At Education City Stadium, Thailand had an impressive performance against the championship candidate Saudi Arabia. In the 11th minute, Saudi Arabia was awarded a penalty. But on the 11m penalty spot, Abdullah Radif could not defeat goalkeeper Saranon Anuin.
Thailand has not conceded a single goal at the 2023 Asian Cup (Photo: Getty)
In the remainder of the first half, Thailand had two shots on goal against Saudi Arabia, but both goals were disallowed due to offside. Saudi Arabia also had the ball in the War Elephants' net once, but the goal was disallowed due to a similar error.
In the second half, Saudi Arabia completely dominated the field and created many scoring opportunities. However, the representative of West Asian football still did not score any goals. The match ended in a goalless draw.
In the match taking place at the same time, Oman took the lead in the 8th minute thanks to a goal by Muhsen Al-Ghassani. However, the team could not protect the lead until the end of the match. In the 80th minute, a lack of coordination between the defender and the Oman goalkeeper allowed Joel Kojo to score the equalizer 1-1 for Kyrgyzstan. This was also the last goal of the match.
Oman dropped 2 points against Kyrgyzstan (Photo: Getty)
The draw caused both teams to lose their final ticket to the round of 16 as one of the four best third-placed teams to Indonesia, the representative of Group D.
After 3 matches, Saudi Arabia topped Group F with 7 points, along with 2nd place Thailand (5 points) to advance to the round of 16. Oman with 2 points ranked 3rd and Kyrgyzstan with 1 point ranked 4th were both eliminated.
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