Concacaf Gold Cup

Qatar vs El Salvador, 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup, Quarterfinals

· Concacaf Gold Cup
  • 2': Almoez Ali
  • 8': Abdulaziz Hatem
  • 55': Almoez Ali (P)
FT
3 - 2
  • 63': Joaquín Rivas
  • 66': Joaquín Rivas

Qatar tops El Salvador to reach Gold Cup semis

Gold Cup

Match Timeline

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 2': Goal! Qatar 1, El Salvador 0. Almoez Ali (Qatar) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Akram Afif.
  • 4': Amando Moreno (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 4': Foul by Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar).
  • 5': Attempt blocked. Alexander Larín (El Salvador) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 5': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Almoez Ali.
  • 5': Akram Afif (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 5': Foul by Alexander Larín (El Salvador).
  • 8': Goal! Qatar 2, El Salvador 0. Abdelaziz Hatim (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Pedro Miguel.
  • 9': Amando Moreno (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 9': Foul by Karim Boudiaf (Qatar).
  • 10': Foul by Alexander Larín (El Salvador).
  • 10': Pedro Miguel (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 14': Attempt saved. Abdelaziz Hatim (Qatar) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hassan Al Haydos.
  • 16': Bryan Tamacas (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Foul by Akram Afif (Qatar).
  • 18': Abdelkarim Hassan (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 18': Foul by Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador).
  • 19': Attempt missed. Pedro Miguel (Qatar) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Akram Afif with a through ball.
  • 22': Pedro Miguel (Qatar) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Almoez Ali.
  • 23': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Bryan Tamacas.
  • 25': Attempt missed. Homam Ahmed (Qatar) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Almoez Ali.
  • 25': Attempt missed. Amando Moreno (El Salvador) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Joaquin Rivas.
  • 26': Foul by Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar).
  • 26': Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Offside, El Salvador. Joaquin Rivas tries a through ball, but Jairo Henríquez is caught offside.
  • 29': Attempt missed. Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 30': Alexander Larín (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 30': Foul by Bassam Al Rawi (Qatar).
  • 31': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Homam Ahmed.
  • 35': Attempt blocked. Alex Roldan (El Salvador) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Darwin Cerén.
  • 36': Foul by Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar).
  • 36': Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 36': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Karim Boudiaf.
  • 37': Attempt saved. Eriq Zavaleta (El Salvador) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jairo Henríquez with a cross.
  • 37': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Eriq Zavaleta.
  • 38': Attempt saved. Karim Boudiaf (Qatar) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Boualem Khoukhi.
  • 42': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Abdelaziz Hatim.
  • 43': Attempt blocked. Joshua Pérez (El Salvador) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Roldan.
  • 44': Attempt missed. Almoez Ali (Qatar) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  • 45': Foul by Joshua Pérez (El Salvador).
  • 45': Hassan Al Haydos (Qatar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45': Joshua Pérez (El Salvador) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Jairo Henríquez (El Salvador) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Joshua Pérez.
  • 45'+3': Foul by Abdelaziz Hatim (Qatar).
  • 45'+3': Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Qatar 2, El Salvador 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Qatar 2, El Salvador 0.
  • 46': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Bryan Tamacas.
  • 47': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Joaquin Rivas.
  • 47': Bassam Al Rawi (Qatar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 47': Foul by Jairo Henríquez (El Salvador).
  • 48': Foul by Joshua Pérez (El Salvador).
  • 48': Homam Ahmed (Qatar) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 50': Bassam Al Rawi (Qatar) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 50': Foul by Amando Moreno (El Salvador).
  • 51': Akram Afif (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 51': Foul by Bryan Tamacas (El Salvador).
  • 52': Substitution, El Salvador. Marvin Monterroza replaces Joshua Pérez.
  • 52': Attempt blocked. Almoez Ali (Qatar) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 52': Penalty conceded by Darwin Cerén (El Salvador) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
  • 54': VAR Decision: Penalty Qatar.
  • 54': Darwin Cerén (El Salvador) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 55': Goal! Qatar 3, El Salvador 0. Almoez Ali (Qatar) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  • 56': Attempt saved. Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Marvin Monterroza.
  • 57': Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 57': Foul by Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador).
  • 57': Offside, El Salvador. Alexander Larín tries a through ball, but Marvin Monterroza is caught offside.
  • 59': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Boualem Khoukhi.
  • 61': Attempt missed. Jairo Henríquez (El Salvador) header from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Marvin Monterroza with a cross following a corner.
  • 62': Foul by Karim Boudiaf (Qatar).
  • 62': Marvin Monterroza (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Goal! Qatar 3, El Salvador 1. Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Amando Moreno with a through ball.
  • 64': Substitution, El Salvador. Walmer Martinez replaces Jairo Henríquez.
  • 66': Goal! Qatar 3, El Salvador 2. Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Bryan Tamacas.
  • 67': Substitution, Qatar. Mohammed Muntari replaces Akram Afif.
  • 67': Substitution, Qatar. Tarek Salman replaces Homam Ahmed.
  • 69': Attempt missed. Amando Moreno (El Salvador) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Marvin Monterroza.
  • 69': Alexander Larín (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 69': Foul by Mohammed Muntari (Qatar).
  • 70': Foul by Walmer Martinez (El Salvador).
  • 70': Pedro Miguel (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador).
  • 71': Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador) is shown the yellow card.
  • 71': Darwin Cerén (El Salvador) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 71': Foul by Almoez Ali (Qatar).
  • 72': Offside, El Salvador. Amando Moreno tries a through ball, but Joaquin Rivas is caught offside.
  • 76': Substitution, Qatar. Assim Madibo replaces Abdelaziz Hatim.
  • 76': Foul by Assim Madibo (Qatar).
  • 76': Marvin Monterroza (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 78': Foul by Darwin Cerén (El Salvador).
  • 78': Hassan Al Haydos (Qatar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 80': Foul by Walmer Martinez (El Salvador).
  • 80': Pedro Miguel (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 82': Substitution, El Salvador. Juan Carlos Portillo replaces Alexander Larín.
  • 82': Substitution, El Salvador. Marvin Márquez replaces Amando Moreno.
  • 85': Hand ball by Marvin Monterroza (El Salvador).
  • 88': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Almoez Ali.
  • 88': Attempt blocked. Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Marvin Monterroza with a cross.
  • 88': Attempt blocked. Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 88': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Tarek Salman.
  • 89': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Abdelkarim Hassan.
  • 90'+1': Substitution, Qatar. Abdullah Al Ahrak replaces Hassan Al Haydos.
  • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Joaquin Rivas (El Salvador) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 90'+2': Corner, El Salvador. Conceded by Meshaal Barsham.
  • 90'+4': Eriq Zavaleta (El Salvador) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 90'+4': Foul by Mohammed Muntari (Qatar).
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Qatar 3, El Salvador 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Qatar 3, El Salvador 2.

