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2019 AFC Asian Cup Group E

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Group E of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup took place from 8 to 17 January 2019.[1] The group consisted of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Lebanon and North Korea.[2] The top two teams, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, advanced to the round of 16.[3] However, third-placed Lebanon missed out qualification to the knockout stage by fair play points to Vietnam.

Saudi Arabia were the only former champions in the group, having won three Asian Cup titles in 1984, 1988 and 1996.

Teams

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Draw position Team Zone Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
April 2018[nb 1] December 2018
E1  Saudi Arabia WAFF Second round group A winners 24 March 2016 10th 2015 (group stage) Winners (1984, 1988, 1996) 70 69
E2  Qatar WAFF Second round group C winners 17 November 2015 10th 2015 (group stage) Quarter-finals (2000, 2011) 101 93
E3  Lebanon WAFF Third Round Group B winners 10 November 2017 2nd 2000 (group stage) Group stage (2000) 82 81
E4  North Korea EAFF Third Round Group B runners-up 27 March 2018 5th 2015 (group stage) Fourth place (1980) 112 109
Notes
  1. ^ The rankings of April 2018 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  Lebanon 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  North Korea 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

  • The winners of Group E, Qatar, advanced to play the runners-up of Group D, Iraq.
  • The runners-up of Group E, Saudi Arabia, advanced to play the winners of Group F, Japan.

Matches

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All times listed are GST (UTC+4).

Saudi Arabia vs North Korea

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The first chance of the game came in the 13th minute through Abdulaziz Al-Bishi’s left-footed strike which just missed the target. In the 28th minute, Hattan Bahebri dribbled past Ri Il-jin and sent a curler from the left to give Saudi Arabia the lead. Housain Al-Mogahwi’s free kick from just outside the box sailed into the box and Mohammed Al-Fatil diverted it into the net with a back-heel to double Saudi Arabia’s advantage. Just a minute before the break, Han Kwang-song received a second yellow card for a tackle on Al-Mogahwi. North Korea were reduced to 10 men but they came close to scoring in the 64th minute through captain Jong Il-gwan. However, the Saudi defenders regrouped to deny him. Moments later, Saudi Arabia had a missed opportunity, when Fahad Al-Muwallad side-stepped defender Kim Chol-bom and goalkeeper Ri Myong-guk but his shot flew wide. In the 70th minute, Salem Al-Dawsari was left unmarked and the Saudi captain made no mistake from the centre of the box to make it 3–0. In the 87th minute, defender Kim Song-gi failed to clear Hamdan Al-Shamrani’s cross into the box and Al-Muwallad slammed the ball into the back of the net to seal Saudi Arabia’s first opening AFC Asian Cup match win since they emerged champions in 1996.[4]

Saudi Arabia 4–0 North Korea
Report
Attendance: 5,075
Saudi Arabia
North Korea
GK 21 Mohammed Al-Owais
RB 2 Mohammed Al-Breik
CB 4 Ali Al-Bulaihi
CB 23 Mohammed Al-Fatil
LB 13 Yasser Al-Shahrani downward-facing red arrow 82'
DM 14 Abdullah Otayf
CM 16 Housain Al-Mogahwi
CM 20 Abdulaziz Al-Bishi downward-facing red arrow 71'
RW 11 Hattan Bahebri downward-facing red arrow 78'
LW 10 Salem Al-Dawsari (c) Yellow card 45+1'
CF 19 Fahad Al-Muwallad
Substitutions:
MF 18 Abdulrahman Ghareeb upward-facing green arrow 71'
FW 9 Mohammed Al-Saiari upward-facing green arrow 78'
DF 12 Hamdan Al-Shamrani upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Spain Juan Antonio Pizzi
GK 1 Ri Myong-guk
RB 5 An Song-il downward-facing red arrow 46'
CB 4 Kim Song-gi
CB 16 Ri Yong-jik downward-facing red arrow 90+1'
LB 3 Jang Kuk-chol downward-facing red arrow 56'
RM 23 Ri Il-jin Yellow card 53'
CM 15 Ri Un-chol
LM 2 Kim Chol-bom Yellow card 32'
AM 7 Han Kwang-song Yellow card 36' Yellow-red card 44'
AM 11 Jong Il-gwan (c) Yellow card 90'
CF 10 Pak Kwang-ryong
Substitutions:
MF 12 Kim Kyong-hun upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 17 Ri Chang-ho upward-facing green arrow 56'
FW 19 Rim Kwang-hyok upward-facing green arrow 90+1'
Manager:
Kim Yong-jun

