Japan is eliminated from the Asian Cup: late quarter-final knockout against Iran

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Qatar beats Uzbekistan

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Japan’s footballers were surprisingly eliminated in the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup. The co-favorites lost 1-2 (1-0) against Iran on Saturday in Ar-Rayyan due to a foul penalty in stoppage time.

Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Ko Itakura fouled Hossein Kanaani (Persepolis), and Alireza Jahanbakhsh (96th minute | Feyenoord) scored the winning goal for Iran from the penalty kick. Hidemasa Morita (28th | Sporting) put Japan in the lead, Mohammad Mohebi (55th | Rostov) equalized.

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Min-jae Kim (Bavaria) | South Korea | Market value: €60 million

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Hiroki Ito (Stuttgart) | Japan | Market value: €22 million

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Ritsu Doan (Freiburg) | Japan | Market value: €18 million

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Ko Itakura (Gladbach) | Japan | Market value: €15 million

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Takuma Asano (Bochum) | Japan | Market value: €4 million

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Woo-yeong Jeong (Stuttgart) | South Korea | Market value: €3.5 million

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Jae-sung Lee (Mainz) | South Korea | Market value: €3 million

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Jackson Irvine (St. Pauli) | Australia | Market value: €1.8 million

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Connor Metcalfe (St Pauli) | Australia | Market value: €1.5 million

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Youssef Amyn (Braunschweig) | Iraq | Market value: €350,000

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John Iredale (Wiesbaden) | Australia | Market value: €300,000

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Michael Udebuluzor (Ingolstadt II) | Hong Kong | Market value: €50,000

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Update 7:49 p.m.: The Iranians will now face defending champions Qatar in the semi-finals on Wednesday. The hosts of the Asian Cup and the 2022 World Cup beat Uzbekistan 3-2 on penalties. Pedro Miguel scored the decisive goal from the spot after Qatar goalkeeper Meshaal Barsham had previously saved three penalties. After regular time and extra time, the score was 1-1 thanks to an own goal by Uzbekistan goalkeeper Utkir Yusupov (27th) and the equalizer by Odildzhon Khamrobekov (59th).

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