Jump to content

2019 AFC Asian Cup Group A

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Group A of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup took place from 5 to 14 January 2019.[1] The group consisted of tournament hosts United Arab Emirates, Thailand, India and Bahrain.[2] The top two teams, the United Arab Emirates and Thailand, along with third-placed Bahrain (as one of the four best third-placed teams), advanced to the round of 16.[3]

Teams

[edit]
Draw position Team Zone Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
April 2018[nb 1] December 2018
A1  United Arab Emirates WAFF Hosts 9 March 2015 10th 2015 (third place) Runners-up (1996) 81 79
A2  Thailand AFF Second round group F winners 24 March 2016 7th 2007 (group stage) Third place (1972) 122 118
A3  India SAFF Third Round Group A winners 11 October 2017 4th 2011 (group stage) Runners-up (1964) 97 97
A4  Bahrain WAFF Third Round Group E winners 14 November 2017 6th 2015 (group stage) Fourth place (2004) 116 113
Notes
  1. ^ The rankings of April 2018 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

[edit]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates (H) 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Thailand 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4[a]
3  Bahrain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4[a]
4  India 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Thailand 3, Bahrain 0.

In the round of 16:

Matches

[edit]

All times listed are GST (UTC+4).

United Arab Emirates vs Bahrain

[edit]

With six minutes played, Ali Mabkhout found Ismail Al Hammadi, who fired narrowly wide of Bahrain goalkeeper Sayed Shubbar Alawi’s far post. Mabkhout shot over the bar from 15 yards after an Ali Salmeen cross on 23 minutes. In the final moments of the first half, Kamil Al Aswad's free kick from 25 yards narrowly whizzed over the bar.[4] Khalid Eisa then made a double save to deny Bahrain in the 52nd minute by first palming away Ali Madan’s drive and blocking Mohamed Al Romaihi’s subsequent follow-up. Eight minutes after the hour mark, Bahrain failed to clear the lines at a corner and the ball was eventually deflected into the path of Mabkhout, who shot just wide of the post.[5] On 78 minutes, defender Sayed Redha Isa crossed to Al Romaihi, who saw his initial header cleared off the line before ramming home the rebound. Bahraini substitute Mohamed Marhoon, who had only just come on, handled the ball in the area on 88 minutes and Ahmed Khalil, having come off the bench for his 100th cap, scored the resulting penalty to ensure his side a point.[6]

United Arab Emirates 1–1 Bahrain
  • Khalil 88' (pen.)
Report
United Arab Emirates
Bahrain
GK 17 Khalid Eisa
RB 9 Bandar Al-Ahbabi
CB 4 Khalifa Mubarak
CB 6 Fares Juma (c)
LB 18 Al Hassan Saleh
CM 13 Khamis Esmaeel Yellow card 36' downward-facing red arrow 81'
CM 2 Ali Salmeen
CM 5 Amer Abdulrahman Yellow card 35' downward-facing red arrow 54'
RF 21 Khalfan Mubarak downward-facing red arrow 54'
CF 7 Ali Mabkhout
LF 15 Ismail Al Hammadi
Substitutions:
FW 20 Saif Rashid upward-facing green arrow 54'
MF 16 Mohamed Abdulrahman upward-facing green arrow 54'
FW 11 Ahmed Khalil upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Italy Alberto Zaccheroni
GK 1 Sayed Shubbar Alawi
RB 5 Hamad Al-Shamsan
CB 16 Sayed Redha Isa
CB 3 Waleed Al Hayam
LB 12 Ahmed Juma downward-facing red arrow 87'
RM 7 Abdulwahab Al-Safi (c)
CM 4 Sayed Dhiya Saeed
CM 11 Ali Madan downward-facing red arrow 90+3'
LM 19 Kamil Al Aswad
CF 23 Jamal Rashid downward-facing red arrow 81'
CF 13 Mohamed Al Romaihi
Substitutions:
FW 10 Abdulla Yusuf Helal upward-facing green arrow 81'
MF 8 Mohamed Marhoon upward-facing green arrow 87'
FW 20 Sami Al-Husaini upward-facing green arrow 90+3'
Manager:
Czech Republic Miroslav Soukup

Man of the Match:
Mohamed Al Romaihi (Bahrain)

