Asiad 17: Defending Olympic champion Japan suffers shocking defeat to Iraq

Defending Olympic champion Japan unexpectedly lost to Olympic Iraq with a score of 1-3 in the second match of Group D of the 17th Asiad.

Defending Olympic champion Japan unexpectedly lost 1-3 to Olympic Iraq.

Japan Olympics and Olympic Iraq both had a very favorable start at the 17th Asian Games. While Olympic Japan defeated Kuwait with a score of 4-1, Olympic Iraq also excellently defeated Nepal with a difference of 4 goals to nil.

Of course, as the defending champion, Olympic Japan was rated higher than Olympic Iraq, but a surprise happened when the representative of West Asia unexpectedly opened the score in the 12th minute thanks to Tariq.

Nakajima equalized for the cherry blossom team in the 36th minute, but Adnan's double in the second half (47', 72') helped Olympic Iraq win their second victory of the tournament with a final score of 3-1.

With the early match of the group showing that Olympic Kuwait defeated Nepal 5-0, the situation of Group D of Asiad 17 before the final match is quite complicated. The 2 tickets to the next round will actually be a fierce competition between 3 teams: Olympic Iraq (6 points), Olympic Kuwait & Olympic Japan (both 3 points), although the theoretical chance is still there for Olympic Nepal (0 points).

Match schedule of the final round of Group D, Asiad 17

September 21: Kuwait Olympics vs Iraq Olympics

21/9: Olympic Nepal vs Olympic Japan.

According to Bongdaplus