UEA pun berhak lolos ke babak delapan besar setelah memenangi duel adu penalti.
Namun, lawan Zayed dan Safawi untuk mendapat titel pemain muda terbaik Asia tidaklah muda.
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— AFC (@theafcdotcom) January 6, 2021
Terdapat beberapa pemain-pemain muda Asia yang mentas di Liga Eropa seperti Musa Al Taamari, Lee Kang-in, hingga Takefusa Kubo.
Berikut nominasi 20 pemain muda terbaik Asia versi AFC:
1. Won Du-jae (23,Ulsan Hyundai/Korea)2. Bobir Abdikholilov (23. FC Nasaf/Uzbekistan)3. Kaoru Mitoma (22, Kawasaki Frontale/JPN)4. Abdullah Al Hamdan (22, Al Shabab/KSA)5. Takehiro Tomiyasu (22, Bologna/JPN)6. Mehdi Ghayedi (22, Esteghlal/IRN)7. Mohanad Ali (20, Portimonense, Al Sailiya/IRQ)8. Takefusa Kubo (19, Mallorca, Villareal CF/JPN)9. Musa Al Taamari (23, APOEL, OH Leuven/JOR)10. Jaroensak Wonggorn (23, Samut Prakan City/THA)11. Mohammed Waad (21, Al Wakrah, Al Sadd/QAT)12. Riley McGree (22, Adelaide United, Birmingham City/AUS)13. Azizjon Ganiev (22, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai/UZB)14. Mehdi Abdi (22, Persepolis FC/IRN)15. Abdulrahman Ghareeb (23, Al Ahli/KSA)16. Lee Kang-in (19, Valencia/KOR)17. Safawi Rasid (23, Johor Darul Ta’zim, Portimonense/MAS)18. Song Min-kyu (21, Pohang Steelers/KOR)19. Zayed Al Ameri (23, Al Jazira/UAE)20. Jasur Yakhshiboev (23, Enegertik-BGU, Shakhtyor Soligorsk/UZB)