The Oman national team’s adventure ends in the 2023 Asian Cup

The adventure of the Oman national team in the 2023 Asian Nations Cup ended after it failed to achieve victory against Kyrgyzstan, in the third round, in the sixth group competitions, in a match that ended in a 1-1 draw.
Indonesia snatches the fourth card
The Oman national team raised its score to two points in third place in the group, losing the opportunity to qualify as one of the four best teams that ranked third in their groups, while the Kyrgyz national team obtained its first point in the tournament after losing in the first two matches to Saudi Arabia and Thailand.
With this result, the Indonesian national team qualifies among the four best third-placed teams, as it finished the group stage in third place in the fourth group with three points, behind the leaders, the Iraqi national team, with nine points, and the second-placed Japanese national team, with six points.
What happened in the match between Oman and Kyrgyzstan?
The Oman national team took the lead through Mohsen Al Ghassani in the eighth minute, and the Kyrgyz national team equalized through Joel Kojo in the 80th minute.
The match began with great pressure on the part of the Omani national team, which wanted to open the scoring early against Kyrgyzstan, while the competitor retreated to its penalty area to prevent conceding an early goal against itself.
In the eighth minute, the Oman national team succeeded in scoring the lead goal through Mohsen Al-Ghassani, who followed a corner kick that was blocked by Arzhan Tokutayev, the Kyrgyzstan goalkeeper, and touched the ball that crossed the goal line before the defense cleared it.
The Omani team had the most control over the course of the match in the first half, amid a defensive retreat on the part of the Kyrgyz team, which did not launch any attack on the goal of Ibrahim Al-Mukhaini, Oman’s goalkeeper.
The rest of the minutes of the first half did not witness anything new, so the referee blew the final whistle with Oman leading 1-0.
Kyrgyzstan draws in the second half
At the beginning of the second half, the Oman national team tried to increase its scoring tally and score a second goal to increase the score, but Kyrgyzstan’s defense and goalkeeper prevented this from happening.
The Kyrgyz national team scored a goal with a header from player Kojo, but the referee canceled it after returning to the video assistant referee (VAR) technology in the 48th minute.
In the 66th minute, the Oman national team almost scored the second goal through Abdullah Al-Musharifi, who shot a low ball from the left side of the Kyrgyz goal, but Tokutayev successfully blocked it.
The Oman national team continued to put pressure on its opponent’s goal, and was close to scoring again when substitute Zaher Al-Aghbari received a ball from a corner kick on the right side of the penalty area and passed it back towards defender Arshad Al-Alawi on the outskirts of the area, so the latter shot it powerfully towards the left corner, and the Kyrgyz goalkeeper excelled in the save. she has.
In the 80th minute, the Kyrgyz national team scored the equalizer through Kojo, after taking advantage of a mistake between goalkeeper Al-Mukhini and defender Khaled Al-Breiki to scatter the ball on the left side, so the Kyrgyz player snatched it and put it into the net empty of its goalkeeper.
Goalkeeper Tokutayev shone and blocked a dangerous shot from Al Yahyai in the 85th minute, denying the Oman national team the opportunity to score the second goal.
The rest of the minutes of the second half did not witness anything new, so the referee blew the final whistle and the match was tied 1-1 between Oman and Kyrgyzstan.