亚洲杯日本点球5 2赢韩国进决赛
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.
北京时间1月25日21时25分，2011年卡塔尔亚洲杯迎来首场半决赛较量，日本队对阵韩国队。双方经过点球大战，日本队点球大战以5-2胜出，韩国队在点球大战中居然一球不进。韩国队由寄成庸在第21分钟时点球建功，日本队则由前田辽一在第36分钟时铲射空门得手。加时赛中，日本队由替补奇兵细贝萌在第96分钟补射建功，韩国队在第119分钟时，黄载源将比分扳平，双方120分钟打成2-2。
点球大战：
日本队首先主罚，本田圭佑站在门前，他打右上角轻松得分，日本以3-2领先。
韩国队第一个主罚的是具滋哲，他将球罚向左方，却被川岛永嗣扑出。
第二轮日本冈崎慎司主罚，他也是打上角得分，日本以4-2领先。
韩国队李容来打得角度太正，再被川岛永嗣封出。
第三轮日本长友佑都主罚，过于追求角度一脚踢高。
韩国队第三个主罚的洪正好却将球打在了球门外的立杆上。
第四轮日本队今野泰幸一蹴而就，日本队便以5-2淘汰韩国队，率先杀入决赛。
