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The Lebanese national team bid farewell to the Asian Football Cup finals again from the group stage, after losing to Tajikistan 1-2 on Monday in the third and final round of the first group competitions, which witnessed a third victory for Qatar over China 1-0.
Qatar, the defending champion, raised its score to nine points after it had secured the lead since the second round, while Tajikistan came in runner-up with four points and accompanied it to the round of 16 in its first participation, compared to two points for China, which awaits its fate, while Lebanon bid farewell with an orphan point in its third participation after 2000 and 2019.
At Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in front of 11,843 spectators, most of them from the Lebanese community, Lebanon took the lead through Basil Jaradi (47), but the expulsion of its defender, Qasim Al-Zein, changed the situation due to a reckless error (56). Tajikistan responded with two goals through Parvizdzhon Omarbayev (80) and Nurdin Khamrokulov (90+2).
Tajikistan national team equalizes with a direct kick #Asia Cup | #AsiaCup2023 #Tajikistan_Lebanon#AsianCup2023 #Asiancup #Qatar2023 pic.twitter.com/sus4UDPqmv
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Lebanon and Tajikistan entered the match with no alternative but to win, because any other result would mean packing their bags and returning home.
Tajikistan national team equalizes with a direct kick #Asia Cup | #AsiaCup2023 #Tajikistan_Lebanon#AsianCup2023 #Asiancup #Qatar2023 pic.twitter.com/sus4UDPqmv
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Lebanon lost the opening match to Qatar, the defending champion, 0-3 and tied 0-0 with China, while Tajikistan's situation was similar, losing to Qatar 0-1 and drawing 0-0 with China.
Basil Jradi opens the scoring for the Cedar Men with an amazing shot#Asia Cup | #AsiaCup2023 #Tajikistan_Lebanon#AsianCup2023 #Asiancup #Qatar2023 pic.twitter.com/cq3NqgimlB
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Qatar with full mark
The Qatari team, which had already qualified for the round of 16, increased its lead in Group A by nine points after defeating China with a clean goal.
The only goal of the match came in the 66th minute from substitute Hassan Al-Haydos with a powerful, direct shot from outside the penalty area after receiving a cross pass from a corner kick from Akram Afif.
Qatar opens the scoring with an amazing goal from Al-Annabi captain Hassan Al-Haydos against China#Asia Cup | #AsiaCup2023 | #Qatar_China#AsianCup2023 #Asiancup #Qatar2023 pic.twitter.com/WQjIz2AIjR
— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) January 22, 2024
