Saudi Arabia U23 national team kept 3 points and passed to the quarter-final after beating Thailand U23 national team, scoring 5-0 in the AFC U23 Asian Cup 2024 Group Stage, Group C at Khalifa International Stadium.
In this match, not long time in the 4th minute, following an attack of Saudi Arabia and Haitham Asiri’s crossing to Aiman Yahya’s charges in very close range, Saudi Arabia led 1-0.
After Thailand conceded a goal, Thailand opened to attack and got more opportunities but couldn’t make the score.
In the stoppage time, in the 45+1st minute, following a fast break of Saudi Arabia and Aiman Yahya’s through ball to Ahmed Al Ghamdi’s shot to the right corner, Saudi Arabia led 2-0.
In the 45+7th minute, following the mistake of Warinthon Jumnongwat, a defender of Thailand, and Aiman Yahya kept the ball and sent Abdullah Radif’s shot to the top of the box, Saudi Arabia led 3-0.
In the remaining time of the first half, there was no additional score, ending the first half with Saudi Arabia leading 3-0.
In the second half, not long time, in the 47th minute, following Saudi Arabia attack and Ahmed Al Ghamdi passed to Abdullah Radif shot into the goal, but the referee disallowed the goal due to being caught offside, but the referee signaled VAR to check and found Chitsanupong Choti blocked the ball, the referee decided to change to goal, Saudi Arabia led 4-0.
Thailand was going deep in a bad situation in the 73rd minute, following an attack by Saudi Arabia and Salih Abu Al Shaman’s passing to Abdullah Radif, who shot into the goal; Saudi Arabia led 5-0.
The remaining time of the second half had no additional score, ending Saudi Arabia’s win 5-0 and passing to the quarter-final round.
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