Tomorrow, Thursday, young Al-Akhdar will take on his Japanese counterpart in the fateful match of the third and final round of the group competitions of the AFC U-20 Cup group stage, which takes place in the Uzbek capital. , Tashkent, and the Japanese team determined the first qualifying ticket to the group, leading the standings with 6 points, after two matches. The first and second rounds will be held simultaneously with the match of our team with Japan, the confrontation between China and Kyrgyzstan, in a relatively easy match for the Chinese dragon , and the fight for the second map remains between China, who is in second place with 3 points, with a goal difference from Saudi Arabia, third with the same points.
The task of the young Al-Akhdar will not be easy, given the strength of his Japanese counterpart, who won his two previous matches, with Al-Akhdar beating Kyrgyzstan 1-0 and losing to China 0-2. win by more than two goals and China win by one goal.
In the first round, Saudi Arabia beat Kyrgyzstan 1:0, and Japan defeated China 2:1, and in the second round, Saudi Arabia lost to China 0:2, while Japan beat Kyrgyzstan 3:0, and the first two teams from each group qualified. for the quarter-finals, the matches of which will take place on March 11 and 12.
Notably, the top four teams in the tournament qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Youth Championship in Indonesia.