Man of the Match:
Salem Al-Dawsari (Saudi Arabia)

Assistant referees:
Matthew Cream (Australia)
Anton Shchetinin (Australia)
Fourth official:
Sergei Grishchenko (Kyrgyzstan)
Additional assistant referees:
Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
Chris Beath (Australia)

Qatar vs Lebanon

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Lebanon's Felix Michel Melki vies for the ball with Qatari forward Akram Afif.

In the 37th minute, Ali Hamam raced off to celebrate with his teammates after slotting Hassan Maatouk's corner into the Qatari goal, only for the referee to controversially blow the whistle for a foul on Tarek Salman. Maatouk pulled the trigger on an effort of his own just before half-time, but his scissor kick flew high over the bar. Two minutes after the hour mark, 2018 AFC Player of the Year Abdelkarim Hassan was introduced from the bench for Abdulkarim Al-Ali and within three minutes, the Qataris took the lead from Bassam Al-Rawi's strike from a free kick. The defender sent a dipping, curling right-footed effort over the wall and beyond the outstretched hand of Mehdi Khalil. Qatar added a second with 11 minutes remaining. Hassan's driving run created space for Akram Afif and, when the winger received the ball, his centre found Abdulaziz Hatem, whose shot was saved by Khalil. But Almoez Ali was on hand to roll the ball into the empty net to ensure a winning start to the campaign for Qatar.[5]

Qatar 2–0 Lebanon
Report
Attendance: 7,847
Referee: Ma Ning (China PR)
Qatar
Lebanon
GK 1 Saad Al-Sheeb
CB 2 Ró-Ró
CB 4 Tarek Salman
CB 15 Bassam Al-Rawi
RM 23 Assim Madibo
CM 16 Boualem Khoukhi
CM 12 Karim Boudiaf downward-facing red arrow 56'
LM 18 Abdulkarim Al-Ali downward-facing red arrow 62'
RF 10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c) downward-facing red arrow 85'
CF 19 Almoez Ali
LF 11 Akram Afif
Substitutions:
MF 6 Abdulaziz Hatem upward-facing green arrow 56'
DF 3 Abdelkarim Hassan upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 7 Ahmed Alaaeldin upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
Spain Félix Sánchez
GK 1 Mehdi Khalil
RB 11 Alexander Michel Melki Yellow card 24' downward-facing red arrow 72'
CB 3 Mootaz Jounaidi downward-facing red arrow 84'
CB 6 Joan Oumari
LB 13 Felix Michel Melki downward-facing red arrow 77'
DM 15 Haytham Faour
RM 19 Ali Hamam
LM 18 Walid Ismail
AM 22 Bassel Jradi
CF 9 Hilal El-Helwe
CF 7 Hassan Maatouk (c) Yellow card 64'
Substitutions:
MF 14 Nader Matar upward-facing green arrow 72'
MF 5 Samir Ayass upward-facing green arrow 77'
MF 10 Mohamad Haidar upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Montenegro Miodrag Radulović

Man of the Match:
Assim Madibo (Qatar)

Assistant referees:
Huo Weiming (China PR)
Cao Yi (China PR)
Fourth official:
Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (Singapore)
Additional assistant referees:
Fu Ming (China PR)
Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

Lebanon vs Saudi Arabia

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Lebanon fans during the match against Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia found their breakthrough in the 12th minute when they latched onto a defensive mistake. Lebanon’s Joan Oumari’s back pass deflected off teammate Alexander Michel Melki’s left boot. The ball landed near Saudi Arabia’s Fahad Al-Muwallad, who half-volleyed home from close range. Oumari failed to keep his header down in the 16th minute, while Felix Michel Melki just missed Hassan Maatouk’s free kick eight minutes later. After the break, Hattan Bahebri took a chance from almost 30 yards out which forced a save from goalkeeper Mehdi Khalil. Bahebri made an assist in the 67th minute, when his cross into the box found Housain Al-Mogahwi, who made it 2–0.[6] This win earned Saudi Arabia a ticket to the round of sixteen for the first time since the 2007 edition, in which Saudi Arabia finished runners-up.

