Malaysia national team is poor starting in this tournament after losing to the Jordan national team, scoring 0-4 in the AFC Asian Cup 2023 Group Stage, Group E at Al Janoub Stadium.
In this match, Malaysia was the side to attack Jordan and got more opportunities.
But in the 12th minute, Jordan got the opportunity to attack, and Mahmoud Al Mardi shot from outside the box to the goal; Jordan led 1-0.
In the 16th minute, Jordan awarded a penalty following Matthew Davies conceding foul to Yazan Al Naimat, and the referee checked to VAR and decided to penalty. and Mousa Al Tamari converted the goal, Jordan led 2-0.
In the 25th minute, Jordan almost got 3rd goal from Mousa Tamari’s shot to the first post but was caught offside.
Malaysia was down in a bad situation in the 32nd minute, following a fast break of Jordan and Yazan Al Naimat’s passing to Mahmoud Al Mardi’s shot from very close range to the goal; Jordan led 3-0.
In the injury time, in the 45+1 minute, Malaysia got the opportunity from the long shot of Stuart Wilkin but was not on target.
The remaining time of the first half had no additional score, ending the first half with Jordan leading 3-0.
In the second half, Malaysia started to offensive to Jordan’s side and got the opportunity to goal to improve the situation.
In the 81st minute, Malaysia almost got the first goal following the shot of Paulo Josue, but Yazeed Abulaila, Jordan’s goalkeeper, denied it.
But in the 86th minute, following a fast-break of Jordan and Mousa Tamari’s shot pass Syihan Hazmi’s Malaysia goalkeeper, Jordan led 4-0.
In the injury time, in the 90+5th minute, Jordan almost got 5th goal following shot outside the box of Mohammad Abdulhasheesh but ball hit the second post.
After that, there was no additional score, and the match ended with Jordan winning 4-0.
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