- Rashdan completes stoppage-time turnaround in 3-2 victory
- Iraq’s Aymen Hussein sent off for mimicking Jordan celebrations
Jordan advanced to the Asian Cup quarter-finals after two stoppage-time goals secured a 3-2 win over Iraq, who had striker and tournament top scorer Aymen Hussein sent off late on for his goal celebrations on Monday.
Iraq looking destined to move into the last eight when the clock struck 90 minutes but Jordan’s Yazan al-Arab equalised in the 95th before Nizar al-Rashdan scored two minutes later with a glorious long-range effort to break Iraqi hearts. Jordan will now face tournament debutants Tajikistan in the last eight.
Continue reading…Rashdan completes stoppage-time turnaround in 3-2 victoryIraq’s Aymen Hussein sent off for mimicking Jordan celebrationsJordan advanced to the Asian Cup quarter-finals after two stoppage-time goals secured a 3-2 win over Iraq, who had striker and tournament top scorer Aymen Hussein sent off late on for his goal celebrations on Monday.Iraq looking destined to move into the last eight when the clock struck 90 minutes but Jordan’s Yazan al-Arab equalised in the 95th before Nizar al-Rashdan scored two minutes later with a glorious long-range effort to break Iraqi hearts. Jordan will now face tournament debutants Tajikistan in the last eight. Continue reading…
