Yesterday, Sunday, our team beat South Korea 4-0 at the Sheikh Saad Al Abdullah Hall in Kuwait in the third and final round of the 2022 Futsal Asian Cup Group D competition in Kuwait.
Farhan Ali (4 and 23) and Fahd Muhalkhal (12 and 39) scored the winning goals for Saudi Arabia.
The Vietnamese team leads the group standings with 6 points in two matches, with a head-to-head difference with Al Akhdar, who played three matches, against Japan by 3 points, while South Korea’s balance remains without points.
Al-Akhdar started the match well, opening the scoring in the fourth minute thanks to Farhan Ali, who pushed the ball forward and then left the ball powerfully from the left of goalkeeper Seo Jong-Wu.
The advantage of our team continued through the organization of defense, pressure in defense and quick attacks on goal.
Fahd Mohalkhal then scored the second goal for Saudi Arabia after cutting the ball and advancing in midfield to dribble past the player and reach the goal before hitting the net (12).
The first half continued with a Saudi advantage as the South Korean players tried to spin the ball and look for gaps to penetrate.
By the start of the second half, our team came back strong, scoring the third goal when Farhan Ali cut the ball and exchanged passes with Mohsen Fakih before he hit the goal with the first touch (23).
Chances persisted on both sides of the field before Saudi Arabia scored a fourth thanks to Fahd Muhalkhal following a crossbar bounce from a header from colleague Abdulaziz Al-Aloni (39).
Saudi Arabia beat Japan 2-1 in the first round of group competition on Wednesday and Vietnam beat South Korea 5-1 in the second round on Friday, Vietnam beat Saudi Arabia 3-1 in the second round and Japan beat South Korea 3-1. score 6:0.
The first two teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals, which will take place on Tuesday, October 4, and the final match will take place on the 8th of the same month.