Assistant referees:[7]
Ahmad Al-Roalle (Jordan)
Mohammad Al-Kalaf (Jordan)
Fourth official:
Mohammed Al-Abakry (Saudi Arabia)
Additional assistant referees:
Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)

Thailand vs India

[edit]
Indian players celebrating with fans after the match

Thailand threatened first with captain Teerasil Dangda finding Thitipan Puangchan, firing an 11th minute drive which sailed narrowly wide of Indian goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu’s right-hand post. Later on, Ashique Kuruniyan’s shot was saved by Chatchai Budprom, only for defender Theerathon Bunmathan to concede a penalty when he handled the subsequent rebound. Sunil Chhetri converted the resulting penalty to give India the lead in the 27th minute. Thailand were, however, to draw level just six minutes later, with Teerasil heading home Theerathon’s delivered set-piece. Moments after the restart, Kuruniyan and Udanta Singh combined to set up Chhetri who fired home past Chatchai from 15 yards to restore his side’s advantage.[8] In the 68th minute Udanta charged towards the goal before laying the ball back to Anirudh Thapa, who dinked the ball past both Chatchai and a recovering defender into the back of the net.[9] With time running out, Thailand rallied briefly when Teerasil saw a goal-bound effort diverted to safety via the outstretched leg of the defender Anas Edathodika. With 10 minutes remaining, substitute Jeje Lalpekhlua scored a curling strike from the edge of the area.[8]

This became India's biggest ever win in their Asian Cup history, while it was also India's first ever win after 55 years.[10] This hammered defeat to India prompted the FAT to sack Milovan Rajevac and appointed Sirisak Yodyardthai as interim coach.[11] The two goals helped Sunil Chhetri overtake Lionel Messi to become the second-highest active goalscorer in men's international football, behind Cristiano Ronaldo.[12]

Thailand 1–4 India
Report
Thailand
India
GK 1 Chatchai Budprom
RB 19 Tristan Do
CB 4 Chalermpong Kerdkaew
CB 6 Pansa Hemviboon Yellow card 79'
LB 3 Theerathon Bunmathan
CM 8 Thitipan Puangchan
CM 14 Sanrawat Dechmitr Yellow card 39' downward-facing red arrow 58'
RW 9 Adisak Kraisorn downward-facing red arrow 79'
AM 18 Chanathip Songkrasin downward-facing red arrow 73'
LW 22 Supachai Jaided
CF 10 Teerasil Dangda (c)
Substitutions:
DF 11 Korrakot Wiriyaudomsiri upward-facing green arrow 58'
FW 20 Siroch Chatthong upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 7 Sumanya Purisai upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Serbia Milovan Rajevac
GK 1 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (c)
RB 20 Pritam Kotal
CB 5 Sandesh Jhingan
CB 22 Anas Edathodika
LB 3 Subhasish Bose
RM 15 Udanta Singh
CM 7 Anirudh Thapa downward-facing red arrow 78'
CM 14 Pronay Halder downward-facing red arrow 87'
LM 19 Halicharan Narzary
CF 13 Ashique Kuruniyan downward-facing red arrow 78'
CF 11 Sunil Chhetri
Substitutions:
FW 12 Jeje Lalpekhlua upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 17 Rowllin Borges upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 6 Germanpreet Singh upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
England Stephen Constantine

Man of the Match:
Sunil Chhetri (India)

Assistant referees:[7]
Huo Weiming (China PR)
Cao Yi (China PR)
Fourth official:
Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (Singapore)
Additional assistant referees:
Ma Ning (China PR)
Fu Ming (China PR)

Bahrain vs Thailand

[edit]

Thailand came close to opening the scoring in the 20th minute when captain Teerasil Dangda's effort was blocked by Bahraini goalkeeper Sayed Shubbar Alawi. Eight minutes later, Bahrain forced Thai goalkeeper Siwarak Tedsungnoen to pull off a double save against Mohamed Marhoon and Sayed Dhiya Saeed. Four minutes from the end of the half, Mohamed Al Romaihi failed to keep his header down from Marhoon's cross. In the 58th minute, Tristan Do sent a cross into the Bahrain penalty box. The ball was deflected by Ahmed Juma but a surging Chanathip Songkrasin sent a left-footed shot past Alawi to give Thailand the advantage. Thailand came close to doubling their lead when Chanathip's pass found Adisak Kraisorn but his effort was denied by the upright in the 71st minute.[13]

