The biggest losers in the kick-off of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers

White outperformed all the teams of his group in the first round .. “Numbers without a result”

The star of the national team Caio launches an attack towards Lebanon's goal.

Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem

The numbers and technical statistics of the national team did not satisfy the national team’s achievement of the full mark on its soil after it failed to translate its absolute advantage over the events digitally in front of the Lebanese team, to come out with a point that brought bitterness to the masses after the negative tie, the day before yesterday, in the first round of the first group competitions for the Asian qualifiers. Qualification for the 2022 World Cup, which in turn saw only one goal scored in 270 minutes in all matches.

Iran leads the first group with the full score after beating Syria with a clean goal, while the teams of the Emirates, Lebanon, Iraq and South Korea are in second place with one point, and the Syrian team is in the last place without points.

Al-Abyad achieved the highest percentage of possession through his matches in the World Cup qualifiers, with a percentage of 70%, compared to 30% for the "rice team".

The pass count reached a very high rate of 614, of which 547 were correct, with a rate of 85%, while Lebanon was unable to pass more than 264 games, including 201 correct passes.

The numbers also reflected the efforts of the national team to reach Lebanon's goal through 29 crosses from the sides and 14 attempts to shoot on the goal, and obtaining eight corner kicks, all of which did not know their way to goalkeeper Mustafa Matar's goal.

On the defensive side, the advantage of our players prevailed in that confrontation, as goalkeeper Ali Khaseef was only threatened on two occasions, without any real opportunity to threaten his goal, and Al-Abyad was awarded only one corner kick.

The national team surpassed the numbers of the South Korean team in its match against Iraq, which also ended in a goalless draw, as it confirmed that its possession rate reached 68%, compared to 32% for the Iraq team, and its score amounted to 529 passes, including 457 correct passes only, and 25 A cross ball and 15 shot attempts on goal, while the Rafidain Lions had only 255 passes, including 169 correct passes and only two attempts to shoot on goal.

Al-Abyad was not satisfied with "digital superiority" over South Korea, but his numbers in the Lebanon match were better than the Iranian team, which beat Syria with a goal without a response, and topped the group with three points.

The Iranian national team dominated the game by 69%, compared to 31% for the Syrian Arab team.

The Iranian team threatened Ibrahim Alama's goal with only 10 shots, including four attempts between the post and the crossbar, while the Syrian team's attempts were largely equal by threatening their opponent's goal in seven attempts, including one on goal.

Iran's players also tried to break through from the sides on 21 times, and got only five corners.

Team numbers in the Lebanon match

Possession: 70%

Passes: 614 (547 correct)

Crosses: 29

Shots: 14

Corners: 8

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