The 21-year-old star Abbosbek Fayzullaev’s stock continues to rise for Uzbekistan. Jaloliddin Masharipov floated in a cross and Fayzullaev with his 5’6” frame soared after finding space in the box to bury his header beyond the reach of Meshaal Barsham in the Qatari goal.  

However, Qatar would have the final say in the match against the White Wolves when Akram Afif’s free-kick from the centre circle was headed across the box by Boualem Khoukhi towards Lucas Mendes who rifled in an unstoppable strike which went in off the crossbar for his first-ever international goal.

In the Samurai Blue’s 4-0 win over Indonesia their second goal was the pick of the bunch. Daichi Kamada’s pass found Kaoru Mitoma who played a cute ball with the outside of his foot and Takumi Minamino arrived to guide it into the net, the finishing touch to a fine team move.

Bahrain substitute Mahdi Abduljabbar had only been on the pitch for nine minutes when he sparked the game into life against Australia with a wonder goal. Some 40 yards out, Abduljabbar spotted Mathew Ryan off his line and went for a first-time effort that flew over the experienced goalkeeper and into the net to spark ecstatic scenes on the home bench.

Marselino Ferdinan etched his name into Indonesian football folklore scoring both goals in a 2-0 win against Saudi Arabia. His opening goal had all of Indonesia dreaming when he showed superb composure to find the far corner of the net to keep the nation’s Road to 26 hopes alive.

Jordan’s chase for their first-ever FIFA World Cup appearance is on and they made a brilliant start against Kuwait. Yazan Al Naimat kept his feet amidst a couple of challenges and then bent a beautiful strike in an effort that you could watch over and over again!

A single goal was enough for Iraq against Oman as Ali Jasim was at the heart of things wriggling past a couple of defenders before playing the ball out to Ahmed Yasin, who delivered a dangerous low cross and Youssef Amyn was there to apply the finish.

Next up on the list is Asian superstar Son Heung-min who recently celebrated the milestone of reaching 50 international goals for Korea Republic. Son flicked a backpass to Lee Myung-jae to start the attack, whose pass was played with a first touch by Lee Jae-sung to the feet of the captain who then finished the move with a low drive into the side netting.

Fabio Lima scored four goals versus Qatar with his third having class written all over it as his sublime long-range free-kick went over the wall and beat the despairing dive of the goalkeeper in a memorable night for Emirati football.

Mehdi Taremi and Sardar Azmoun combined for Iran’s second goal with the latter’s pass finding the overlapping right-back Saleh Hardani, who rode the sliding challenge of Arslan Bekberdinov, and he then kept his cool to beat Erzhan Tokotayev in goal as Iran registered their fifth win in six qualification matches.