2011 Asian Cup Match Report: http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Syria-c3017, 2-1
Poor defending from Syria ultimately caused them to wash their hands off and leave the tournament with Jordan progressing into the knockout stage of the Asian Cup.
Jordan took the game from being a goal down as their resilience paid off at the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Uzbekistan-c3037.
For Syria, it was http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ali-Diab-c5062 brought an equalizer.
More drama and action was about to be witnessed in the Group B bout as the Syrian defender failed in handling a long kick by Amer Shafri. This allowed Odai Al-Saify to strike in to lead during the 59th minute, which
happened to be enough until the end of the match.
Jordan definitely deserved to win, as they never lost hope and tried to make a comeback. They had a brilliant chance to draw first blood in the first minute with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Amer-Deeb-c5395 assisting Hasan Abdel Fattah; however, his attempt resulted
in futility, sailing past the post.
Syria got the scoreboard ticking just 15 minutes into the match. Goalkeeper Shafi could only have witnessed the events unfolding as Senharib Malki took an angular strike finding Al Zeno. The striker then made no mistake in hammering
the ball from 6 yards out.
Hereafter, Al Zeno made a terrible mistake when he mis-headed a cross from Malki. The ball landed in the box 6 yards from the line and the Jordanian players made no mistake in taking advantage of it as they brought it home.
After that, Deeb produced a cross from the right flank. That is all the Jordan team had to do as lack of chemistry between defender Diab and shot stopper http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Mosab-Balhous-c26844 caused the ball to cross in for a goal after being deflected
from the defender’s head.
Fattah was the man who tried to produce a stunner as he sent a half volley wide on to the far post diagonally. With the Syrian defence looking to falter now and then, it was expected more drama would follow the first half’s break.
Soon after the game resumed Samer Aouad brought Shafi on for a play in the 56th minute after Jordan flunked in providing clearance from a corner, which lead to jeopardy. This again saw Adnan Hamad’s side take advantage
without much to do.
It was a long ball from Shafi that was lost by everyone; Diab was lethargic in play hence Al Saify got hold of the ball and dribbled it through as Balhous came on to block. However, nothing could have stopped the ball as it went
to cross the line despite a deflection.
Then Moayad Abukeshek nearly scored with just 8 minutes left in the match. The match eventually ended with the score line reading 2-1 in Jordan’s favour. Nonetheless, the fans were able to witness the drama they had come for that
eventually saw a hapless Syria being defeated by a lucky striving Jordan win.
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