Syria team beat Maldives in the joint qualifiers for the finals of Asia and the World Cup

Abu Dhabi-Sana

Syria's men's soccer team beat Maldives 2-1 today in a match they played at Rashid Stadium in the United Arab Emirates in the second round of the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the Asian 2023 finals for Group A.

With this win, our team increased its score to 6 points in second place to equal with the Chinese team with the same points but it is behind them by the goal difference. China beat Guam earlier in the day with seven goals without reply. The Philippines and Maldives teams came in third and fourth place with three points each. Guam is in fifth place without points.

Going back to the game, our team started the game under great attacking pressure in search of his first goal threatened Maldives goal with many dangerous balls, most notably Mohammed Almarmour shot from inside the penalty area, which was adjacent to the post in the seventh minute after he hit the defender two minutes later, Mahmoud Mawas's ball blocked by keeper Maldives goalkeeper In the 26th minute our team opened the scoring from a powerful fixed shot by Omar Soma.

The chances of scoring for our team continued and the result remained unchanged until the first half ended with a 1-0 lead.

In the 60th minute, our team took a second goal from a perfect header carried out by Omar Al Soma from inside the penalty area, while reducing the compassion of the difference to the Maldives in the 70th minute of a header to start our team intensified its attacks and had many chances of scoring it could be translated into goals, especially through balls Soma and passed minutes So came the final whistle, which declared our team win 2-1.

Our team opened their qualifying campaign with a 5-0 win over their Philippine counterparts and will meet Guam next Tuesday in the UAE as well.

The qualifiers comprise eight groups of five, each competing in a two-tier league system, with the first-place finishers in each group and the top four teams qualifying for the AFC Asian Cup 2023 and the next round of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Qatar.

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