AFC Asian Qualifiers
Palestine head coach Makram Daboub was overjoyed after his side snatched a share of the spoils thanks to Zeid Qunbar’s goal in the third minute of added time to pick up only their second point while his Kuwaiti counterpart Juan Antonio Pizzi was disappointed that his team allowed victory to slip away.
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“We played a good match considering the circumstances and its course,” said Daboub. “The team performed well, and we deserved a better result than a draw.
“The team suffered from the absence of some players, and now we have an important match against Oman in November, and our chances are still there as we are competing for fourth place and our ambition is great to reach the Asian playoff.”
It was a tale of two penalties in the first half, one for each side with Yousef Al Sulaiman scoring for Kuwait before Palestine responded in kind through Wessam Abouli.
Al Sulaiman looked like he had given Kuwait their first winafter he poked in a second in the 80th minute but they could not hold out against a Palestine side that had Camilio Saldana sent off in the 55th minute after collecting two yellow cards.
The result left Pizzi disappointed as his side failed to take advantage of playing with a one-man advantage for more than half an hour.
"We performed better than we did in the last three matches, but we failed to take advantage of the opportunities and the red card for Palestine,” said Pizzi.
"We will seek to improve now and prepare for the matches against Korea Republic and Jordan and try to make up.
"We feel very disappointed losing two points that were within reach, but I am happy with the effort made by the players and regaining our confidence after the last loss.”
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