FIFA World Cup Qualifying - AFC

FT Thursday, March 20, 2025
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Match Report

Saudi Arabia edge China 1-0 in World Cup qualifier

VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF SAUDI ARABIA BEATING CHINA 1-0 IN SOCCER WORLD CUP QUALIFYING

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Head to Head

KSA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

KSA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Nawaf Al-AqidiG
  2. 14Hassan KadishCD-L
  3. 17Hassan Al-TambaktiCD-R
  4. 13Nawaf BoushalLB
  5. 12Saud AbdulhamidRB
  6. 6Nasser Al-DawsariCM-L
  7. 16Faisal Al-GhamdiCM-R
  8. 10Salem Al-DawsariLM
  9. 15Aiman YahyaRM
  10. 9Feras Al-BrikanCF-L
  11. 7Musab Al-JuwayrCF-R

CHN · 4-2-3-1

  1. 14Wang DaleiG
  2. 16Jiang ShenglongCD-L
  3. 2Jiang GuangtaiCD-R
  4. 4Li LeiLB
  5. 3Gao ZhunyiRB
  6. 10Wei ShihaoAM
  7. 20Xie WennengLM
  8. 6Wang ShangyuanRM
  9. 9Zhang YuningF
  10. 11Lin LiangmingAM-L
  11. 19Cao YongjingAM-R

Timeline

  1. 21' Wang Shangyuan (China) Yellow Card at 21'
  2. 45'+1' Han Pengfei (China) Substitution at 46'
  3. 45'+2' Lin Liangming (China) Red Card at 47'
  4. 45'+8' Ali Lajami (Saudi Arabia) Substitution at 53'
  5. 45' Yang Zexiang (China) Substitution at 45'
  6. 45' Behram Abduweli (China) Substitution at 45'
  7. 50' Salem Al-Dawsari (Saudi Arabia) Goal at 50'
  8. 54' Muhannad Al-Shanqiti (Saudi Arabia) Substitution at 54'
  9. 63' Li Yuanyi (China) Substitution at 63'
  10. 63' Xu Haoyang (China) Substitution at 63'
  11. 72' Abdullah Al-Hamddan (Saudi Arabia) Substitution at 72'
  12. 73' Abdullah Al-Salim (Saudi Arabia) Substitution at 73'
  13. 85' Marwan Al Sahafi (Saudi Arabia) Substitution at 85'
  14. 90'+1' Hu Hetao (China) Substitution at 91'

WCQ - AFC News

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