Jordan scored the winning goal against Iraq in a fatal time (French)
The Jordanian national team scored two goals in stoppage time to overturn a two-goal deficit to one for a thrilling 3-2 victory over Iraq in the Asian Football Cup on Monday and qualify for the quarter-finals of the tournament.
The match witnessed the expulsion of Iraqi player Ayman Hussein in the 77th minute due to his celebration after Iraq's second goal.
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The Jordanian national team took advantage of its dominance in the first half to take the lead through Yazan Al-Naimat in the first minute of stoppage time, after he took advantage of a defender's mistake in passing the ball to run from the middle of the field and shoot a dropped ball from a one-on-one position that landed in the net.
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Defender Saad Natiq equalized for Iraq in the 68th minute after a cross pass from a corner kick executed by Ali Jassim inside the penalty area, and the Saudi Abha defender went up to it with a powerful header that went into the net.
Saad Natiq scores the equalizer for the Iraqi team against the Jordanian team #Asia_Cup | #AsiaCup2023 | #Iraq_Jordan#asiancup2023 pic.twitter.com/CZ80Ze4wmy
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Ayman Hussein put his country ahead with the second goal in the 76th minute after the ball reached him after a wrong clearance from the defense, and he shot hard from inside the penalty area while the goalkeeper failed to stop it.
Ayman Hussein scores the second goal for the Iraqi team against the Jordanian team #Asia_Cup | #AsiaCup2023 | #Iraq_Jordan#asiancup2023 pic.twitter.com/UaUjThDNK9
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Hussein raised his score to 6 goals, making him completely the top scorer in the tournament so far, followed by Akram Afif (Qatar), Ayase Ueda (Japan), and Lee Kang-in (South Korea), each of whom had 3 goals.
Yazan Al-Arab equalized for Jordan in the fifth minute of stoppage time after a ball bounced off the goalkeeper and he shot it from close range into the net.
Yazan Al-Arab scores the equalizer #AsianCup | #AsiaCup2023 | #Iraq_Jordan#asiancup2023 pic.twitter.com/7kebtyon3H
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While everyone thought that the match was heading to two additional periods, Nizar Al-Rashdan scored the third goal for Jordan with a powerful shot from outside the penalty area.
Nizar Al-Rashdan scores the lead goal for the Jordanian team against the Iraqi team #Asian_Cup | #AsiaCup2023 | #Iraq_Jordan#asiancup2023 pic.twitter.com/bPr9XjcyWl
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Source: Al Jazeera + Reuters