Bahrain 0–1 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 2,720
Bahrain
Thailand
GK 1 Sayed Shubbar Alawi
RB 16 Sayed Redha Isa
CB 5 Hamad Al-Shamsan
CB 3 Waleed Al Hayam
LB 12 Ahmed Juma downward-facing red arrow 64'
CM 7 Abdulwahab Al-Safi (c)
CM 19 Kamil Al Aswad
RW 11 Ali Madan downward-facing red arrow 79'
AM 8 Mohamed Marhoon downward-facing red arrow 65'
LW 4 Sayed Dhiya Saeed
CF 13 Mohamed Al Romaihi
Substitutions:
FW 20 Sami Al-Husaini upward-facing green arrow 64'
FW 10 Abdulla Yusuf Helal upward-facing green arrow 65'
FW 9 Mahdi Al-Humaidan upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Czech Republic Miroslav Soukup
GK 23 Siwarak Tedsungnoen
CB 5 Adisorn Promrak Yellow card 45+1' downward-facing red arrow 90+2'
CB 6 Pansa Hemviboon Yellow card 13'
CB 15 Suphan Thongsong Yellow card 20'
LWB 3 Theerathon Bunmathan
RWB 19 Tristan Do
CM 17 Tanaboon Kesarat downward-facing red arrow 68'
CM 8 Thitipan Puangchan
LW 18 Chanathip Songkrasin
RW 9 Adisak Kraisorn Yellow card 43' downward-facing red arrow 80'
CF 10 Teerasil Dangda (c)
Substitutions:
MF 14 Sanrawat Dechmitr upward-facing green arrow 68'
FW 22 Supachai Jaided upward-facing green arrow 80'
DF 16 Mika Chunuonsee upward-facing green arrow 90+2'
Manager:
Sirisak Yodyardthai

Man of the Match:
Chanathip Songkrasin (Thailand)

Assistant referees:[14]
Matthew Cream (Australia)
Anton Shchetinin (Australia)
Fourth official:
Sergei Grishchenko (Kyrgyzstan)
Additional assistant referees:
Peter Green (Australia)
Ryuji Sato (Japan)

India vs United Arab Emirates

[edit]

India had the game's first chance when Ashique Kuruniyan dashed into the area before unleashing a drive which forced goalkeeper Khalid Eisa into a fine save on 11 minutes. Eisa was called into action once again in the 23rd minute, this time reacting to repel a Sunil Chhetri header.[15] Five minutes before half-time, Anas Edathodika made a mess of it and allowed Ali Mabkhout to set up Khalfan Mubarak to fire home past Indian custodian Gurpreet Singh Sandhu.[16] In the final moments of the first period, Chhetri came within inches of drawing his side level, but his effort fizzed just wide of Eisa's far post. After the break, substitute Jeje Lalpekhlua fired a shot narrowly off target and then Udanta Singh rattled the Emirati bar with a drive from a narrow angle. Ismail Al Hammadi’s 74th-minute shot cannoned off the post and then Sandhu before rebounding to safety. The UAE doubled their advantage in the final moments when Mabkhout converted Ali Salmeen’s pass to secure the victory despite Mohamed Ahmed crashing the ball against his own woodwork deep into stoppage time.[15]

India 0–2 United Arab Emirates
Report
India
United Arab Emirates
GK 1 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
RB 20 Pritam Kotal
CB 5 Sandesh Jhingan
CB 22 Anas Edathodika
LB 3 Subhasish Bose Yellow card 73'
RM 15 Udanta Singh downward-facing red arrow 79'
CM 7 Anirudh Thapa downward-facing red arrow 70'
CM 14 Pronay Halder
LM 19 Halicharan Narzary downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 13 Ashique Kuruniyan Yellow card 51'
CF 11 Sunil Chhetri (c)
Substitutions:
FW 12 Jeje Lalpekhlua upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 17 Rowllin Borges upward-facing green arrow 70'
MF 18 Jackichand Singh upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
England Stephen Constantine
GK 17 Khalid Eisa
RB 9 Bandar Al-Ahbabi
CB 4 Khalifa Mubarak
CB 19 Ismail Ahmed
LB 18 Al Hassan Saleh
CM 13 Khamis Esmaeel downward-facing red arrow 63'
CM 2 Ali Salmeen
CM 5 Amer Abdulrahman downward-facing red arrow 75'
RF 21 Khalfan Mubarak downward-facing red arrow 85'
CF 7 Ali Mabkhout
LF 15 Ismail Al Hammadi (c)
Substitutions:
MF 8 Majed Hassan upward-facing green arrow 63'
DF 23 Mohamed Ahmed upward-facing green arrow 75'
FW 10 Ismail Matar upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
Italy Alberto Zaccheroni

