AFC U23 Asian Cup
Qatar notched their second win after edging India 2-1.
Brunei Darussalam 0-10 Bahrain
Bahrain took just three minutes to take the lead, Abdullah Ghanem rising above the Brunei defence to head Hashem Khalaifat’s cross in from close range.
The second came 17 minutes later, Saood Ebrahim steadying himself to slot into the bottom corner having received the ball as Ghanem burst down the right side to set up his teammate.
A minute later the third arrived when Abdulrahman Alkhayyat headed in Mahmood Abdulla’s cross from deep on the right side that bounced across the face of goal while Ghanem curled his shot over goalkeeper Khairul Hisyam in the 23rd minute to make it 4-0.
Binahmed claimed the fifth when he made a sharp turn on the edge of the six-yard box to beat Khairul with a left-foot finish.
Three minutes after the restart Binahmed added Bahrain’s sixth with a header and Sayed Almoosawi curled a low, right-footed free kick past Khairul via the inside of the post in the 61st minute to further extend his side’s lead.
Khaled Alkhalaf burst into the penalty area to set himself up to score the eighth in the 72nd minute with a clinical finish over Khairul and Alsubaiei headed in three minutes from time after Almoosawi redirected Alkhalaf’s centre from the left back across goal.
Alsubaiei scored from close range again in injury time following Salman Amin’s cutback from the bye-line as Bahrain notched up a convincing win.
India 1-2 Qatar
India made a promising start and looked dangerous every time they went forward but it was Qatar who took the lead in the 18th minute.
Al Hashmi Al Hussain rose highest to nod home his header which looped over India keeper Sahil Poonia and into the back of the net.
The second half saw India push more bodies forward and they levelled the score in the 52nd minute after Muhammad Suhail converted Mohammed Sanan’s cross with a headed finish.
However, India suffered a blow in the 65th minute when Pramveer Singh was sent off for picking up his second yellow card after bringing down Noureldin Ibrahim inside the box.
Jassem Al Sharshani made no mistake from the spot to seal Qatar the victory.
Qatar face Bahrain in their final fixture on Tuesday with India taking on Brunei.
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