Qatar won the Asian Cup this Saturdayof which it was the host country, by winning 3-1 against Jordan in the final, revalidating his title won in 2019. The victory was possible thanks to hat trick annotated from penal by the scorer Akram Afifwho had a particular gesture at one of the celebrations.
The team trained by the Spanish Bartolome ‘Tintin’ Marquez He thus achieved his second continental title after winning the match in the Lusail Stadiumthe same stadium where Argentina beat France in the World Cup final.
Qatar won the Asian Cup: the particular celebration of a player
One of the moments of the match that caught everyone’s attention and that went viral on social media was Akram Afif’s celebration after scoring the first goal of the match. The striker scored his first goal and celebrated it with a Magic trick in front of the cameras.
After a penalty taken by the referee, Afif stood in front of the ball, crossed the ball to the right of the goalkeeper and put the result in his favor after the rival failed to stop the shot. Behind this He ran out to celebrate, stopped and stood in front of one of the cameras.
At that moment, the striker bent down to take something out of his right half and showed a letter that had a celebration of hisbut seconds later he made a movement and He changed the card for a white one that had a black letter S on it.
The truth is that this surprising moment was not the only thing that made him the protagonist of the match, but also the two goals he scored later, both in the second half of the match, leading to Qatar to become champion of the Asian Cup.
Qatar’s path to becoming champion of the Asian Cup
The team managed to win the title after achieving three victories against Lebanon (3-0), Tajikistan (1-0) and China (1-0) in the group stage, thus advancing to the round of 16.
At this stage of the competition Qatar faced Palestine, a team that beat 2-1. Then, in the quarterfinals, they reached the penalty shootout against Uzbekistanwhere they managed to score 3, compared to 2 for the rival team.
Meanwhile, the pass to the final was achieved by beating Iran 3-0 to reach today becoming champion after defeating Jordan 3-1.
Source: Ambito
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