Man of the Match:
Ali Mabkhout (United Arab Emirates)

Assistant referees:[14]
Miguel Hernández (Mexico)
Alberto Morín (Mexico)
Fourth official:
Rashid Al-Ghaithi (Oman)
Additional assistant referees:
Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

United Arab Emirates vs Thailand

[edit]

The United Arab Emirates and Thailand both booked their places in the knockout stage as a 1–1 draw at the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium was enough to ensure both nations progressed. Ali Mabkhout put Alberto Zaccheroni's side ahead after seven minutes but Thitipan Puangchan struck four minutes from time to earn the Thais a point that sees them take second place in Group A, following India's late loss to Bahrain, thanks to a better head-to-head record.

The hosts made the perfect start when, with many in the crowd of almost 18,000 still finding their seats, they found the back of Siwarak Tedsungnoen's goal. Ismail Al Hammadi burst into the area and attempted to clip the ball over the Thai keeper, only for it to come back off the crossbar. However, Mabkhout rose to head home the rebound from inside the six-yard box. Khalfan Mubarak sought to double the lead 11 minutes later when he twisted his way past the Thai defence, only to send a weak shot trundling through to Siwarak.

While the UAE have qualified for the knockout phase for the second tournament in a row, Thailand will be featuring in the next round for the first time since they reached the semi-finals in 1972.[17]

United Arab Emirates 1–1 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 17,809
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
United Arab Emirates
Thailand
GK 17 Khalid Eisa
CB 19 Ismail Ahmed
CB 4 Khalifa Mubarak
CB 23 Mohamed Ahmed
RWB 9 Bandar Al-Ahbabi downward-facing red arrow 46'
LWB 18 Al Hassan Saleh Yellow card 34'
CM 8 Majed Hassan
CM 2 Ali Salmeen
RW 21 Khalfan Mubarak downward-facing red arrow 84'
LW 15 Ismail Al Hammadi (c) downward-facing red arrow 74'
CF 7 Ali Mabkhout
Substitutions:
MF 16 Mohamed Abdulrahman upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 11 Ahmed Khalil upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 10 Ismail Matar upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Italy Alberto Zaccheroni
GK 23 Siwarak Tedsungnoen
RB 3 Theerathon Bunmathan
CB 5 Adisorn Promrak Yellow card 7'
CB 15 Suphan Thongsong Yellow card 79'
LB 16 Mika Chunuonsee downward-facing red arrow 31'
CM 17 Tanaboon Kesarat downward-facing red arrow 90'
CM 8 Thitipan Puangchan
RW 19 Tristan Do
LW 18 Chanathip Songkrasin
CF 9 Adisak Kraisorn downward-facing red arrow 64'
CF 10 Teerasil Dangda (c)
Substitutions:
DF 4 Chalermpong Kerdkaew upward-facing green arrow 31'
FW 22 Supachai Jaided upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF 21 Pokklaw Anan upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
Sirisak Yodyardthai

Man of the Match:
Ali Mabkhout (United Arab Emirates)

Assistant referees:[18]
Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)
Jun Mihara (Japan)
Fourth official:
Mohd Yusri Muhamad (Malaysia)
Additional assistant referees:
Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan)

India vs Bahrain

[edit]

Jamal Rashid's penalty in stoppage time sealed the 1–0 win for Bahrain over India, taking them into the knockout stage for the first time since 2004. With the UAE and Thailand playing to a 1–1 draw, Bahrain finished third in Group A with four points, confirming them as one of the best four third-placed teams that will advance to the round of 16.

