Abu Dhabi-Sana
The Syrian national football team lost to its UAE counterpart 2-0 in the match that brought them together today at Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai in the first group of the decisive round of the World Cup qualifiers.
With this result, our team remained in the sixth and last place with two points, while the UAE team consolidated its position in the third qualifier for the qualifying play-off for the World Cup, raising its score to 9 points behind the second South Korean team with 17 points, after its victory today against Lebanon with a goal without a response, while the national team leads Iran ranks the first group with 19 points, and today it beat Iraq with a goal without a response. Lebanon comes fourth with 5 points, and Iraq is fifth with 4 points.
Returning to the course of the match, our team entered the first half with great offensive pressure and had more than one opportunity to score, most notably Omar Khribin's shot from outside the penalty area in the 38th minute, and the Emirati goalkeeper saved it. Canedo in the 43rd minute, the first half ended with the UAE leading with a goal without a response.
The performance of our team did not change much in the second half, so the attacks did not know their way to the Emirati goal despite the opportunities that were available to him, while the Emirati competitor managed to consolidate the progress with a second goal that carried the signature of Yahya Al Ghassani in the 72nd minute. The minutes passed without changing the result, ending the match with the victory of the Emirates with two goals without a response .
It is noteworthy that our national team will meet South Korea in the next round of this round in Dubai on the first of next February.
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