Qatar, the defending champion, was strong.
Qatar beat Lebanon 3-0 in the opening match of the 2023 Asian Cup Qatar at Lusail Stadium in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday (Korea time). It was a valuable win in front of 82,490 spectators.
Qatar beat Lebanon as an ambush thanks to ace Afif’s multi-goal and former top scorer Almouise Ali’s goal. The Asian champion got off to a flying start four years ago.
Qatar has maintained a natural enemy relationship. It continued its unbeaten streak of eight matches (seven wins and one draw) against Lebanon.
Starting with goalkeeper Basham, Qatar’s Miguel-Almahdi Ali-Hatem-Mendez-Wad-Abdurisag-Haidos-Party-Affif-Almuiz Ali started.
Starting with goalkeeper Matar, Lebanon started with Mansour-Melki-Kasem Al Jain-Nasar-Hussein Al Jain-Heidar-Shur-Tneich-Zradi-Martuk.
Qatar, one of the best teams in Group A, strongly pressured Lebanon from the beginning of the first half. It opened the scoring with Hatem’s shot at three minutes in the first half. Then, it scored the first goal early three minutes later. Almouise Ali scored a goal in a one-on-one match against Matar. However, it was canceled due to the semi-automatic offside reading technique (SAOT).
Qatar continued its offensive afterwards. Abdurisag connected Almouiz Ali’s header pass at the 13th minute of the first half. And in the 20th minute of the first half, Almahdi Ali blocked Afif’s free kick by Matar.
Lebanon was not just watching. Starting with Matuk’s shot in the 21st minute of the first half, Shur in the 23rd minute and Hussein Al Jain in the 25th minute of the first half threatened Qatar’s goal in succession. In Qatar, Abdurisag’s cross and Afif’s header hit the post in the 31st minute of the first half.
There was no goal in the first half compared to the fierce battle. In the end, Afif scored the first goal and the first goal in the tournament at 45 minutes in the first half to lead Qatar. Al-Muiz Ali gave away Abdurisag’s header pass, and Afif finished with a shot.
Qatar finished the first half with a 1-0 lead.
Qatar continued to overwhelm Lebanon in the second half. Lebanon’s sharp counterattack was also made, but it did not shake as the defense blocked Zradi’s shot in the 47th minute of the second half.
Rather, Qatar scored an additional goal. In the 56th minute of the second half, Almouise Ali finished the header off Wad’s delivery cross and ran away 2-0. 랭크카지노
Lebanon’s counterattack was not without it, but the sharpness in the first half had long disappeared. In the 87th minute of the second half, Boogieel got a shot opportunity due to the Qatari defense’s error, but he couldn’t shoot on target. Boogieel attempted a header and was blocked by Basham in the extra time of the second half.
Qatar shook off Lebanon’s pursuit by displaying stable play during the 10 minutes of extra time in the second half. Throughout the rest of the time, Qatar displayed solid defense without overdoing anything. Immediately before the end of the match, Afif showed off his dribbling and shooting skills to make it 3-0.
In the end, Qatar beat Lebanon and won the West War.