Palestine defeated by Saudi Arabia in FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 quarterfinal

Palestine were appearing successful the quarterfinals of the FIFA Arab Cup for the archetypal clip astatine Qatar 2025, but Saudi triumph 2-1.

Palestine’s historical tally astatine the the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 is implicit aft a 2-1 decision aft other clip by Saudi Arabia successful the quarterfinals astatine Lusail Stadium.

Mohamed Kanno’s stooping header settled matters successful the 115th infinitesimal of Thursday’s match, which was level astatine 1-1 aft mean time.

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Firas Al-Buraikan had fixed the Saudis a 58th-minute pb from the punishment spot, but Palestine – who earlier this twelvemonth reached the AFC Asian Cup knockout stages for the archetypal clip – levelled six minutes aboriginal done Oday Dabbagh.

Jordan oregon Iraq, who play connected Friday, await the Saudis successful Monday’s semifinals.

Saudi Arabia’s Firas Al-Buraikan scores their archetypal extremity from the punishment spot [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]

In a choky archetypal half, lone 1 broadside managed a changeable connected target, a reflection of Saudi’s stock of the play, which included 4 efforts disconnected people compared with Palestine’s one.

It came erstwhile Salem Al-Dawsari precise astir provided the spark to unfastened up the Palestine defence. The Saudi guardant burst into the container via the wrong close transmission and squared his cross-come-shot that was lone palmed distant by Rami Hamada, who dived disconnected his enactment but could lone extremity the shot towards the onrushing radical of players.

Al Buraikan, Al-Dawsari’s onslaught partner, looked definite for a elemental tap-in to interruption the deadlock, but was denied astatine the past infinitesimal by a toed poke from Hamed Hamdan to concede a corner.

Hamdan himself had been the closest to the people anterior to that, with a thrust from the borderline of the box, but the effort continued to ascent implicit the bar.

Saudi Arabia’s Firas Al-Buraikan reacts aft Palestine’s Hamed Hamdan denied him the accidental to unfastened the scoring {Ibraheem Al Omari/Reuters]

The breakthrough came aft Al-Dawsari burst into the container from the near with a good tally lone to beryllium tripped by Mohammed Saleh earlier helium could unleash a shot.

Al-Buraikan made nary mistake from the resulting kick, sending the keeper the incorrect mode with a slotted, left-footed effort.

The reply did not instrumentality long, however, arsenic Dabbagh produced a infinitesimal of brilliance to power a heavy shot successful from the close flank with his near foot.

The Palestinian striker past unleashed a drilled changeable with his close successful virtually the aforesaid movement, which near the keeper with nary chance.

Palestine’s Oday Dabbagh celebrates scoring their archetypal extremity with Palestine’s Zeid Qunbar [Ibraheem Al Omari/Reuters]

Ali Majrashi came closest to restoring the Saudi lead, arsenic the close back’s fierce onslaught from extracurricular the container clipped the apical of the bar.

Palestine’s hearts were successful their mouths erstwhile more, erstwhile Kanno slotted location successful wounded time, lone to spot the offside emblem raised.

Although matters astir were acold worse erstwhile a punishment was awarded against Saleh for the 2nd clip successful the match. After a VAR intervention, the on-field determination of handball was overruled arsenic the defender’s descent to artifact the ball, which resulted successful his limb being struck, was deemed accidental.

The 2nd half, and other time, were arsenic nervy arsenic the archetypal fractional was tight, but a archetypal quality successful the past 4 proved excessively large a feat for Palestine. Kanno’s header successful other clip ended Palestine’s historical run, though Dabbagh spurned a fantastic accidental connected the volley successful the closing seconds that could person taken the necktie to penalties.

Earlier successful the day, 10-man Morocco reached the past 4 arsenic Walid Azaro’s 79th-minute onslaught was capable for his broadside to unafraid a 1-0 triumph against Syria.

Mohamed Moufid saw reddish successful the 91st infinitesimal successful the lucifer played astatine Khalifa International Stadium, but his broadside held connected to acceptable up a semifinal gathering with the victor of the lucifer betwixt Algeria and the United Arab Emirates.