AMMAN — Even after the 3-1 loss of the
national football team in the
FIFA 2021 Arab Cup quarter-finals to Egypt on
Saturday, Jordanians were still proud of Al-Nashama’s performance on the field.
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The Egyptian side was favored to win the match
after they topped their group over Algeria and qualified on a relatively easier
path by avoiding facing Morocco.
Yazan Al-Naimat scored Jordan’s first goal on
minute 13 after Mahmoud al-Mardi, on the left wing, passed it to him on the
edge of the right corner of the Egypt penalty area, and he then fired a
powerful shot into the far-left corner of the goal.
Marwan Hamdi scored the equalizer at minute 47
with a long pass from Ahmed Sayed into the deep end of Jordan's penalty area,
which Marwan Hamdi picked up with a header that put the ball into the net of
keeper Yazid Abu Layla.
In the first half of extra time, and at minute
99, Ahmed Rifaat scored Egypt's second goal with a superb solo effort from
Mohamed Sherif to break through Jordan's penalty area from the right front,
ending it with a cross to the inside of the penalty area.
After the Jordanian team pushed forward to
score the equalizer, they left a lot of space for the Egyptian strikers in the
back. At minute 120, individual efforts from Ahmed Rifaat on the left-hand side
ended with a neat cross into the box that Marwan Dawood received with a header
into the net.
The Jordanian team's performance against Egypt
did not come as a surprise, but the abandoning of their usual defensive routine
did, especially to Egypt. This allowed the
Jordanian team to park the bus in their own half, so the response came in
reverse, giving Jordan an advantage and many chances that should have ended the
first half with a number of goals.
However, Egypt had a physical advantage,
particularly because the team’s coach made changes at the right time.
The Jordanian team was able to fully control
the game in the first half leaving the Egyptian team stunned with powerful
shots from outside the box.
HRH
Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II attended
the match and praised the national team's efforts during the game on his
Instagram page, writing: "They did their best" and adding that it was
an "Excellent game and honorable performance." The football
federation's executive body president also attended the match to support the
team.
The national team returned to Jordan on
Sunday.
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