Mingazov and Xavi correctly predicted finalists of the Asian Cup-2019
February 01, 2019 | 11:16 |1129
On February 1, Japan will face Qatar in the final of the 2018 Asia Cup at the Sheikh Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Just before the quarter-finals, during meeting with the fans, the halfback of SK Slavia Prague and one of the key players of the Turkmenistan national team was able to accurately predict the finalists of the tournament.Georgiy ASLANYAN
Mingazov said that he likes how the Qatar national team plays, and supposed that they will reach the final along with the Japanese team. As to AFC Asian Cup Final, he forecasted that the national team of Qatar would win the AFC Asian Cup.
Xavi, former captain of Barcelona, a legend of Spanish football, who now plays as a central midfielder for Qatari club Al Sadd SC, a week before the start of the championships, gave the forecast of three out of four pairs of 1/4 tournaments and correctly named the opponents in the decisive match. Xavi also supposed that Qatar would win the trophy.
In the semi-finals, the national team of Qatar thrashed the hosts of the tournament and the irreconcilable opponent - the United Arab Emirates team, 4: 0 and reached first ever Asian Cup final. Qatar has 16 goals scored and 0 against to win all 6 matches.
In the second semi-finals, Japan gave no chance to Iran. The team of Carlos Queiroz had good opportunities in the first half against the Samurai, but they could not use them. In the second half, the Japanese scored three times into the gates of the Iranian national team and now the team in their fifth AFC Asian Cup final.
Interesting fact
The two Asian Cup finalists – Japan and Qatar – will join the Copa America 2019 at the tournament in Brazil. If one of these teams win both tournaments, then, for the first time in the history, we would have the national team-champion of two continents.