Statistics

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15 Fouls 12
3 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 0
9 Corner Kicks 4
2 Saves 3
64.7 Possession 35.3
15 SHOTS 11
5 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 1
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
505 Accurate Passes 247
593 Passes 322
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 1
17 Crosses 10
0.2 Cross % 0.1
56 Long Balls 73
27 Accurate Long Balls 43
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
5 Blocked Shots 2
10 Effective Tackles 11
18 Tackles 13
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
6 Interceptions 19
7 Effective Clearances 21
7 Clearances 21

Game Information

Competition: Concacaf Gold Cup

Venue: State Farm Stadium
Location: Glendale, Arizona, USA
Attendance: 64,211

Line-Ups

QAT Qatar (5-3-2)

No. Name
22 Meshaal Barsham (GK)
16 Boualem Khoukhi
3 Abdelkarim Hassan
15 Bassam Al-Rawi
14 Homam Ahmed
2 Ró-Ró
12 Karim Boudiaf
6 Abdulaziz Hatem
10 Hassan Al-Haydos
19 Almoez Ali
11 Akram Afif

SLV El Salvador (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Mario González (GK)
5 Ronald Gómez
4 Eriq Zavaleta
13 Alexander Larín
21 Bryan Tamacas
15 Alex Roldan
10 Amando Moreno
7 Darwin Cerén Yellow Card
14 Joaquín Rivas
17 Jairo Henríquez
8 Joshua Pérez Yellow Card

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