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Friday 01 February
The Qatari team won the Asian Cup for the first time in their history after beating Japan 3-1 on Friday at Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi during the final of the 17th edition of the tournament organized by the Emirates United Arab Emirates.
Al Moez Ali Abdullah opened the scoring for the Qatari team in the 12th minute and Abdelaziz Hatem added the second goal in the 27th minute.
In the second half, Japan replied with a goal from Takumi Minamino in the 69th minute, before Akram Hassan Afif finished the score for the third goal and scored a penalty in the 83rd minute.
Al-Moez Ali became the player who scored the most in a single edition of the Asian Cup, where he raised his score to nine goals, defeating Iranian Daei, who scored eight goals when of the 1996 edition of the United Arab Emirates.
Al-Muez Ali was the top scorer of the Arab Cup in the UAE with Ali Mabkhout, who scored five goals in 2015 and four in the current edition.
Qatar won the Asian Cup for the first time in the history of the tournament after winning all seven matches of the 2019 Asian Cup, having never passed the quarter-finals from a previous version.
Japan, which holds a record number of crowns, has failed to qualify for the fifth time in its history, having been crowned fourth in the 2011 Qatar edition.
The Japanese (Samurai Warriors) suffered their first loss in the Asian final, winning all four victories before reaching the final.
During his career in 2019, the Qatari team scored 19 goals and conceded no goals in the final, against three finalists: Saudi Arabia, Iraq and South Korea. On his side, the owner of the land in the semifinals.
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