Saudi Arabia get knocked out of Asian Cup
Saudi Arabia have been sent crashing out of the Asian Cup. The exit came as a result of the Middle Eastern giants victimization at the hands of Jordan, as they lost by one goal to nil.
The only goal of the game was scored by Jordanian, Baha Abdelrahman right before the end of the first half. However, the goal resulted in Jordan picking up their first win of the group stages, whereas it resulted in Saudi Arabia's second consecutive defeat and as a result, the team is now heading home.
The Saudis had the advantage of experience on their side and they used it to their advantage early on. In the opening 45, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordan-c2929, but they just could not seem to find the back of the net and the golden touch in front of the opponents goal.
The missed chances by the Saudis helped motivate the Jordanians, who slowly mustered their way back into the game. As a result of the new found confidence, the team went on to stun the Asian footballing world by picking up the crucial goal and the only one on the 42nd minute mark. Baha whipped in a cross from outside the area and to his surprise the Saudi keeper misjudged the flight of the ball. As a result, it sailed over his head and into the back of the net.
However, the keeper seemed to recover really well from his howler as he went on to make a quality save just minutes later. Jordanian forward Odai Al Saify got clear on goal with just the Saudi keeper to beat, but Abdullah did rather well to keep the Jordanian out and keep his side in the game.
Nonetheless, the keeper's fine efforts managed to fall rather short, when compared to his only blunder, which ultimately proved to be the killer blow for the Saudis.
This result just proved that the Asian Cup is more than capable of providing the footballing world with its fair share of shocks. It also proved that a team can dominate a match, but if it does not make the most of its chances, then all the possession in the world could be rather useless.
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