interesting but this is too bad, they weren't taught fair play well.

Interestingly, in the second half when playing with 10 people and continuing 9 Indonesians, they still continued to work hard. Even Indonesia's statistics look better. There are still 2 matches but Indonesia must lose because one of their main players must be absent if the appeal of the Indonesian football federation is rejected.

That ref is not suitable for football, always blows the whistle for every minor offence and pretend not to see any diving by Qatar players, the ref is more suitable to be a chess ref.
Indonesia did play aggressively but not that harsh, and they do not deserve to get 2 red cards like that.
Maybe Im a bit paranoid, but perhaps there is a scenario to make it easier for the hosts to qualify for the next round.
Considering that their seniors team failed to get any points at all in the 2022 World Cup.

[masulum]

Qatar vs Indonesia 2-0
A funny opening match. -snip-

yup, this is a match full of controversy. Maybe, if this were a World Cup match, then referee who officiated the match would have been get sanctioned by FIFA. This losing results made Indonesia lose the moment to give their best performance because 2 players chosen as starters had to be absent for the next match. Hope must be stay alive, Indonesia must move on from the results of the match against Qatar, assisted by the referee.

Today Match:
Japan U-23 v China U-23
South Korea U-23 v UAE u23.

Japan and South Korea will become favorites

[AakZaki]

Qatar vs Indonesia 2-0
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Will the Senior Asian Cup match be repeated? It's funny. If you remember the referee gave 3 penalties in the senior Asian Cup final match against Jordan. I think it shouldn't happen. This result seems to be starting to show if Qatar seems to benefit a lot from refereeing in the next few matches. Many Indonesian fans were angered by the referee's decision, accusing Qatar of booking the U23 Asian Cup champions for them. That's because it's very clear the referee made a decision which I think was tough for Qatar.

[masulum]

Thailand and Vietnam were the ASEAN teams that managed to get 3 points in the first match of the AFC Asian Cup U-23. These two teams seem to be potential teams to advance to the next round.

Today, Indonesia will meet Australia for the 2^nd matches. Meeting a strong Asian team again, Indonesia, which currently has no points, must be able to win in order to still have a chance of qualifying for the next round. If Indonesia loses in this match, then "Garuda" team will not have another chance in the 3^rd match, whatever the result. Indonesia can only have a chance if, in the match against Australia, they can draw, but in the 3^rd match, Indonesia must be wins against Jordan. Meanwhile, Australia lost in the 3^rd match to Qatar, and Jordan lost in the 2^nd match against Qatar.

[Luzin]

Today, Indonesia will meet Australia for the 2^nd matches. Meeting a strong Asian team again, Indonesia, which currently has no points, must be able to win in order to still have a chance of qualifying for the next round. If Indonesia loses in this match, then "Garuda" team will not have another chance in the 3^rd match, whatever the result. Indonesia can only have a chance if, in the match against Australia, they can draw, but in the 3^rd match, Indonesia must be wins against Jordan. Meanwhile, Australia lost in the 3^rd match to Qatar, and Jordan lost in the 2^nd match against Qatar.

Indonesia vs Australia 1-0.

It seems that we are the only Indonesians who discuss here. Lol.
I am very happy with this result, of course the victory keeps Indonesia's chances of entering the knockout phase. Of course I had to be nervous because Australia got the penalty, but Ernando was outstanding. He was able to thwart it. After that, Indonesia became more confident. Until they managed to make a goal.

But then the game I was quite worried for the second half. Indonesia plays deeper, Indonesia doesn't hold the ball much. Many chances were created by Australia but did not manage to score. Indonesia's second half was not without chances, they had some chances, but they were not maximum. Next against Jordan, I think winning is the best target to safe go to knock out phase.

[masulum]

It seems that we are the only Indonesians who discuss here. Lol.

That's right, it seems like Asian or even Indonesian members are less interested in the AFC U-23 competition lol.

well, the important thing is Indonesia managed to qualify for the next round after winning 1 - 4 over Jordan. Winning the matches obtained against Australia gave Indonesian players the opportunity to playing aggresive against Jordan. This succeeded in giving Indonesia a victory that I myself didn't think could be won with 4 goals. Even though Indonesian players scored an own goal, but Indonesian players remained consistent with the rhythm of the game until the end of the 2nd half. Next, Indonesia will meet South Korea, this will be another terrible match. Hopefully Indonesia will not be afraid of the skills of the Korean players and succeed in winning this match.

[Luzin]

Next, Indonesia will meet South Korea, this will be another terrible match. Hopefully Indonesia will not be afraid of the skills of the Korean players and succeed in winning this match.

It was a long game and made me nervous.  But I'm happy with the final result. . And today feel anxious. When 11 Indonesian players were unable to play possession and they even conceded 1 goal. Some substitutes by STY were unable to provide a power effect. With a counterattack, Korea managed to make a draw end in a penalty.

Luckily we had a good goalkeeper, managed to thwart 2 penalties. Although Indonesia also missed 1 penalty for going wide. In addition, I also just found out the penalty score up to 10-11 even I just found out if the player has done everything will be repeated. Currently, Indonesia is just waiting for the results of the Saudi Arabia vs Uzbekistan match

[Luzin]

Final: Japan vs Uzbekistan

It seems that it is indeed quite good that they deserve to make it to the final. Two teams did perform very well from the group phase until today. From today's two Semi-final matches, I was quite entertained by the Indonesia vs Uzbekistan match. It seems that the referee will again become the talk of the Indonesian people because of some funny decisions. Looks like Indonesia vs Referee.

But indeed in addition to the referee's decision actually I also admit that Uzbkistan performed very well, they are above the level of Indonesia. The next prediction, I think Uzbekistan will be the champion. In addition, Indonesia must win against Iraq to directly qualify for Paris 2024.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_AFC_U-23_Asian_Cup