AL RAYYAN, Qatar (The Thursday Times) — Saudi Arab ne Jumme ko Jassim bin Hamad Stadium mein khele gaye dostana match mein Junoobi Korea ko 3-2 se shikast de di, jo 21 saal mein Korean team ke khilaf us ki pehli jeet hai.
Marwan Al-Sahafi ne pehle half ke izafi waqt ke pehle minute mein Saudi Arab ko bartari dilai. Al-Ittihad ke winger ne Abdullah Al-Hamdan ke through pass par daud lagai aur us waqt goal kiya jab Junoobi Korea ke goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu apni line se aage aate hue phisal gaye. Yeh 17 matches mein Al-Sahafi ka apne mulk ke liye pehla goal tha.
Oh Hyeon-gyu ne doosre half ke do minute baad dayen janib se aane wale neeche cross ko goal mein badal kar muqabla barabar kar diya, jo un ka nawan international goal tha. Us ke baad Saudi Arab ne teen minute ke andar do goal kar diye. Mohamed Kanno ne 56wen minute mein Saud Abdulhamid ke pass par dobara bartari dilai, aur Abdulelah Al-Amri ne 59wen minute mein Nasser Al-Dawsari ke corner par header se goal kiya.
Lee Jae-sung ne 68wen minute mein Hwang Hee-chan ke cutback par goal kar ke farq kam kiya, aur Junoobi Korea ne barabri ke liye dabao barha diya. Sab se acha mauqa Son Heung-min ko mila jab unhon ne Saudi goalkeeper ki ghalti se faida uthaya, magar un ki shot bar ke oopar se nikal gayi.
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Junoobi Korea August 2005 ke baad se Saudi Arab se nahin haara tha, jab Saudi team ne 2006 ke World Cup qualifying mein 1-0 se kamyabi hasil ki thi. Donon teams aakhri baar 2023 ke Asian Cup ke round of 16 mein aamne samne aayi thin, jahan Junoobi Korea ne peeche rehne ke baad muqabla 1-1 se barabar kiya aur penalty shootout mein 4-2 se kamyabi hasil ki.
Kaghaz par yeh nateeja aur bhi numayan tha. FIFA ranking mein Junoobi Korea 32wen aur Saudi Arab 55wen number par hai, aur Korean team ne apne senior stars ke saath aaghaz kiya, jin mein Son, Kim Min-jae, Hwang In-beom, aur Hwang Hee-chan shamil thay.
Yeh Junoobi Korea ke uboori coach Robert Moreno ka bataur coach paanchwan match tha, aur ab un ka record do jeet, aik draw, aur do shikaston par mushtamil hai. Saudi Arab ki coaching Georgios Donis kar rahe hain.
Junoobi Korea Mangal ko Doha ke Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium mein mezban Qatar se khelne ke liye Qatar mein hi rahega. Yeh dostana matches aik aise hafte mein ho rahe hain jab Khaleej mein security ki soorat-e-haal ne khitte ke schedule badal diye hain, aur Australia ka Jordan ke khilaf match Jordan ke darul hukumat Amman se Doha muntaqil kar diya gaya hai.