India suffered early problems at the back when Anas Edathodika was forced off with an injury in the fourth minute and replaced with Salam Ranjan Singh. Bahrain then applied pressure on the Blue Tigers' defence as goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu was called into action three minutes later to save Sayed Dhiya Saeed's left footed shot from outside the box. India were able to calm their nerves and responded in the 20th minute. Sunil Chhetri came close to scoring, but the striker failed to steer Gurpreet's long pass home. In the last minutes, Rashid and Saeed both failed to find the mark with long-range efforts, before the former scored the match-deciding penalty.[19]

India 0–1 Bahrain
Report
Attendance: 11,417
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
India
Bahrain
GK 1 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu
RB 20 Pritam Kotal
CB 5 Sandesh Jhingan
CB 22 Anas Edathodika downward-facing red arrow 4'
LB 3 Subhasish Bose
RM 15 Udanta Singh
CM 17 Rowllin Borges
CM 14 Pronay Halder (c)
LM 19 Halicharan Narzary downward-facing red arrow 79'
CF 13 Ashique Kuruniyan downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 11 Sunil Chhetri
Substitutions:
DF 2 Salam Ranjan Singh upward-facing green arrow 4'
FW 12 Jeje Lalpekhlua upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 7 Anirudh Thapa upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
England Stephen Constantine
GK 1 Sayed Shubbar Alawi
RB 16 Sayed Redha Isa
CB 5 Hamad Al-Shamsan Yellow card 64'
CB 3 Waleed Al Hayam
LB 12 Ahmed Juma downward-facing red arrow 78'
CM 7 Abdulwahab Al-Safi (c)
CM 19 Kamil Al Aswad
RW 11 Ali Madan downward-facing red arrow 55'
AM 23 Jamal Rashid
LW 4 Sayed Dhiya Saeed
CF 13 Mohamed Al Romaihi downward-facing red arrow 61'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Mohamed Marhoon upward-facing green arrow 55'
FW 10 Abdulla Yusuf Helal upward-facing green arrow 61'
FW 20 Sami Al-Husaini upward-facing green arrow 78'
Other disciplinary actions:
DF 17 Ahmed Bughammar Yellow card 90+5'
Manager:
Czech Republic Miroslav Soukup

Man of the Match:
Jamal Rashid (Bahrain)

Assistant referees:[18]
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
Sergei Grishchenko (Kyrgyzstan)
Fourth official:
Ronnie Koh Min Kiat (Singapore)
Additional assistant referees:
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Discipline

[edit]

Fair play points were used as tiebreakers if the head-to-head and overall records of teams were tied (and if a penalty shoot-out was not applicable as a tiebreaker). These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[3][20]

  • yellow card = 1 point
  • red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points
  • direct red card = 3 points
  • yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points

Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.

Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card
 Bahrain 2 −2
 India 2 −2
 United Arab Emirates 2 1 −3
 Thailand 2 4 2 −8

Notes

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Match Schedule – AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019" (PDF). the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Final Draw sets the stage for thrilling contests in UAE 2019". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b "AFC Asian Cup 2019 Competition Regulations" (PDF). the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  4. ^ "UAE 1–1 Bahrain". AFC. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Khalil spares UAE's blushes against Bahrain". Fox Sports Asia. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  6. ^ Ridge, Patric (5 January 2019). "Late Khalil penalty salvages draw". Goal. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  7. ^ a b "MATCH OFFICIALS FOR JANUARY 5 & 6". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Thailand 1–4 India". AFC. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  9. ^ Tan, Gabriel (6 January 2019). "Sunil Chhetri at the double as India humble Thailand". Fox Sports Asia. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Asian Cup 2019: India register their biggest and first win since 1964". goal.com. Goal. com. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  11. ^ "Thailand fire coach Milovan Rajevac after losing Asian Cup opener to India". espn.in. ESPN. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  12. ^ "'It doesn't matter who scores': Chhetri downplays going past Messi's tally during Asian Cup". scroll.in. Scroll India. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Bahrain 0–1 Thailand". AFC. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  14. ^ a b "MATCH OFFICIALS FOR JANUARY 10". AFC. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  15. ^ a b "India 0–2 UAE". AFC. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  16. ^ Muralidharan, Ashwin (11 January 2019). "Unlucky India push UAE to their limits". Goal. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  17. ^ "UAE 1–1 Thailand". AFC. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  18. ^ a b "MATCH OFFICIALS FOR JANUARY 14". the-afc.com. AFC. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  19. ^ "India 0–1 Bahrain". AFC. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  20. ^ "Competition Operations Manual 2019". AFC.
[edit]