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ABU DHABI – AFP
Qatar won the 2018 Asian Cup for the first time in a row with a 4-1 win over Japan during a clash at the Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Al-Moez Ali (12), Abdul Aziz Hatem (27), Akram Afif (83) and Takumi Minamino (69) scored the first goal of the tournament.
Qatar scored a rare mark, winning seven games against Lebanon, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, scoring 19 goals and conceding a first match in the final, leaving Australia in 2015 at home home.
"I can not speak with words," said coach Felix Sanchez. We had an excellent team, we scored two goals in the first half and we had to defend ourselves in second. "
Sanchez regained his regular form after the end of the suspension of Bbadam Al-Rawi and Abdel-Aziz Hatem, playing in the 5-3-1-1 formation.
With an acquisition of Qatar in the first quarter of an hour, the Qataris have become their favorite destination to translate their fast start into goals.
From the first opportunity, Afif pbaded the ball to Al Moez Ali, who found him in the box and shot with a magnificent acrobat in the left corner of goalkeeper Shwichi Gonda, who doubled the score by doubling Afif to Al Moez Ali before being recovered by Captain Maya Yoshida. The last spear at the corner (13).
Midfielder Abdul Aziz Hatem received the ball from outside the box and propelled it into a superb spiral in the top right corner of the Jonda, ranked 27th, scoring two goals in Asia Cup for Japan since 1988.
Hatem scored for the second time after defeating South Korea in the quarterfinals, while Afif continued his career and placed 10th in the final.
Japan took the takeover, but Qatar remained the most dangerous with a lightning ball and reached leader Hbadan Haidus flush with the right post (36).
In the second half, Afif started with a quick break and made a nice cross at Hatem who made a mistake in taming him at the goal gate by losing his chance.
The match was a very important turning point for Qatar when Boalam Khokhi came up and broke his head to hit Yoshida's head. He fell to the ground and could not finish the game. Salem Al-Hajri replaced him.
Bbadam Al-Rawi replaced Boualem, while Al-Hajri stood on the right side of the three-point defense, Uya Osako and Takumi Minamino penetrating deep into the region to score the first goal of the 69th minute of Qatar. More than half of the terraces.
After Sanchez pushed Karim Boudiaf to replace captain Hydeus to strengthen his defensive midfielder, 74 Qataris rallied after a Japanese claw and escaped from the leader, Yoshida. The first of the tournament and the third of the match (83).
The last minutes were not enough in Japan to further reduce the gap and forced the score at the final whistle with a joy of Qatar.
This is the first time that Japan loses the final after a crowning victory in 1992, 2000, 2004 and 2011, while the best result of Qatar was the quarter-finals in 2000 and 2011.
In previous direct encounters, Qatar won 3-0 in 1988, then drew 1-1 in 2000 and 2007, but Japan made two losses and won 3-2 in the 2011 quarterfinal before To be crowned.
Rewards control
Qatar striker Al-Moez Ali won the Asian Footballer's Trophy in 2018 after scoring nine goals, including the final in the final against Qatar.
Al-Moez has beaten the number of goals scored in a copy of the Asian Cup and registered in the name of Iranian Ali Daei since 1996, thus opening the registry against Japan.
Al-Moez Al-Tajsi opened the scoring in the 12th minute after a pbad from attacking midfielder Akram Afif.
Qatar striker Dahil scored a goal against Lebanon, followed by four games against North Korea and a brace against Saudi Arabia in the group stage. In the semifinal, he held the record against Iraq and South Korea before returning to the semifinal against the UAE.
Teammate Saad Al-Shaib won the top goaltender award after his strikers were shaken once in seven games in the second half of the final. Japan won the Fair Play Award.
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