Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Dammam: Second-half substitute Mohammed Al Sahlawi netted a late double as Saudi Arabia defeated Jordan 2-1 in an international friendly on Monday.
Neither of the two AFC Asian Cup 2015 participants could take the initiative at the Prince Mohammed bin Fahd Stadium until four minutes from full time, when Al Sahlawi, a 72nd minute replacement for Mukhtar Fallatah, broke the deadlock .
But in the 90th minute Saudi Arabia-based striker Hamzah Al Dardour – scorer of four goals as Jordan defeated Palestine 5-1 at January’s Asian Cup – struck with the goal that appeared to have earned the Hashemite Kingdom a share of the spoils.
However Al Nassr striker Al Sahlawi, who was also amongst the scorers at Australia 2015 when he bagged a brace against DPR Korea (pictured) and a goal against Uzbekistan, successfully converted a penalty deep into second-half stoppage time to give Saudi Arabia the win.
Three-time AFC Cup winners Saudi Arabia and Jordan are building up to the joint FIFA 2018 World Cup/AFC Asian Cup 2019 qualifiers which start in June, with West Asian duo learning their opponents on April 14 at the preliminary draw in Kuala Lumpur.
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