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Qatar stun Mexico with rare win to advance to quarterfinals of CONCACAF Gold Cup
Qatar’s national team defied expectations and secured a valuable and rare win against group leaders Mexico with a clean sheet that helped them qualify for the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, benefiting from Honduras’ 2-1 win over Haiti. .
“Al-Adam” occupies the second place of the two teams with four points, Honduras with the third goal difference, behind the leading team “El Tre” with six points.
Participating in a youth team grafted with some elements of experience, Al-Annabi qualified again for the quarter-finals, which he reached in the previous edition in 2021, where he finished third, losing to the United States. semi-final.
Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz’s men overcame the forced absences of Bassam Al-Rawi (accumulation of cautions) and Youssef Abdel-Razak (suspended case) and huge pressure from the Mexico fans. In front of over 60,000 spectators at Levi’s Stadium in California, he recorded a remarkable performance against the most prominent candidates to win the tournament. , he has won the title eight times.
Al-Annabi will face Group C leaders Panama (6 points), El Salvador (one point), Costa Rica (one point) and Martinique ( 3 points) after matches between.
“Fighting Sense”
Dedicating the victory to the spirit of the late Qatari coach Saeed Al-Miznad, a former adviser to the Qatari national teams, Queiroz said, “Qatar deserved to win after a wonderful and tough match given by the players against a strong Mexican national team.”
Queiroz, 70, attributed the win against Mexico (ranked 14th in the world) to the fighting spirit his players were armed with. “I told the players that we always have to focus on Mexico and take advantage of the opportunities,” he said.
In turn, Hazem Shehata (scorer) said, “Al-Annabi entered the match motivated by the win and he gave a great match that deserved the three points.”
And Shehata (25 years old) expressed his great joy at scoring the only goal, saying, “It was great to score in this stadium and in front of this big crowd,” in statements to Al-Qaz Sports channels.
Mexican blockade.. and Qatari arrogance
Queiroz entered the match with a different line-up, which saw Musab Khedr replace Al-Rawi and Hazem Shehada replace Abdel-Razzak, who was red-carded after a clash with the Honduran players. Last match.
The Mexico national team opened the match with a pressing attack on the Qatar goal, and Ozil Herrera opened up a chance with a shot into the hands of goalkeeper Mishal Barshim (15), followed by a dangerous cross by Tariq Salman (24). , Musab Kadar met her with a cross over the ruler before Al-Annabi succeeded in scoring through an organized counterattack led by Muhammad Wad, and Hazem Shehada rose to her and headed to the veteran goalkeeper’s left. Guillermo Ochoa (27).
Mexico stepped up their pressure on a goal by Barshim, brother of world champion Modas in the high jump competition. Santiago Jimenez’s header first had a chance, which was saved by the goalkeeper (30), then Edson Alvarez scored a goal. Barshim saved Greek Arphilim Pineda’s AEK Athens with a header (35) and support from Ahmed Suhail (4 + 45) before Mexico finished off a first-half chance with a solo player.
In the second half, the Mexican national team laid siege to Al-Adam, but most of the attacks were thwarted by the brilliance of goalkeeper Barshim, and the courage of the defenders, the most important of which, as chances continued to arrive. Single Jimenez hit a ball near the right post (70), then finished off Henri Martin’s shot inside the area. Salman (84), Alvarez’s header bounced off the bar (86), and finally Martin’s acrobatics were Barshim’s arms (4 + 90).
USA and Jamaica qualified
In the second game, Heidi conceded two goals from Jerry Bengtsson (42) and Jose signing Honduras, but failed to defend the goal of Fransty Pirro (20), which was enough to qualify for the quarterfinals. Mario Pinto (59), both teams have a bye from the first round of the tournament.
In Group A, USA and Jamaica qualified for the quarter-finals after beating Trinidad and Tobago (6-0), including hat-tricks from Jesus Ferreira and St. Kitts and Nevis (5-0) respectively.
The USA topped the group with seven points, one goal behind Jamaica, in second.