Lebanon 0–2 Saudi Arabia
Report
Attendance: 13,792
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
GK 1 Mehdi Khalil
RB 11 Alexander Michel Melki
CB 2 Kassem El Zein
CB 3 Mootaz Jounaidi
CB 6 Joan Oumari
LB 13 Felix Michel Melki Yellow card 70'
DM 15 Haytham Faour downward-facing red arrow 73'
RM 19 Ali Hamam
LM 7 Hassan Maatouk (c) downward-facing red arrow 76'
AM 10 Mohamad Haidar Yellow card 82' downward-facing red arrow 86'
CF 9 Hilal El-Helwe Yellow card 89'
Substitutions:
FW 20 Rabih Ataya upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 14 Nader Matar upward-facing green arrow 76'
DF 17 Mohamed Zein Tahan upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Montenegro Miodrag Radulović
GK 21 Mohammed Al-Owais
RB 2 Mohammed Al-Breik
CB 23 Mohammed Al-Fatil
CB 4 Ali Al-Bulaihi
LB 12 Hamdan Al-Shamrani
DM 14 Abdullah Otayf downward-facing red arrow 84'
CM 20 Abdulaziz Al-Bishi Yellow card 41' downward-facing red arrow 79'
CM 16 Housain Al-Mogahwi
RW 11 Hattan Bahebri
LW 10 Salem Al-Dawsari (c) Yellow card 90+2'
CF 19 Fahad Al-Muwallad downward-facing red arrow 73'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Yahya Al-Shehri upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 18 Abdulrahman Ghareeb upward-facing green arrow 79'
MF 15 Ibrahim Ghaleb upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Spain Juan Antonio Pizzi

Man of the Match:
Hattan Bahebri (Saudi Arabia)

Assistant referees:[7]
Abu Bakar Al-Amri (Oman)
Rashid Al-Ghaithi (Oman)
Fourth official:
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Additional assistant referees:
Mohanad Qassim (Iraq)
Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Malaysia)

North Korea vs Qatar

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Qatar were in front in the ninth minute when Akram Afif glided past Sim Hyon-jin before delivering a low cross to Almoez Ali, who struck past Ri Myong-guk. Qatar doubled their lead two minutes later, when Abdelkarim Hassan’s ball found Hassan Al-Haydos, whose low centre was struck in the goal from close range by Ali. Ri Un-chol tried from outside the area, but his drive narrowly failed to find the top corner. With just two minutes remaining in the first half, Afif lifted the ball high over the advancing Myong-guk and Boualem Khoukhi headed in from close range. Ali completed his hat-trick 10 minutes into the second half with a finish from Afif’s through ball. Five minutes later, Afif led a counter-attack before rolling the ball through to Ali, who smashed his shot across Myong-guk and inside the far post. Ali turned provider in the 68th minute when his pass allowed Hassan to storm through the North Korean defence and slot home Qatar’s sixth. The East Asian side’s misery was compounded in the last minute when Jong Il-gwan was shown a second yellow card.[8]

It was North Korea’s heaviest ever defeat at the Asian Cup, surpassing their previous 0–4 defeat to Saudi Arabia in their opening 2019 Asian Cup match. Qatar’s win enabled them to progress to the knockout stages for the first time since the 2011 edition that they hosted. Controversy rose around the almost empty stadium as very few fans were allowed to enter.[9]

