Qatar Defeats Japan To Win First Ever Asian Cup

World Cup 2022 hosts Qatar on Friday crushed four-time victors Japan 3-1 to win its first historically speaking Asian Cup

Forward Almoez Ali broke the record of objectives scored by a player at a solitary Asian Cup when he indented his ninth with a splendid overhead kick.

Abdulaziz Hatem made it 2-0 with a 20-yard twisted shot before Japan's Takumi Minamino discharged in from inside the container.

Akram Afif changed over from the spot to make it 3-1 after Southampton's Maya Yoshida had taken care of in the zone.

VAR affirmed that the Saints protector had purposefully dealt with, in spite of the fact that TV replays recommended he was lamentable to see the choice conflict with him.

Afif's punishment implied he scored one objective and gave 10 helps, incorporating two in the last, amid Qatar's seven amusements at the challenge in the United Arab Emirates.

Mentor Felix Sanchez's side had gone 10 hours and eight minutes without surrendering a solitary objective at the current year's opposition preceding Minamino's strike.