On the evening of January 23, Beijing time, in the third round of Group B of the Asian Cup, the Syrian men's football team relied on Khribin's only goal and finally defeated the Indian men's football team 1-0. After the game, the whole Syrian team celebrated wildly, as excited as if they had won the championship.
In the first two rounds, Syria has not beaten Uzbekistan and Australia in a row, and the situation is precarious with only one point in the second round, and only a win in the last round can advance to the knockout stage.
In the latest edition of the FIFA rankings, Syria is ranked 91st and India is ranked 91st, which is the first time the two teams have met at the Asian Cup level. After 90 minutes of battle, Syria had the overall advantage, and in the 75th minute of the second half, Khribin scored to help Syria win 1-0.
After the game, the whole Syrian team threw up the goal of the game, Khribin, and celebrated wildly.
For Syria, the 1-0 win was a great one, as it would have confirmed qualification.
In the latest standings, Syria has 4 points in 3 rounds, locking the third in Group B, compared with the third in the other 5 groups, first beating the third national football team in Group A (2 points in 3 rounds), and then beating the third team in Group D.
This is the first time in the history of the Syrian team to qualify for the knockout stage of the Asian Cup, and the previous 6 Asian Cup main matches have all stopped in the group stage.
While Syria celebrated their qualification, the other two teams had to face the fate of exiting the tournament, with India securing the bottom of the group with three consecutive defeats.
In addition, the national football team has no chance to beat Syria in front of the group, plus the third team in Group D, Group E and Group F, the points, goal difference, and number of goals are already higher than the national football team, so the national football team determined in advance that it would not be able to advance to the third of the four groups with the best results, and bid farewell to this Asian Cup, which also created three shameful records, first, the first Asian Cup in history without a win, second, the first time in history that the Asian Cup did not score a goal, and third, the first time in history that the Asian Cup group stage was out by 2 points.