Latest U23 Asia 2024 match schedule April 25: Indonesia U23 shocking?

The 2024 U23 Asian Finals will continue with two matches in the quarterfinals. Qatar U23 faces Japan U23, while Korea U23 faces Indonesia U23.

The opening match of the quarter-finals is the encounter between hosts U23 Qatar and U23 Japan at 9:00 p.m. today (April 25).

This is the third time these two teams have had the opportunity to meet each other in all competitions, in which the advantage is in favor of Japan U23 (2 wins, 1 draw).

However, in this meeting, U23 Qatar has a huge advantage when playing at home.

Therefore, it is very difficult to accurately predict the final result of the match between U23 Qatar and U23 Japan.

The winner of the quarter-final pair U23 Qatar0U23 Japan will face the winner of the quarter-final pair U23 Iraq-U23 Vietnam in the semi-finals.

At 0:30 tomorrow morning (April 26), U23 Indonesia will continue its journey at U23 Asia 2024 with a match against U23 Korea.

U23 Indonesia is in impressive form with two consecutive victories to qualify for the quarterfinals in their first appearance at the U23 Asian Finals.

What Indonesia is showing makes Coach Hwang Sun-hong cautious when assessing his opponent.

“I was very surprised when watching Indonesia’s match. I think U23 Indonesia is a strong team, they can win if they play enthusiastically and alertly,” said Coach Hwang Sun-hong Hwang.

However, this coach affirmed: “I will try my best to help U23 Korea win tickets to the Olympics, thereby achieving my goal.”

Before this match, U23 Indonesia also received good news when Heerenveen club decided to let Nathan Tjoe-A-On continue to play with U23 Indonesia in the U23 Asian quarterfinals.

Nathan is one of four naturalized Dutch players playing for Indonesia U23 at this Asian tournament, alongside midfielder Justin Hubner, midfielder Ivar Jenner and striker Rafael Struick.

These naturalized players are currently showing good performance to contribute greatly to the impressive achievements of U23 Indonesia.

With what has been shown, U23 Indonesia is very determined to create an earthquake by defeating U23 Korea to go straight to the semi-finals of U23 Asia 2024.

However, this is definitely not an easy task at all for Coach Shin Tae Yong and his team when U23 Korea is highly appreciated.

At this year’s tournament, the 2020 Asian U23 champion is also taking steady steps on the journey to conquer the throne for the second time as well as the ticket to Paris to attend the 2024 Olympics.

In the group stage, U23 Korea played impressively to win against all three opponents U23 UAE, U23 China and U23 Japan, thereby directly entering the quarterfinals of U23 Asia 2024 with 9 absolute points.