AFC Asian Cup

FT Friday, January 12, 2024
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Qatar LWWWL 3
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Lusail Stadium · 82,490 att.

Match Report

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Qatar begin Asian Cup defence with win over Lebanon

Asian Cup hosts Qatar kickstarted their title defence with a 3-0 win over Lebanon in the tournament opener on Friday with a brace from their prized playmaker Akram Afif and a goal from Almoez Ali.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
3
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
5
38.6
Possession
61.4
9
SHOTS
16
5
ON GOAL
5
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
219
Accurate Passes
400
308
Passes
487
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
7
14
Crosses
19
0.1
Cross %
0.4
72
Long Balls
62
28
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
7
15
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
17
0.9
Tackle %
0.4
11
Interceptions
6
17
Effective Clearances
26
17
Clearances
26

Head to Head

QAT leads series 3-0

Lineups

QAT · 3-5-2

  1. 22Meshaal BarshamG
  2. 3Almahdi Ali MukhtarCD
  3. 12Lucas MendesCD-L
  4. 2Pedro MiguelCD-R
  5. 6Abdulaziz HatemCM-L
  6. 10Hassan Al-HaydosCM-R
  7. 20Ahmed FathyAM
  8. 4Mohammed WaadLM
  9. 9Yusuf AbdurisagRM
  10. 19Almoez AliCF-L
  11. 11Akram AfifCF-R

LIB · 3-5-2

  1. 21Mostafa MatarG
  2. 4Nour MansourCD
  3. 18Kassem El ZeinCD-L
  4. 12Robert MelkiCD-R
  5. 16Walid ShourCM-L
  6. 20Ali TneichCM-R
  7. 10Mohamad HaidarAM
  8. 5NassarLM
  9. 6Hussein ZeinRM
  10. 7Hassan MaatoukCF-L
  11. 22Bassel JradiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Goal! Qatar 1, Lebanon 0. Akram Afif (Qatar) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Almoez Ali.
  2. 51' Mohamad Haidar (Lebanon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 56' Goal! Qatar 2, Lebanon 0. Almoez Ali (Qatar) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mohammed Waad with a cross.
  4. 57' Substitution, Qatar. Ismaeel Mohammad replaces Yusuf Abdurisag.
  5. 57' Substitution, Qatar. Mostafa Meshaal replaces Hassan Al Haydos.
  6. 70' Substitution, Lebanon. Hilal El Helwe replaces Hassan Maatouk.
  7. 70' Substitution, Lebanon. Hasan Srour replaces Walid Shour.
  8. 70' Substitution, Lebanon. Omar Bugiel replaces Mohamad Haidar.
  9. 72' Substitution, Qatar. Homam Ahmed replaces Mohammed Waad.
  10. 78' Substitution, Qatar. Ahmed Alaa replaces Almoez Ali.
  11. 79' Substitution, Qatar. Jassem Gaber replaces Abdulaziz Hatem.
  12. 80' Substitution, Lebanon. Gabriel Bitar replaces Bassel Jradi.
  13. 80' Hasan Srour (Lebanon) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 86' Ahmed Alaa (Qatar) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 87' Substitution, Lebanon. Soony Saad replaces Nassar Nassar.
  16. 90' Pedro Miguel (Qatar) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+6' Goal! Qatar 3, Lebanon 0. Akram Afif (Qatar) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.

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