{"id":58566,"date":"2024-02-10T18:25:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T18:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/five-players-who-made-a-name-for-themselves-at-asian-cup-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-02-10T18:25:04","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T18:25:04","slug":"five-players-who-made-a-name-for-themselves-at-asian-cup-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/five-players-who-made-a-name-for-themselves-at-asian-cup-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Five players who made a name for themselves at Asian Cup | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jordan and hosts and holders Qatar will contest the final of the Asian Cup on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

AFP Sport picks out five players who made a name for themselves during the tournament:<\/p>\n

Together with fellow attacker Mousa Al-Tamari, Naimat terrorised South Korea’s defence in Jordan’s 2-0 semi-final win.<\/p>\n

Tamari is Jordan’<\/a>s only player in Europe but clubs across the planet will have taken note of Naimat’s all-action performances over the past month.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old Naimat scored in a 2-2 draw with South Korea in the group phase, then added another against them in the semi-final. He also netted in a thrilling 3-2 win over Iraq.<\/p>\n

Quick and direct, he has created 10 chances during the tournament, the joint second most among all players.<\/p>\n

He currently plays for Al-Ahli in Qatar <\/a>and the centre-forward has 14 goals in 43 appearances for his club, plus 15 assists.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old wide attacker is a contender for player of the tournament after his goals and assists, along with Naimat’s, helped propel Jordan into a first final in their history.<\/p>\n

Tamari is with French side Montpellier and his displays in Qatar <\/a>have showcased his talents to an even wider audience.<\/p>\n

He started his tournament with a bang, hitting a brace in a 4-0 demolition of Malaysia, then rose to the occasion with a man-of-the-match role in the win over South Korea in the last four.<\/p>\n

Pacy, skilful and hard working, Tamari set up Naimat for the first goal and 13 minutes later got in on the act by slicing through the Korean defence before unleashing a ruthless finish.<\/p>\n

Palestine made history by reaching the Asian Cup <\/a>knockout rounds for the first time and Dabbagh played a crucial role, chipping in with three goals.<\/p>\n

The striker, who moved to Belgian side Charleroi last year, was a constant nuisance for defenders with his aerial prowess and poacher’s instinct in front of goal.<\/p>\n

Just turned 25 and playing in his second Asian Cup, his peak years are still ahead of him.<\/p>\n

Palestine’s tournament ended in a 2-1 defeat to Qatar in the last 16, but together with skipper and defender Musab Al-Battat, Dabbagh was their star performer.<\/p>\n

Uzbekistan’s tournament ended in the quarter-finals on penalties to Qatar but there will be plenty more Asian Cups for Fayzullaev.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old attacker has been one to watch for a while now and he showed why in particular with the winner from outside the box against Thailand in the last 16.<\/p>\n

As is expected from a young player, he flitted out of games occasionally, but it was the CSKA Moscow starlet’s second goal of the competition and he was named man of the match.<\/p>\n

Thailand’s uncompromising defenders had had enough of him by the end and he asked to be substituted late on to avoid any more rough treatment.<\/p>\n

Forward Akram Afif hogged the headlines for Qatar but Mendes also played a key role in taking the hosts and holders to the final.<\/p>\n

Born in Brazil, Mendes played for Marseille a decade ago and has Champions League experience with them, suffering defeats to Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund.<\/p>\n

Only made his Qatar debut in November but has played his club football in the country for the past nine years.<\/p>\n

Quietly effective at the back, Mendes used all of his experience and defensive nous to help Qatar breeze through the group stage without conceding a goal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DOHA: Jordan and hosts and holders Qatar will contest the final of the Asian Cup on Saturday. AFP Sport picks out five players who made a name for themselves during the tournament: Together with fellow attacker Mousa Al-Tamari, Naimat terrorised South Korea’s defence in Jordan’s 2-0 semi-final win. Tamari is Jordan’s only player in Europe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/Yazan-Al-Naimat1707569894-0\/Yazan-Al-Naimat1707569894-0.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t