Ahmed Harbi wrote Wednesday, February 7, 2024 04:00 AM Challenge Qatar national team The 2019 Asian Cup champion in the UAE faces its counterpart, the Iranian national team, in a difficult and strong confrontation this evening, Wednesday, in the first semi-final match of the 2023 Asian Cup.
Al Thumama Stadium will host the Qatar-Iran match in the 2023 Asian Cup semi-finals at five o’clock in the evening today, Wednesday, February 7.
The Qatari team overcame Uzbekistan in the semi-finals on penalties, while Iran defeated Japan in the quarter-finals of the tournament in a resounding surprise.
Al-Anabi is armed with the ground and the crowd in front of the strong Iranian team and one of the most prominent candidates to win the title.
The Iranian national team has won the Asian Cup three times before and is ranked second among the teams that have won the title, equal to Saudi Arabia, both behind Japan, which holds the record for winning the title four times.
While Al Annabi won the last title in the tournament and is the most recent winner of the title, having been crowned champion of the yellow continent only once in the UAE 2019 edition.
The Qatar national team has been performing at an excellent level since the beginning of the tournament, as it qualified with full marks for its group with three victories over Lebanon, China and Tajikistan in succession, and passed through the round of 16 at the expense of Palestine with a 2-1 victory, then Uzbekistan in the quarter-finals.
While the Iranian team qualified as the leader of the third group after collecting 9 points from 3 victories, and passed through the round of 16 with difficulty on penalties against the Syrian team, then surpassed the strong Japanese team in the quarter-finals with a 2-1 victory.
The Qatari and Iranian national teams have met in the Asian Cup twice before, the first in the groups of the 1988 edition, which was held at Al-Anabi Stadium and ended with a 2-0 win for the visitors, and the second in the groups of the 2015 edition in Australia, which also ended with the same result in favor of the Iranian team, and the Qatari national team is seeking to achieve its first victory over Iran. In the Asian Nations Cup competition.
2024-02-07 02:00:00
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