[HIGHLIGHTS] The Japanese team was defeated by the Iranian team with a penalty kick in stoppage time and missed the semi-finals of the Asian Cup

The Japanese team was defeated by the Iranian team with a penalty kick in stoppage time and missed the semi-finals of the Asian Cup. In the FIFA world rankings, the Japanese men's football team ranks 17th in the world and 1st in Asia, while the Iranian men'sFootball team ranks 21st and 2nd in Asia.

Before the quarter-final of this game, Japanese player Junya Ito retired from the national team due to a sexual assault scandal. The Japanese team also exposed the problem of insufficient defensive stability against Vietnam and Iraq.