In contrast, the United Arab Emirates and Thailand in the soccer Asia-reach the K. o. round of the Championships. Off the field, a Syrian player enters and a pirate radio station makes for Trouble.
It is the last Minute of normal time, as India’s Hamed Alshamsan fouls against players in their own penalty area. The consequence: the penalty for Bahrain. Jamal Rashed shoots the Ball high and centered on the goal of the fidgets briefly, then, in the network (91. Minute). It is the first and only goal of this match ended four minutes later. Bahrain displaced in India due to the victory in the table of group A from the third place. How to do it for Bahrain in the tournament, but only after completion of all preliminary round games. Of the six third-placed in the top four come next. For India, the tournament is ended prematurely.
Sure in the second round of the hosts, the United Arab Emirates, and Thailand. The two national teams parted in a draw-1:1 (1:1). Already in the seventh Minute, Ali Ahmed Mabkhout had scored the lead for the UAE. But even before the break Thitipan offset Puangchan (41.).
Thailand meets on Sunday in Al-Ain, on the Second of the group B, China or South Korea. The Emirates will play a day later against one of the groups-the third. The final takes place on 1. February in Abu Dhabi. The defending champion is Australia.
Criticism of the German coach
Meanwhile, the German Bernd Stange, has been criticised after his as coach of the Syrian national football team from one of his former players harsh. Debt to the poor performance of the Syrians in the Asia Cup, rod, defensive player Ahmad Al-said-Saleh, “to 100 percent. The former coach was not the right plans for us, and the result we see.”
Rod had been released last Thursday. With the former Bundesliga coach on the sidelines of Syria had retracted disappointing results (0:0 against Palestine, 0:2 against Jordan) – on Tuesday (14.30 CET) on must win by the Team against defending champion Australia to progress in the competition.
Illegal Broadcasting
Lebanon makes off the pitch. Despite the lack of rights of Lebanon, state television had shown the two previous matches of the Lebanese national team. The Asian football Federation, AFC has criticised the illegal broadcasting today. This practice should immediately be stopped, urged the AFC in a statement. At the same time, he reserved the right of further measures to be taken against the Sender. From the station it was said that senior representatives of the Lebanese government had approved the Transfer.
The rights for the Transmission of the Asian championship in the Arab world channels Bein Sports, the Qatar. This has been struggling for some time with piracy. Apparently, in Saudi Arabia-based pirate channel BeoutQ radiates again and again, illegally sporting events, and uses Material from Bein Sports. Behind the political conflict between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Riyadh has imposed in June 2017 with Bahrain and the UAE, a Blockade on the rich Emirate, which they accuse of terror support. Qatar rejects. On Thursday, Saudi-Arabia and Qatar in the Asia Cup to each other.
sw/jm (dpa)