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Key moments
END OF MATCH
Tunisia dominated the first half almost completely, without suffering any scares, but saw Syria take the lead early in the second half with a goal from Omar Kharbin. Syria then held onto the lead and won their opening match in the Arab Nations Cup!
Added time
We will have six more minutes of added time in the match. Tunisia continues to press and try to create danger after the intense second half behind on the scoreboard. And with that, in Chaouat's pass, Ismael Gharbi received the ball and shot hard, but into Al Shakir's hands.
Changes in Syria
Syria made two more changes at the moment, with Mahmoud Al Aswad and Omar Kharbin leaving and Mahmoud Al Mawas and Antonio Yakoub entering. After the changes, the game loses rhythm, becoming slower and with few emotions, stuck in midfield.
Out
Chaouat received the cross in the box from Layouni and managed a powerful header, but sent the ball over the goal, wide once again. Tunisia continues to press and continues to miss chances to equalize the game.
Tunisia changes
Tunisia continues to try and create danger in the attacking third, pressing but without managing to equalize. And to continue the pressure, they made another change, with Mohamed Ali Ben Romghane leaving and Chiheb Jbeli entering.
Al-Shakhir
Firas Chaouat received the pass up front, controlled the ball and shot hard, in the middle of the goal, into Al-Shakhir's hands. Shortly after, Tunisia made a change, with Simon Amin leaving and Mohammad Anez entering, in yet another substitution in the game.
Out
Mohammad Alsalkhadi received the pass up front, controlled it and shot hard, but Dhamen caught the ball without giving up a rebound. On the counter-attack, Ben Romdhane received the pass and shot hard from the edge of the area, sending the ball wide once again!
Blocked
Tunisia has now made a change, with Marouane Sahraoui leaving and Seifeddine Jaziri entering. Shortly after, Simon Amin received the pass up front and shot hard, but sent the ball straight at the defense, his shot blocked.
Yellow card
Ismael Gharbi received the pass up front and shot hard, but sent the ball wide. Shortly after, for a hard foul on Alsalkhadi, Marouane Sahraoui received a yellow card, the second of the game and the second for Tunisia.
GOAL FOR SYRIA
And right at the start of the second half, Syria takes the lead! Alsalkhadi received the pass up front and was brought down by Haddadi, receiving a foul and a yellow card for the defender. Omar Khrbin took the free kick over the wall and sent the ball into the back of the net, opening the scoring for Syria!
SECOND HALF STARTS
The players are back on the field and the second half of the match between Tunisia and Syria is underway, with all the action and excitement in real time here on VAVEL! And at halftime, Syria made a change, with Halla1q leaving and Yaseen Samia entering.
END OF FIRST HALF
Tunisia dominated the first half almost from start to finish, suffering little on the pitch and constantly creating dangerous chances against the Syrian defense, but without breaking the deadlock, which remained unchanged, ending the first half tied!
Blocked
We'll have two more minutes of added time in this first half. Maaloul, on a free kick just outside the penalty area, shot directly at goal, but sent the ball wide. Shortly after, following a pass from Ben Romdhane, Ismael Gharbi received the ball in front of goal and shot powerfully from the edge of the area, but it was blocked by the defense.
Yellow card
Mohammed Al Hallak received a yellow card for a hard foul on Firas Chaouat. From the resulting free kick, Ismael Gharbi found Mohamed Ben Romdhane with a pass, who took a powerful long-range shot, sending the ball straight into the middle of the goal, but into the hands of Al Shakir.
Out!
Tunisia had another corner kick, delivered into the box into a scramble, where Yassine Meriah managed a shot from inside the six-yard box, but it went wide. Shortly after, taking advantage of a mistake in the Syrian defense's build-up play, Moutaz Neffati shot from outside the box, but it went wide too!
Blocked
Tunisia is starting to press again, creating dangerous opportunities. They even won a corner on the right, which was taken into the box, cleared by the defense, and on the rebound, Ismael Gharbi shot powerfully, but it was blocked by the defense once more.
Dhamen
For the first time in the game, Syria creates a dangerous chance! Mohammed Alsalkhdi received the pass inside the area and, on the right, near the goal line, shot powerfully, even without an angle, sending the ball towards the goal, with Dhamen palming it away!
To the right
Now the danger came from a corner kick on the right, where the cross into the box reached Oussama Haddadi, who rose higher than the defense and headed powerfully, sending the ball wide to the right of the goal, once again out of play!
One more out
Now it was Mohamed Ben Romdhane's turn to shoot from distance, after a pass from Ferjani Sassi, sending the ball wide to the left of the goal, in yet another dangerous chance created by Tunisia in the game, who are starting to maintain possession and control the match.
Over the goal
We have a slower start to the game, where little happens so far. Tunisia tries to maintain possession of the ball, exchanging passes and going into the attacking field, while Syria starts the game closing up defensively, in a start with few exciting moments.
Slow start
We have a slower start to the game, where little happens so far. Tunisia tries to maintain possession of the ball, exchanging passes and going into the attacking field, while Syria starts the game closing up defensively, in a start with few exciting moments.
HERE WE GO
The players are taking to the pitch and the ball is rolling for Tunisia and Syria, in these first 45 minutes of the first round match of the FIFA Arab Nations Cup, with all the action and excitement in real time here on VAVEL!
Syria's bench
For the next game, José Lana will have the following names to use during the match against Tunisia: Maksim Sarraf, Alan Aussi, Khaled Al-Hajjah, Abd Al Razaq Al Mohammad, Mahmoud Al Mawas, Mohammed Anez, Antonio Yakoub, Hasan Dahan, Mahmoud Nayef, Yaseen Samia and Anas Dahhan.
Tunisia's bench
For tonight's game, Sami Trabelsi will have the following players to use during the match against Syria: Noureddine Farhati, Bechir Ben Said, Hamza Jelassi, Amine Ben Hmida, Mohamed Ben Ali, Houssem Teka, Chiheb Jbeli, Mohamed Anan, Nacim Dendani and Seifeddine Jaziri.
Syria lined-up!
With a 4-2-3-1 formation, Syria is lined up for tonight's match in the Arab Nations Cup and will take the field to face Tunisia with: Shakhir, Hannan, Al-Shami, Faqa and Kerdagli; Abraham, Amin, Alsalkjhadi, Hallak and Al-Aswad; Khrbin.
Tunisia lined-up!
With a 3-4-3 formation, Tunisia's starting lineup for tonight's match in the Arab Nations Cup against Syria is: Dahmen, Meriah, Sahraoui and Haddadi; Neffati, Romdhane, Sassi and Maaloul; Layoume, Gharbi and Chaouat.
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