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A hard-fought win against Al-Quluth did not stop Al-Ittihad fans from “clogging” Al-Hilal.
Al-Ittihad fans celebrated their team’s passage to the round of 16 of the Guardian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup in style with their usual “crackling”, but this time the jeering extended to Al-Hilal.
Al-Ameet struggled through to the round of 16 against Al-Kuluth, beating them 7-6 in a penalty shootout after normal time, and the two extra halves ended in a draw with one goal each.
Qualified by the skill of Abdullah al-Mayub. The Tigers goalkeeper successfully saved four of the ten penalties he faced.
To celebrate him, the audience in the arena chanted his famous chant “Sabo, why?” as Al-Ittihadists mocked Al-Nassr for his boycott of Moroccan striker Abdel Razzak Hamdalla. They chanted. Adopted in the future against al-Hilal and al-Mayuf.
It is noteworthy that “Rai Al-Marouf” left Al-Jaiem at Mercato last summer and moved to Al-Jedawi Club after Al-Azmi club signed Moroccan goalkeeper Yassin Bounou as their main goalkeeper.
Al-Mouf, however, sits as a reserve with Al-Ittihad in the Roshen League and Portuguese coach Nuno Santo has relied on him as a starter in the AFC Champions League’s first-round group stage match against Uzbekistan’s Olmalik. Tonight is the King’s Cup match.
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In an undercover recording inside Wimbledon Football Club, managing director Danny McLean made obscene remarks towards his colleague, ticket manager Rebecca Markham. I will kill her.”
British newspaper The Times said the recording device was placed in McLean’s office by Matthew Wells, a former British soldier who worked part-time as a security officer at the club.
When the device was dropped, McClain was revealed to have said: “I want to throw her – Markham – through a damn window … I don’t want to kill someone, but I want to kill her … I hate her, that damn bastard.”
The record found widespread repercussions in Britain, and the sports community there condemned the club official’s stance. An official statement from Wimbledon Football Club immediately responded to the allegations: “Wimbledon Football Club is a responsible, comprehensive, modern and fan-owned club. It takes its commitment to operate…” Leading by example and right, as well as taking care of staff and fans is very serious.”
The statement added: “This type of allegation cannot be tolerated, cannot be accepted and does not represent the culture of Wimbledon Club. Once we became aware of this matter, we acted appropriately in accordance with our responsibilities and values. The crisis is immediate.”
Managing director Danny McLean was sacked for insulting a colleague.
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After snatching a draw from the fangs of its host “Al-Abyad” at the Cairo Stadium (1-1) in the second round, the Arab contractors gave Zamalek a strong shock. Egyptian League.
Zamalek took the lead through Youssef Ibrahim “Obama” in the 83rd minute, and Mogabloon’s Ahmed Ala equalized in the ninth minute of stoppage time.
The match was marred by widespread refereeing controversy after a Mogabloon defender disallowed a goal by Mostafa Shalabi that was deflected with his hand and referee Amin Omar refused to award a penalty kick to Zamalek after a shot by Mohamed Ashraf (Ruqa). .
Egyptian website Welcol revealed that Zamalek had submitted a request to the Football Association and the Egyptian Professional Clubs Association to replay their match against Arab contractors.
He added: Zamalek protested against match referee Amin Omar through an official letter to the Football Association and the Club Association, according to Zamalek Football Director Abdel Wahid Al-Sayed.
The letter contained 3 requests from Zamalek, which were to review the Arab Contractors competition according to the rules, and the errors in the application of the law and the impact of the refereeing errors on the end of the competition, and the second request to refer the referee Amin Omar to an investigation, and finally not to assign any other Zamalek competition to referee Amin Omar.
Abdul Wahed Al-Sayed said: “I am filing a protest against Amin Omar because of his conversation with the video technical referee regarding the penalty kick that was not awarded to the team, and we will attach the recording of this incident to the protest. .”
He continued: “The referee gave Zamalek players six yellow cards in the match and deliberately intimidated the players. He also counted more stoppage time than was announced at the end of the match.”
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