Qatar vs China, 2023 AFC Asian Cup, Group Stage

· AFC Asian Cup
  • 66': Hassan Al-Haydos
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Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 3': Bassam Al Rawi (Qatar) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 3': Foul by Zhang Yuning (China PR).
  • 4': Offside, Qatar. Boualem Khoukhi is caught offside.
  • 7': Attempt missed. Wei Shihao (China PR) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Zhang Yuning.
  • 9': Foul by Sultan Al Brake (Qatar).
  • 9': Liu Binbin (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 12': Attempt blocked. Zhang Yuning (China PR) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wei Shihao.
  • 12': Corner, China PR. Conceded by Boualem Khoukhi.
  • 12': Attempt missed. Zhu Chenjie (China PR) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Liu Yang with a cross following a corner.
  • 13': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Jiang Guangtai.
  • 14': Offside, Qatar. Ahmed Alaa is caught offside.
  • 16': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Liu Binbin.
  • 17': Attempt missed. Abdulaziz Hatem (Qatar) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Bassam Al Rawi following a corner.
  • 22': Bassam Al Rawi (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 22': Foul by Lin Liangming (China PR).
  • 28': Attempt blocked. Khalid Muneer (Qatar) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Almahdi Ali with a headed pass.
  • 28': Bassam Al Rawi (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Foul by Zhang Yuning (China PR).
  • 29': Delay in match because of an injury Ahmed Alaa (Qatar).
  • 30': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 31': Attempt blocked. Yusuf Abdurisag (Qatar) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ali Asad.
  • 31': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Jiang Guangtai.
  • 32': Foul by Almahdi Ali (Qatar).
  • 32': Zhu Chenjie (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Bassam Al Rawi (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 33': Foul by Zhang Yuning (China PR).
  • 35': Foul by Sultan Al Brake (Qatar).
  • 35': Liu Binbin (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Attempt missed. Wu Xi (China PR) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
  • 36': Attempt saved. Wei Shihao (China PR) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wu Xi.
  • 38': Bassam Al Rawi (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Foul by Wei Shihao (China PR).
  • 39': Delay in match because of an injury Bassam Al Rawi (Qatar).
  • 40': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 43': Attempt missed. Khalid Muneer (Qatar) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
  • 45': Corner, China PR. Conceded by Bassam Al Rawi.
  • 45': Attempt missed. Zhang Yuning (China PR) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Liu Yang with a cross following a corner.
  • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Wei Shihao (China PR) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 45'+2': Attempt missed. Wei Shihao (China PR) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Wang Shangyuan with a cross.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Qatar 0, China PR 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Qatar 0, China PR 0.
  • 45': Substitution, China PR. Xie Pengfei replaces Liu Binbin.
  • 45': Substitution, Qatar. Ahmed Al Ganehi replaces Ahmed Alaa.
  • 45': Substitution, Qatar. Jassem Gaber replaces Abdulaziz Hatem.
  • 45': Substitution, Qatar. Salah Zakaria replaces Saad Al Sheeb.
  • 46': Foul by Lin Liangming (China PR).
  • 46': Jassem Gaber (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Corner, China PR. Conceded by Khalid Muneer.
  • 49': Corner, China PR. Conceded by Mostafa Meshaal.
  • 50': Foul by Xie Pengfei (China PR).
  • 50': Sultan Al Brake (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Attempt missed. Khalid Muneer (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Almahdi Ali.
  • 53': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Liu Yang.
  • 53': Attempt missed. Bassam Al Rawi (Qatar) right footed shot from long range on the left is high and wide to the right following a corner.
  • 58': Corner, China PR. Conceded by Boualem Khoukhi.
  • 59': Foul by Lin Liangming (China PR).
  • 59': Salah Zakaria (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 59': Delay in match because of an injury Salah Zakaria (Qatar).
  • 59': Delay in match because of an injury Yan Junling (China PR).
  • 63': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 64': Substitution, Qatar. Meshaal Barsham replaces Salah Zakaria because of an injury.
  • 64': Substitution, Qatar. Hassan Al Haydos replaces Mostafa Meshaal.
  • 64': Substitution, Qatar. Akram Afif replaces Yusuf Abdurisag.
  • 64': Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Foul by Zhang Yuning (China PR).
  • 65': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Zhang Linpeng.
  • 66': Goal! Qatar 1, China PR 0. Hassan Al Haydos (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Akram Afif with a cross following a corner.
  • 67': Substitution, China PR. Xu Xin replaces Wu Xi.
  • 67': Substitution, China PR. Wu Lei replaces Wei Shihao.
  • 68': Attempt missed. Wu Lei (China PR) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Zhang Yuning.
  • 69': Foul by Bassam Al Rawi (Qatar).
  • 69': Wu Lei (China PR) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 70': Bassam Al Rawi (Qatar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 72': Corner, Qatar. Conceded by Jiang Guangtai.
  • 72': Foul by Khalid Muneer (Qatar).
  • 72': Lin Liangming (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 75': Substitution, China PR. Tan Long replaces Lin Liangming.
  • 80': Foul by Khalid Muneer (Qatar).
  • 80': Xie Pengfei (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 80': Khalid Muneer (Qatar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 81': Attempt missed. Jassem Gaber (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Hassan Al Haydos.
  • 82': Corner, China PR. Conceded by Boualem Khoukhi.
  • 83': Attempt missed. Hassan Al Haydos (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ali Asad.
  • 85': Offside, Qatar. Akram Afif is caught offside.
  • 85': Substitution, China PR. Jiang Shenglong replaces Wang Shangyuan.
  • 86': Akram Afif (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Foul by Zhang Linpeng (China PR).
  • 86': Foul by Hassan Al Haydos (Qatar).
  • 86': Xu Xin (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Foul by Ahmed Al Ganehi (Qatar).
  • 88': Liu Yang (China PR) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Ahmed Al Ganehi (Qatar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Attempt blocked. Tan Long (China PR) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
  • 90': Boualem Khoukhi (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90': Foul by Jiang Shenglong (China PR).
  • 90'+5': Foul by Zhang Yuning (China PR).
  • 90'+5': Meshaal Barsham (Qatar) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+7': Offside, China PR. Tan Long is caught offside.
  • 90'+8': Attempt missed. Akram Afif (Qatar) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ali Asad.
  • 90'+10': Second Half ends, Qatar 1, China PR 0.
  • 0': Match ends, Qatar 1, China PR 0.

