Oman bids farewell to the Asian Cup in the first round, and Indonesia completes the contract for the “best third place” holders in the groups | sports

The Oman national team bid farewell to the Asian Football Cup currently being held in Qatar after drawing with Kyrgyzstan 1-1 in the final round of the group stage of the continental championship.

The sixth group itself witnessed a draw between Saudi Arabia and Thailand without goals, despite the cancellation of two goals for each team due to offside and the Saudi team wasted a penalty kick.

Saudi Arabia maintained its position at the top of the group, raising its score to 7 points, followed by Thailand with five points, while Oman exited the tournament after occupying third place in the group with two points, and the Indonesian national team advanced from the fourth group as one of the four best teams to achieve third place.

Schedule of the Asian Nations Cup quarter-final matches

The Omani team took the lead in the eighth minute through Mohsen Al-Ghassani, but Kyrgyzstan player Joel Kojo took advantage of a disastrous error by the Omani defense and scored the equalizer for his country.

The Omani national team opens registration early
#Asia Cup | #AsiaCup2023 | #Kyrgyzstan_Oman#AsianCup2023 pic.twitter.com/NLQDF7dlsW

— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) January 25, 2024

A catastrophic mistake by Oman’s defense gives Kyrgyzstan a draw#Asia Cup | #AsiaCup2023 | #Kyrgyzstan_Oman#AsianCup2023 pic.twitter.com/ec4OyxTycd

— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) January 25, 2024

The Saudi and Thai teams had already clinched their qualification to the second round at the end of the second round of group stage matches, but today’s match witnessed a struggle for the lead.

The match seemed relatively equal at the beginning, but the Saudi team quickly imposed its superiority and tightened its grip on the course of the game. The two teams exchanged serious offensive attempts that resulted in the net conceding 3 times, but the referee did not count these goals due to offside. Abdullah Redeef also missed the opportunity to score for Saudi Arabia with a kick. penalty.

Abdullah Redeef misses the penalty kick

📦 Subscribe now 👇

🔗 https://t.co/D3TVUIzrg7
📱 https://t.co/alkogGtHdW#Asia Cup | #AsiaCup2023 | #Saudi_Thailand#AsianCup2023 pic.twitter.com/158uz2ZVaf

— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) January 25, 2024

Things did not differ much in the second half, as the Saudi team continued its superiority in possession and offensive pressure and intensified its attacks greatly in the last minutes, hoping to snatch the winning goal and achieve the full score, but the Thai defense was on the lookout, and goalkeeper Saranon Anwin played a heroic role in saving the net from more than From an achieved goal.