In the early morning of December 12, Beijing time, the Arab Cup match continued, and egypt met Jordan in one of the top 8 matches. In this match, the two sides had to play until extra time to divide the winners and losers, and in the end, Egypt won 3-1 to advance to the top 4, and the defeated Jordan was also considered to leave Qatar with its head held high.
Since this Arab Cup is more of a friendly nature, the major African teams have not been absolutely the main force. Egypt, ranked 45th in the world, is a big hit for next year's World Cup. In this Arab Cup, the team's first star Salah did not participate. Despite this, Egypt still pushed Algeria in the group and qualified for the first place.
Jordan is ranked 91st in the world and they are not even the team in the Top 12 in the Asian Zone. In the previous Arab Cup preliminaries, Jordan was able to give up by The Sultan and finally successfully qualified, and they can only be regarded as a fish-belly team in Asia. However, in the group stage, Jordan knocked out Saudi Arabia, the current group leader of the round of 12, and finally qualified.
There is no doubt that Jordan is the absolute dark horse in the Asian region of this Arab Cup. Facing The African powerhouse Egypt this time, the Jordanian team did not shy away from the stage at all. In the 12th minute of the game, Jordan attacked in front of the field, and Naimat broke the deadlock with a kick, and the Asian dark horse unexpectedly led Egypt 1-0. Before half-time, Jordan even had a chance to hit the goalpost, and they created enough threats for Egypt.
However, to the regret of Jordanian fans, they did not return to the dressing room with the lead in the half. In injury time, Egypt relied on Hamdi's goal to draw 1-1, and the two sides returned to the same running line. In the second half of the game, the two teams kept changing, but neither could rewrite the score, and the game could only enter extra time.
In extra time, although the Jordanian team can still create a threat, they are obviously physically unable to keep up with the Egyptian team. In the 100th minute, Rifat snatched a shot in front of the goal to help Egypt difficult to overtake the game. In the 119th minute, Egypt's Daoud scored with a header to help Egypt seal the win.
Relying on two goals scored in 19 minutes in extra time, Egypt struggled to reverse Jordan, rejecting the upset from their opponents. Although there is no Salah, Egypt is undoubtedly the favourite to win the Arab Cup, and they can win the final title with two more wins. For Jordan, they were good enough in this game to lead Egypt for a time and drag it into extra time, which is something that many Asian teams have struggled to do.
With Jordan eliminated, the top 4 teams of the Arab Cup are only the host Qatar, an Asian team. The remaining three teams are from Africa, namely Egypt and Algeria, which qualified in the early morning, and Tunisia, which beat Oman yesterday.