Ayman Hussein became the top scorer in the Asian Cup by scoring two goals against Vietnam (French)

The Iraqi national team won 3-2 over its Vietnamese counterpart in an exciting confrontation to conclude the group stage of the Asian Football Cup with a full score. Japan also won 3-1 over Indonesia to reach the quarter-finals with Iraq of the tournament held in Qatar on Wednesday.

The Iraqi national team topped the fourth group with 9 points, three points ahead of Japan.

Indonesia's balance froze at 3 points, waiting for its position to qualify among the top 4 teams that finished in third place after the end of the matches of the fifth and sixth groups.

Bui Hoang Viet gave Vietnam, who had a goal disallowed by the referee, the lead in the 42nd minute with a shot from the volley before receiving a blow by sending off Quat Van Kang in stoppage time of the first half for his violent intervention on Mirjas Doski.

But Rebin Sulaga equalized for Iraq with a header at the beginning of the second half, before the “Lions of Mesopotamia” took advantage of the numerical deficiency and imposed complete control over the match.

Substitute Ayman Hussein succeeded in turning the score around for Iraq and scored with a header after a cross pass from Ali Jassim in the 73rd minute.

Striker Hussein missed a penalty kick, which was awarded after returning to the video assistant referee, after his powerful shot hit the right post.

As Iraq pressed to extend the lead, Nguyen Quang Hai scored the equalizer for Vietnam with a shot from close range in stoppage time.

Substitute Ali Jassim almost scored the winning goal for Iraq had it not been for the lack of accuracy of his shot from close range.

Substitute Youssef Amin won a penalty kick in the tenth minute of stoppage time, which Hussein succeeded in scoring this time in the last minute of stoppage time.

By scoring Iraq's winning goal, Hussein became the top scorer in the Asian Cup with 5 goals so far.

Japan is rising up

Ayase Ueda scored a goal in each half to lead Japan to a huge victory over Indonesia and ensure progress to the next round.

Ueda took the lead from a penalty kick in the sixth minute before scoring from close range after a low pass in the 52nd minute.

Indonesia's Justin Hubner accidentally scored into his own net to make the score 3-0 before his teammate Sandy Walsh reduced the gap in stoppage time.

Source: Al Jazeera + Reuters