برچسب آرشیوها: AFC NEWS

Player to Watch: Ali Mabkhout (UAE)

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چاپ خبر Not many players in Asian football have as many records to their name across club and country, domestic and continental football as 33-year-old Mabkhout, and he travels to Qatar hopeful of breaking one of the most important records of them all. Only two players in the history of the AFC Asian Cup have scored more goals than Mabkhout’s …

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Player to Watch: Alisher Dzhalilov (Tajikistan)

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چاپ خبر Although born near Dushanbe, Dzhalilov initially progressed through the Russian system and represented the European nation as a youth, from under 17 level through to the country’s under 21 team.He joined Lokomotiv Moscow as a teenager before making his professional debut with Rubin Kazan, who sent him on loan to Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk before a move in 2017 to …

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Japan lead AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023™ cast

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چاپ خبر The four-time AFC Asian Cup winners maintained their 17th spot in the latest FIFA World Ranking issued on Thursday. Facing them in Group D at Qatar 2023 will be Iraq (ranked 63), Vietnam (94) and Indonesia (146).Hosts and defending AFC Asian Cup champions Qatar maintained their ranking at 58 with China PR (79), debutants Tajikistan (106) and Lebanon …

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Player to Watch: Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia)

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چاپ خبر After Saleh Al Shehri cancelled out Lionel Messi’s opener, Al Dawsari plucked the ball out from the sky, negated two Argentine markers and unleashed a strike which curled past Emiliano Martinez and rested in the top corner to produce one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history. That monumental goal proved why Al Dawsari has been hailed …

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Semi-Automated Offside Technology to debut at AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023™

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چاپ خبر This marks the first time that SAOT will be in place at an Asian Football Confederation (AFC) competition and makes the AFC the first Confederation in world football to apply the system at the Continental Men’s national team level, which further underscores the AFC’s commitment towards improving accuracy and integrity of decision-making by its match officials.The introduction of …

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Player to Watch: Akram Afif (Qatar)

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چاپ خبر In the 18th edition of the continental showpiece, Qatar will be defending their maiden title and also have the added weight of expectation as the hosts. There’s also a new man in charge, Marquez Lopez, who replaced Carlos Queiroz this month and is their third head coach in under a year. But several members of the 2019 squad …

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Player to Watch: Arif Aiman (Malaysia)

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چاپ خبر He has been labelled a “genius” by his coach at Johor Darul Ta’zim, Esteban Solari, with his trickery on the right proving to be a devastating weapon for both club and country as he has shone domestically and on the international stage.“I believe he has all the tools to achieve greatness,” Solari said recently. “He has the ability …

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Player to Watch: Mostafa Matar (Lebanon)

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چاپ خبر Despite being part of the squad that participated in the previous edition in the UAE, Matar’s debut only came a few months after the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019™, starting between the sticks in a 2019 WAFF Championships encounter against Yemen. Since then, he has not looked back, establishing himself as the undisputed starting goalkeeper for the Cedars. …

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Player to Watch: Son Heung-min (Korea Republic)

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چاپ خبر The 31-year-old returns to the scene of his first appearance at the continental championship and to where he scored his first goal in his nation’s colours, after coming off the bench to strike in a 4-1 group stage win over India back in 2011. That campaign ended at the semi-final stage for the Koreans and while the nation’s …

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Focused Al Ain please Crespo

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چاپ خبر The 2003 AFC Champions League winners raced into a two-goal lead following penalty strikes from Souifane Rahimi and Omer Atzili with Elman Tagayew reducing the deficit. With all the goals coming in the first half, Al Ain had to show resolve in the remaining period to end their campaign with 15 points. “I congratulate my players for performing …

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