Doha (AFP) – Lebanon national football team’s centre-back Nour Mansour’s career in the Asian Cup finals held in Qatar ended after he suffered an injury during the match with China (0-0) on Wednesday in the second round of the first group competitions.
Published on: 01/19/2024 – 09:51 Last updated: 01/19/2024 – 09:49
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Mansour, who was chosen by Montenegrin coach Miodrag Radulovic as a starter against Qatar and China respectively, felt injured in the first quarter of an hour of the second match before he was forced to give up his place to his colleague Alex Melki in the 18th minute.
The third most capped player in international matches (67) after the duo Hassan Maatouq and Mohamed Haider, he underwent careful examinations the day after the match, where the team’s therapist, Elie Matni, reported that he “suffered a second-degree tear in the connective muscle of his left thigh, which is expected to keep him out of the field for 6 days.” Up to 8 weeks.
Thus, the curse of injuries deprived Lebanon of an additional important player, as before the Asian Cup it had lost the efforts of strikers Karim Darwish and Zain Farran to two knee injuries, and then Felix Melki was forced to leave the mission due to a muscle injury, while Jihad Ayoub, who is training alone, is still unable to perform. Participating in matches for the same reason.
On the other hand, the team’s medical staff reassured that left-back Nassar Nassar will be ready to play against Tajikistan next Monday in the final third round after he missed the last match against China as a precautionary measure after feeling discomfort in his left thigh. The same goes for midfielder Walid Shor, who played as a starter. In the first match, he participated in the last minutes of the second match.
Lebanon occupies last place in the group with one point on goal difference, behind third-placed Tajikistan and one point behind second-placed China, while host Qatar leads with six points and was the first to qualify for the eighth final.
The winner and runner-up of the six groups qualify for the second round, in addition to the four best third-placed teams.
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2024-01-19 08:51:05
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