亞洲盃日本點球5 2贏韓國進決賽
Doha: Goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima was the hero as Japan gained sweet revenge over their traditional rivals South Korea with a 5-2 tie-breaker win to enter the final of the Asian Cup football championship.
The teams were level 1-1 after full time, level 2-2 after extra time and Japan converted the first three of their penalties while South Korea flopped miserably.
Kesiuke Honda, Shinji Okazaki and Yasuyuki Konno, who conceded a penalty in the first half to Korea made no mistake with their kicks and Japan, were through to bid for their fourth Asian Cup triumph.
“It is a great win for us,” said Kawashima after the game. “It was a pity we conceded that late second goal but now we managed to win and I am happy I had a role in it.”
“Our goal is to win the Asian Cup so we will see how the final goes. We still have maybe 90 or 120 minutes and hopefully we can lift the Cup on January 29,” the Japanese goalkeeper said.
Japan, who had lost via the shootout four years ago to South Korea in their third-place play-off, thus gained some revenge and in the bargain soured rival skipper and Manchester United star Park Ji-sung’s 100 international appearance for his country.
Earlier a controversial penalty in the first half of extra-time put Japan 2-1 ahead but that last-gasp goal by Hwang Jae-won in the 119th minute took the game to the shoot out.
Japan’s second goal came following the penalty awarded by Saudi Arabia referee Khalil Al Ghamdi. Japanese defender Daiki Iwamasa baulked Shinji Okazaki just outside the box and even as Al Ghamdi blew for a free-kick the linesman indicated it was inside the box and the spot kick was awarded despite protests by the Koreans.
Keisuke Honda’s penalty was saved by Korean goalkeeper Jung Sung-ryong but Hosogai darted in to slam the rebound into the roof and Japan led 2-1.
Earlier Al Ghamdi had given the Koreans a penalty in the 23rd minute after a rough push by Japanese defender Yasuyuki Konno on Park Ji-Sung. The penalty was converted by Ki Sung Yuen.’
But Japan equalized after Honda initiated a brilliant move and sent Yuto Nagatomo on the left. The defender then found Ryoichi Maeda who scored his third goal of the championship.
Both sides missed a lot of chances though Japan looked sharper in attack. For Japan, Honda was at the heart of almost every move and the tall midfielder had a hand in both his team’s goals and was later declared MVP of the match.
北京時間1月25日21時25分，2011年卡塔爾亞洲盃迎來首場半決賽較量，日本隊對陣韓國隊。雙方經過點球大戰，日本隊點球大戰以5-2勝出，韓國隊在點球大戰中居然一球不進。韓國隊由寄成庸在第21分鐘時點球建功，日本隊則由前田遼一在第36分鐘時剷射空門得手。加時賽中，日本隊由替補奇兵細貝萌在第96分鐘補射建功，韓國隊在第119分鐘時，黃載源將比分扳平，雙方120分鐘打成2-2。
點球大戰：
日本隊首先主罰，本田圭佑站在門前，他打右上角輕鬆得分，日本以3-2領先。
韓國隊第一個主罰的是具滋哲，他將球罰向左方，卻被川島永嗣撲出。
第二輪日本岡崎慎司主罰，他也是打上角得分，日本以4-2領先。
韓國隊李容來打得角度太正，再被川島永嗣封出。
第三輪日本長友佑都主罰，過於追求角度一腳踢高。
韓國隊第三個主罰的洪正好卻將球打在了球門外的立杆上。
第四輪日本隊今野泰幸一蹴而就，日本隊便以5-2淘汰韓國隊，率先殺入決賽。