North Korea 0–6 Qatar
Report
North Korea
Qatar
GK 1 Ri Myong-guk
CB 13 Sim Hyon-jin
CB 4 Kim Song-gi downward-facing red arrow 77'
CB 2 Kim Chol-bom
RM 23 Ri Il-jin Yellow card 17'
CM 15 Ri Un-chol Yellow card 13'
LM 12 Kim Kyong-hun
RW 9 Kim Yong-il Yellow card 39' downward-facing red arrow 43'
AM 11 Jong Il-gwan (c) Yellow card 17' Yellow-red card 90'
LW 19 Rim Kwang-hyok downward-facing red arrow 63'
CF 10 Pak Kwang-ryong Yellow card 54'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Ri Hyok-chol upward-facing green arrow 43'
MF 16 Ri Yong-jik upward-facing green arrow 63'
DF 6 Ri Thong-il upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Kim Yong-jun
GK 1 Saad Al-Sheeb
RB 2 Ró-Ró downward-facing red arrow 74'
CB 15 Bassam Al-Rawi
CB 4 Tarek Salman
LB 3 Abdelkarim Hassan Yellow card 7' downward-facing red arrow 80'
CM 23 Assim Madibo downward-facing red arrow 71'
CM 6 Abdulaziz Hatem
RW 10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c)
AM 16 Boualem Khoukhi
LW 11 Akram Afif
CF 19 Almoez Ali
Substitutions:
MF 5 Ahmed Fatehi upward-facing green arrow 71'
DF 8 Hamid Ismail upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 20 Ali Afif upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Spain Félix Sánchez

Man of the Match:
Almoez Ali (Qatar)

Assistant referees:[10]
Palitha Hemathunga (Sri Lanka)
Jakhongir Saidov (Uzbekistan)
Fourth official:
Matthew Cream (Australia)
Additional assistant referees:
Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Saudi Arabia vs Qatar

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Mohammed Al-Owais parried away Boualem Khoukhi's drive on 16 minutes in the first genuine threat to either goal. Housain Al-Mogahwi shot over the bar for Saudi Arabia following Yahya Al-Shehri's probing run and cross, before Fahad Al-Muwallad struck an upright with Qatar goalkeeper Saad Al-Sheeb beaten. Hassan Al-Haydos' 42nd minute penalty was saved by Al-Owais. However, minutes later, Abdulaziz Hatem's through ball found Almoez Ali who converted to open the scoring on the stroke of half-time. Within five minutes of the restart Hattan Bahebri forced Al-Sheeb into a save. Bahebri's effort from 15 yards fizzed narrowly over the bar on 73 minutes. Qatar extended their lead with 10 minutes remaining, when Ali leaped to thump home a header from Hatem's corner. It proved to be the final genuine goalmouth action as Qatar held on to seal another three points.[11]

The match was dubbed the "Blockade Derby", in reference to the diplomatic disputes between the two nations.[12] However, there was no on-field incidents and the match ended in a friendly atmosphere.[13]

Saudi Arabia 0–2 Qatar
Report
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
GK 21 Mohammed Al-Owais
RB 2 Mohammed Al-Breik
CB 4 Ali Al-Bulaihi Yellow card 41'
CB 23 Mohammed Al-Fatil
LB 12 Hamdan Al-Shamrani
DM 14 Abdullah Otayf downward-facing red arrow 78'
CM 8 Yahya Al-Shehri (c)
CM 16 Housain Al-Mogahwi
RW 11 Hattan Bahebri
LW 19 Fahad Al-Muwallad downward-facing red arrow 75'
CF 18 Abdulrahman Ghareeb downward-facing red arrow 61'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Mohammed Al-Saiari Yellow card 82' upward-facing green arrow 61'
MF 6 Ayman Al-Khulaif upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 7 Nooh Al-Mousa upward-facing green arrow 78'
Manager:
Spain Juan Antonio Pizzi
GK 1 Saad Al-Sheeb
RB 2 Ró-Ró
CB 15 Bassam Al-Rawi
CB 4 Tarek Salman
LB 3 Abdelkarim Hassan
CM 6 Abdulaziz Hatem Yellow card 58'
CM 23 Assim Madibo Yellow card 7' downward-facing red arrow 69'
CM 16 Boualem Khoukhi
RF 10 Hassan Al-Haydos (c) downward-facing red arrow 73'
CF 19 Almoez Ali Yellow card 45+1' downward-facing red arrow 83'
LF 11 Akram Afif
Substitutions:
MF 14 Salem Al-Hajri upward-facing green arrow 69'
MF 12 Karim Boudiaf upward-facing green arrow 73'
FW 7 Ahmed Alaaeldin upward-facing green arrow 83'
Manager:
Spain Félix Sánchez