Statistics

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12 Fouls 8
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
6 Corner Kicks 6
0 Saves 1
40.9 Possession 59.1
10 SHOTS 10
2 ON GOAL 1
0.2 On Target % 0.1
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
219 Accurate Passes 387
316 Passes 472
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 4
18 Crosses 11
0.2 Cross % 0.4
67 Long Balls 50
25 Accurate Long Balls 18
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
2 Blocked Shots 2
11 Effective Tackles 7
20 Tackles 13
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
9 Interceptions 4
21 Effective Clearances 31
21 Clearances 31

Game Information

Competition: AFC Asian Cup

Venue: Khalifa International Stadium
Location: Al Rayyan, Qatar
Attendance: 42,104

AFC Asian Cup Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Qatar 3 +5 9
2 Tajikistan 3 0 4
3 China 3 -1 2
4 Lebanon 3 -4 1
Full Standings

Line-Ups

QAT Qatar (4-5-1)

No. Name
1 Saad Al-Sheeb (GK)
3 Almahdi Ali Mukhtar
16 Boualem Khoukhi
18 Sultan Al-Brake
15 Bassam Al-Rawi Yellow Card
23 Moustafa Tarek
8 Ali Asad
6 Abdulaziz Hatem
13 Khalid Muneer Yellow Card
9 Yusuf Abdurisag
7 Ahmed Alaaeldin

CHN China (5-4-1)

No. Name
1 Yan Junling (GK)
2 Jiang Guangtai
3 Zhu Chenjie
5 Zhang Linpeng
19 Liu Yang
21 Liu Binbin
6 Wang Shangyuan
15 Wu Xi
23 Liangming Lin
20 Wei Shihao
9 Yuning Zhang

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