2024-01-22 23:17:33
The Saudi national team reached the round of 16 of the Asian Cup – Qatar 2023, after achieving its second successive victory in the tournament, which came at the expense of the Kyrgyz national team (2-0) in the second round of the sixth group competitions at the Ahmed bin Ali World Cup Stadium. Mohammed Kanno scored 35 and Faisal Al-Ghamdi scored 84. Two players from the losing team, Izar Akmatov 9 and Kai Merck 52, were sent off. In addition, Mancini made three changes to the Saudi lineup compared to the match against Oman, as Muhammad Al-Buraik, Abdul-Ilah Al-Maliki and Firas Al-Braikan participated from the beginning instead of Nasser Al-Dosari. Abdullah Al-Khaibari and Saleh Al-Shehri. The beginning was a nightmare for Kyrgyzstan after Aizar Akhmatov was sent off after a violent intervention on Sami Al-Naji in the ninth minute. The referee returned to the video assistant referee (VAR) technology, canceled his decision to issue the yellow card, and issued the red card. Al-Breik almost opened the scoring early in the tenth minute with a powerful shot from a free kick, but goalkeeper Argan Tokutayev saved it with great difficulty. Saud Abdul Hamid started from the right side in the 20th minute, then sent a cross pass that strangely passed everyone in front of the Kyrgyz goal.
Kanu opened the scoring for Saudi Arabia in the 35th minute after receiving a cross pass from Saud Abdel Hamid, which Kanu converted into the net with a shot from close range. The number of Kyrgyzstan players was reduced to nine seven minutes after the start of the second half, as Merck Kimi Byrne received a red card following a violent tackle on Hassan Timbukti, who was substituted due to injury. It took the Saudi national team ten minutes after the start of the half to threaten the goal with a shot from Kanu from a long distance, but it passed near the right post. Substitute Al Shehri shot a ball from the right side in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper successfully saved it.
Kanou was unsuccessful in doubling the score in the 72nd minute after a strong header hit the right post, and substitute Mukhtar Ali shot a ball from a long distance in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper held it steady. Al-Ghamdi scored the second goal in the 85th minute, seven minutes after coming on as a substitute, with a shot from outside the penalty area, which the goalkeeper missed with his fist and it went into the net.
Saudi Arabia will conclude its matches in the group stage by facing Thailand the day after tomorrow, Thursday, while the Kyrgyz national team will meet its Omani counterpart on the same day.
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