Man of the Match:
Almoez Ali (Qatar)

Assistant referees:[14]
Yoon Kwang-yeol (South Korea)
Park Sang-jun (South Korea)
Fourth official:
Cao Yi (China PR)
Additional assistant referees:
Ko Hyung-jin (South Korea)
Fu Ming (China PR)

Lebanon vs North Korea

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Pak Kwang-ryong converted his free kick in the ninth minute to give North Korea an early advantage. However, Lebanon levelled the score just before the half hour mark when Hassan Maatouk dribbled down the left before laying off for Felix Michel Melki, who smashed the ball into the back of the net. Hilal El-Helwe’s effort was cleared off the line in the 32nd minute. Felix came close to scoring his second in the 57th minute but angled his header across the bar. In the 65th minute, Mohamad Haidar’s cross found El-Helwe who turned to score from close range. North Korea conceded a penalty after Rabih Ataya was brought down in the danger area. Maatouk converted the spot-kick in the 80th minute, sending goalkeeper Ri Myong-guk the wrong way, with a fourth coming in the eighth minute of added time through El-Helwe as Lebanon won their first ever Asian Cup match. However, they were edged by Vietnam in the third-place ranking on fair-play points due to receiving more yellow cards and were eliminated from the tournament.[15] This loss extended North Korea's winless streak, with their last win dating back to their fourth place finish in the 1980 edition.[16]

Lebanon 4–1 North Korea
Report
Attendance: 4,332
Lebanon
North Korea
GK 1 Mehdi Khalil
RB 11 Alexander Michel Melki Yellow card 30'
CB 4 Nour Mansour downward-facing red arrow 81'
CB 6 Joan Oumari
LB 13 Felix Michel Melki
CM 5 Samir Ayass downward-facing red arrow 77'
CM 14 Nader Matar downward-facing red arrow 53'
RW 7 Hassan Maatouk (c)
AM 10 Mohamad Haidar Yellow card 90+9'
LW 18 Walid Ismail
CF 9 Hilal El-Helwe
Substitutions:
FW 20 Rabih Ataya upward-facing green arrow 53'
MF 12 Adnan Haidar upward-facing green arrow 77'
FW 8 Hassan "Moni" Chaito upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Montenegro Miodrag Radulović
GK 1 Ri Myong-guk
CB 5 An Song-il Yellow card 11'
CB 16 Ri Yong-jik
CB 3 Jang Kuk-chol (c)
RWB 13 Sim Hyon-jin
LWB 2 Kim Chol-bom Yellow card 61' downward-facing red arrow 61'
CM 9 Kim Yong-il Yellow card 85'
CM 15 Ri Un-chol
CM 12 Kim Kyong-hun downward-facing red arrow 29'
CF 7 Han Kwang-song
CF 10 Pak Kwang-ryong
Substitutions:
MF 14 Kang Kuk-chol upward-facing green arrow 29' downward-facing red arrow 75'
MF 8 Ri Hyok-chol Yellow card 72' upward-facing green arrow 61'
MF 20 Choe Song-hyok upward-facing green arrow 75'
Manager:
Kim Yong-jun

Man of the Match:
Felix Michel Melki (Lebanon)

Assistant referees:[14]
Matthew Cream (Australia)
Anton Shchetinin (Australia)
Fourth official:
Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (Singapore)
Additional assistant referees:
Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

Discipline

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Fair play points were used as tiebreakers if the head-to-head and overall records of teams were tied (and if a penalty shoot-out was not applicable as a tiebreaker). These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[3][17]

  • yellow card = 1 point
  • red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points
  • direct red card = 3 points
  • yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points

Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.

Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card
 Qatar 1 3 −4
 Saudi Arabia 1 2 2 −5
 Lebanon 2 3 2 −7
 North Korea 3 1 4 1 4 −17

References

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