In the 2024 Qatar Asian Cup, the Jordanian team has become the biggest dark horse, defeating strong opponents all the way to make history, and reaching the final in an upset, which is expected to stage a miracle in the end! However, in the final competition, Afif scored a magical penalty hat trick, and the Jordan team finally fell, losing 1-3 to the host Qatar team, and the miracle failed to be staged!
In the group stage, the Jordanian team was divided into Group E, the South Korean team in the same group is the favorite to win the championship, and the Bahrain team is also strong, the Jordanian team has a record of 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, ranking third in the group, and finally advanced to the round of 16 of the knockout round of 16 with four better third places. In the 1 8 finals, the Jordan team broke out in an upset, scoring two goals in stoppage time to miraculously reverse the former champion Iraq. In the 1 4 finals, facing Tajikistan, which is also one of the dark horse teams, the Jordanian team advanced by virtue of an own goal from the opponent. In the semi-finals, Jordan and South Korea met again after the group stage, and Jordan won 2-0, miraculously reaching the final, continuing to create the best record in team history.
In the final game, the Jordanian team continued to challenge the former champion team, the defending champion and host Qatar team, and it is not surprising that the Jordanian team was not favored among the various ** before the game. In the first half, although the Jordan team was behind by one goal, but in fact, the overall play of the Jordanian team was better, but in terms of individual ability, the Jordanian team players were indeed inferior to Qatar, the Qatar team had Afif + Ali 2 stars, in the 21st minute of the game, it was Afif's flash that made the Qatar team take the lead, Afif made a point + personally took the penalty kick, and the Qatar team was in the lead at halftime 1-0.
On the Jordan side, number one star Tamari missed two chances to equalise in first-half stoppage time. In terms of taking their chances, Qatar did a better job in the first half. After the halftime adjustment, the Jordan team began to make a big move, and the continuous attack finally paid off, Yazan stopped the ball in the 66th minute of the game and turned around to burst the goal, Jordan equalized Qatar 1-1, before that, the Jordanian team had two consecutive dangerous shots were bravely defused by the Qatari goalkeeper.
However, on the defensive end, the Jordan team made another mistake, Maldi brought down Ismail without the ball, although the referee Manin did not indicate it at the first time, but after checking the VAR in the subsequent dead ball state, Manin gave Qatar a penalty again, and Afif took the penalty to complete the double ring, Qatar led again 2-1. In stoppage time, Manin gave another penalty to the Qatar team, and Afif scored a hat-trick with the penalty! In the end, the Qatar team maintained its advantage, defeating the Jordan team 3-1, and the champion of this Qatar Asian Cup was born: the Qatar team achieved the defending hegemony!
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