Historic achievement for Syria. The national soccer team, led by the Argentine Hector Cupermanaged to qualify for the first time to the round of 16 of the Asia Cup after defeating India 1-0 this Tuesday at the close of the group stage.
The Syria national team He had never made it this far in his six previous appearances in the competition. In 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2011 and 2019 she always crashed into the barrier of the group stage.
Héctor Cúper, who took over the reins of Syria In February 2023, he managed to form a team with an Argentine seal in its squad, with players from his country of Syrian origin such as Ibrahim Hesar, Ezequiel Ham and Jalil Elías. In addition, he had names born outside Syria such as the Colombian Paul Sabbagthe Swedes Antonio Yakoub and Aiham Ousou and the Greek Abdul Rhaman Weiss.
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Sabbag to the second round of the Asian Cup
The forward of Lima Alliance He earned a place on the starting team Syriawho started the tournament with a goalless draw against Uzbekistan, then lost to Australia 0-1 and against India their entire future was at stake in ninety minutes.
Omar Khribin, with a goal in the 76th minute, unleashed euphoria among the ‘Eagles’, who with the Al-Wahda player’s goal mathematically placed themselves as one of the four best third parties in the Asia Cup.
Next to Syria Paul Sabbag, from group B, Australia and Uzbekistan qualified for the next round, who faced each other with a final result of a draw (1-1). Thus, in the round of 16 they will face Iran on Wednesday, January 31 in Doha.
The crying between the journalist and the interpreter after Syria’s classification in the Asian Cup | Source: beIN Sports
Crying with emotion in Syria
“We are very happy with the classification, I am very proud of my players, they made great sacrifices to achieve this result. We played the game with one objective in mind, to win, and we achieved it. We do not want to stop here,” declared the Argentine coach Hector Cuper on the verge of tears with his translator, who cried excitedly with the network’s journalistbeIN Sports‘ who asked him the questions after the feat of the Syria national team.
The group stage will still take place until Thursday, February 25, however, there are already teams that managed to get tickets to the next round: These are Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Australia, Uzbekistan and the place Qatar.