In the early morning of December 16, Beijing time, the semi-finals of the 2021 Arab Nations Cup began, and the host Qatar men's football team played against the Algerian men's football team. In the end, Qatar lost 1-2, was killed by Algeria in the 16th minute of extra time, missed the final, after the game, the players lay on the court for a time sad and tearful, Algerian players came to comfort.
As a test match for the 2022 World Cup, the new Arab Cup restarted after 9 years, Qatar has never won the tournament, the best result was to finish runners-up at home in 1998, Algeria did not perform well, did not reach the final four.
In the previous group stage, Qatar 1-0 Bahrain, 2-1 Oman, 3-0 Iraq, with 3 consecutive wins and 9 points, advanced to the knockout round, followed by a 5-0 victory over the UAE in the quarter-finals, Algeria 4-0 Sudan, 2-0 Lebanon, 1-1 Egypt, with the second qualifying team in the group, followed by the top 8 penalties to eliminate the defending champion Morocco.
In the latest FIFA world rankings, Algeria ranks 32nd and Qatar 51st.
Neither team scored in the first half, and the score was still 0-0. In the 58th minute of the second half, Beranburi scored to help Algeria take a 1-0 lead. In the 90th minute, Qatar broke out in a desperate situation, Montari scored a goal to help the team equalize 1-1 and drag the game into extra time. In the 16th minute of extra time, Bellelli's goal helped Algeria complete the counter-attack and finally advanced to a 2-1 finish.
The victorious Algerian team will compete with Tunisia for the championship of this tournament and expand the number of unbeaten matches to 38, officially breaking the world unbeaten record held by Italy.
Algeria have won 28 and drawn 10 of their last 38 matches, with their last defeat dating back to October 2018, when they lost 1-0 to Benin in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Qatar, which missed the final, had no chance to win the Arabian Cup for the first time and was out early. After the game, the Qatari players were very sad, and some players sat paralyzed on the court without getting up, covering their faces and crying, which was difficult to accept for this result.
As the 2019 Asian Cup champion, Qatar has been participating in continental competitions for more than 2 years, including the 2019 America's Cup, as well as the 2021 China-North American Championship and the European World Preliminary Tournament, which can easily pass against Asian teams, face strong opponents, there is almost no chance of winning, next year at home to reach the round of 16 knockouts, I am afraid it is very difficult, the probability is that the group is out.