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After his poor performance against Jordan, Klinsmann's odds of winning the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup fell to 5th place.

According to global soccer statistics media 'Opta' on the 24th (Korean time), Korea's probability of winning this tournament is 11.2%.

Before the opening of the Asian Cup, Opta ran more than 10,000 virtual simulations based on data and announced that Korea's probability of winning was 14.3%, ranking second overall.

However, after two group stage games, the figure decreased by about 3% and fell to 5th place.

Korea won 3-1 against Bahrain in the first match of Group E and then drew 2-2 with Jordan in the second match.

In particular, the match against Jordan was disappointing. They took the lead thanks to Son Heung-min (Tottenham)'s first goal, but fell behind by conceding two goals, and only managed a draw in extra time in the second half due to an own goal.

Opta predicted Korea's probability of advancing to the round of 16 to be 100%, but the probability of advancing to the quarterfinals was almost halved to 53.7%, the semifinals to 31.3%, and the final to 19.5%.

The highest probability of winning is the host country, Qatar (16.8%). They passed the group stage with all three wins. Second place is Australia (15.1%).

Japan, which had the highest odds of winning before the tournament (24.6%), fell to third place (14.2%) after losing 1-2 to Iraq in the second group match. 4th place is Iran (11.9%).

The United Arab Emirates (UAE), led by former coach Paulo Bento, was ranked 8th (3.5%).

Meanwhile, the Korean national team, led by coach Jürgen Klinsmann, will play the final group match against Malaysia at 8:30 pm on the 25th.

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