Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The Islamic Republic of Iran became the first Asian team to seal their spot at next year’s FIFA World Cup earlier in the week, but elsewhere there remains plenty of unanswered questions.
After yet another exciting round of fixtures featured late drama, cracking goals and the odd surprise to boot, the-AFC.com reflects on some of the key statistics from Matchday Eight.
If at first you don’t succeed
Ali Makhbout’s seven attempts on goal was more than any other player on Matchday Eight and, after he seemed to be heading for an unsuccessful night in front of goal, the UAE frontman netted at the death to secure a 1-1 draw with Thailand.
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