Built in 1912, it saw many football stars emerge, including Pelé and Neymar among others. For the article with a homophone title, see Neymar. As in 2001, the red club made it to the final despite a difficult run against the two-time defending champion Sevilla FC. Unión Deportiva Somozas, more commonly abbreviated as UD Somozas, is a Spanish football club founded in 1984 and based in the town of As Somozas, in the autonomous community of Galicia. The poster for this semi-final is the same as that of 2007 when Iraq managed to create a surprise by taking out Korea on penalties. South Korea won all of their 2015 Asian Cup matches, went six clean sheets and sixteen unbeaten matches in the Asian Cup finals. The championship is interrupted for 15 days due to Spain's two matches against Slovakia and Macedonia. South Korea, winners of a group including Australia with three wins and no goals conceded, started out as favorites in the first quarter-final against Uzbekistan, second in their group behind surprising China.

Australia also miss several scoring opportunities. During the rest of the game, while the Emirates will defend, the Lions of Mesopotamia will attack and get chances without success until the final whistle. Eight years later, the Taeguk Warriors want revenge to reach their first Asian Cup final since 1988 while the Mesopotamian Lions want to repeat eight years after their victory at the same stage of the competition against the same opponent. Apart from its surprise victory in the 2007 edition, it seems to be below its Iranian neighbor and will start the match as an outsider. While for the former, the objective of the quarters is achieved, for the latter, the objective is the final victory. At the break, it was Iraq who qualified directly for the next edition of the competition, but the match offered a new reversal of the situation in the second period.

This is the second consecutive Australian qualification for the final of the Asian Cup after that of 2011, lost after extra time against Japan. December began with a 1-0 defeat at the new San Mamés stadium against Athletic Bilbao (matchday 15). A tifo will be made in his honor during the 6th day of Ligue 1 against Montpellier HSC, a match where he will be injured, causing him to be away from the field for 4 weeks. As for Neymar, he scored his 200th goal as a professional (24 with Barcelona, ​​136 with Santos and 40 with Brazil). In the second half, Loutfulla Turaev continued to scare the South Koreans with a header skimming the empty goal post, then South Korea, relying in particular on the speed of his wingers Son Heung-min from Bayer Leverkusen and Lee Keun -ho of El Jaish SC regained control of the game, still being very constructive and creative, but Uzbekistan held on for the remainder of regulation time.

With its individuals such as Tim Cahill, Robbie Kruse or many others, the Socceroos are logically favorites to have the right to play in the final against South Korea. Despite a controlled group stage from start to finish, China did not start as favorites in this match against Australia who, despite their defeat against South Korea, remained favorites in the competition. With just one shot, Australia immediately took the lead and the hard part was over. Australia immediately put pressure on the United Arab Emirates. The United Arab Emirates, despite being one of the nice surprises of the first round, do not have the same quality squad as Japan despite an attractive championship. This is the first draw in the entire competition and the first game to end in a penalty shootout. After two quarter-finals, this is the first time that the Jordanians have been eliminated in the first round of the Asian Cup. To conclude 2011, he participated in the Club World Cup. After a failed World Cup, the Japanese are also missing out on the Asian Cup, paying dearly for a patent lack of realism and creativity.