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The two stars, Musa Al-Taamari, a player for the French club Montpellier, and Mahmoud Mardi, a winger for Al-Hussein Irbid Club, led the national football team to achieve a major victory over its Malaysian counterpart 4-0 on Monday, at the opening of “Al-Nashama’s” fifth participation in the Asian Cup held in Qatar.

Mardi (12 and 32) and Musa Al-Taamari (18 from a penalty kick and 85) scored the winning goals for the national team at Al Janoub Stadium, achieving an ideal start in their journey towards the round of 16 of the continental championship.

This is the team's first meeting with Malaysia in the Asian Cup.

The second match in the same group on Monday also witnessed the Republic of Korea defeating Bahrain 3-1, at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha.

The national team topped the group standings with 3 points from one match, on goal difference against South Korea, while Bahrain and Malaysia remained devoid of points.

The team started the match strongly and was the best spread on the field, and succeeded in scoring the first goal when Mardi received the ball from the left side and shot it in a distinctive way that settled to the left of the Malaysian goalkeeper, Shihan Hazimi (12).

The referee of the match awarded a penalty kick to the team after Yazan Naimat was obstructed, as Al-Taamari stepped in and successfully shot it to the left of the goalkeeper (18), then the same player returned and scored a goal that the referee canceled due to offside (25).

From a quick and coordinated attack, Al-Taamari led on the right side and passed the ball to Yazan Al-Naimat, who in turn passed it to Mahmoud Mardi, where the latter completed it in the net for Al-Taziz’s third goal in the 32nd minute.

The Jordanian attack on Malaysia's goal continued when Al-Taamari passed a through ball to Yazan Al-Naimat inside the penalty area and he shot it towards the goal, but goalkeeper Shihan Hazimi successfully blocked it (45), while Malaysia's first chance came from Stuart Wilkin's shot that passed near the right post (45 + 2). ).

With Mahmoud Mardi, the scorer of the two goals, out due to injury, Moroccan coach Hussein Amouta relied on Muhammad Abu Hashish as a substitute, and the latter succeeded in threatening the Malaysian goal with a shot inside the penalty area that was successfully cleared by goalkeeper Hazimi (45+8).

Amouta tried to revitalize the offensive side by introducing Anas Al-Awadat as a substitute for Yazan Al-Naimat. He also brought in Rajai Ayed as a substitute for Nizar Al-Rashdan to control the area of ​​​​operations in the midfield. Team captain Ihsan Haddad left due to injury and was replaced by right-back Firas Shalbaya.

Then, Al-Awadat passed a cunning ball to Musa Al-Taamari, who shot it in a distinctive way over the goalkeeper for a fourth goal for Jordan (85).

Substitute Hamza Al-Dardour wanted to make his mark in the match with a shot that came from outside the penalty area, but it found the arms of Malaysian goalkeeper Shihan Hazmi (90 + 3), before the left post prevented Jordanian player Muhammad Abu Hashish from scoring (90 + 4), so the final whistle announced the match. A well-deserved victory for the national team.

The second round of group competitions will be held next Saturday, where the national team will meet with South Korea, and Bahrain will meet with Malaysia.

The top two teams in each group qualify for the round of 16, along with the four best third-placed teams.

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