Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Sydney: Palestine downed Malaysian club side Johor Darul Ta’zim 4-1 in a friendly on Monday as they finalised preparations for their inaugural AFC Asian Cup appearance.
The Palestinians were up 1-0 by half time, but went on to score three more goals after the interval to dismantle Johor, who are contenders in the AFC Champions League 2015 play-off.
Jaka Hbaisha, Ashraf Nu’man, Mousa Abujazar and Khaled Salem were all on target for the West Asian national side with Bojan Hodak’s men pulling one back thanks to an own goal.
Palestine, who punched their ticket to the AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015 when they won the last edition of the AFC Challenge Cup last May, are in Group D alongside four-time and reigning champions Japan, 2007 winners Iraq and Jordan.
They will begin their campaign against the Japanese on January 12 at Newcastle Stadium.