Well played. I was very impressed with your players' hustle and individual skills. Good luck in the AC.
Last friendly before the AC. UAE - Syria 2-0 1-0 62' Saeed Al Kathiri 2-0 89' Theyab Awana Syria: Mosab Balhous; Bilal Abduldaim (63' Burhan Sahiouni), Ali Diab, Abdulkader Dakka, Nadim Sabagh (83' Samer Awadh); Jehad Al Hussein (63' Abdulfattah Al Agha), Feras Esmaeel (83' Qusay Habib), Abdulrazaq Al Hussein, Wael Ayan; Firas Al Khatib (83' Louay Chanko), Mohamad Al Zeno (58' Sanharib Malki).
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnHQPRRnNaI"]YouTube - UAE 2-0 Syria 02-01-2011 First goal[/ame]
Asian Cup Saudi Arabia - Syria 1-2 0-1 38' Abdulrazaq Al Hussein 1-1 60' Tayseer Al Jasem 1-2 63' Abdulrazaq Al Hussein Syria: Mosab Balhous; Bilal Abduldaim, Ali Diab, Abdulkader Dakka, Nadim Sabagh; Jehad Al Hussein (76' Qusay Habib), Feras Esmaeel, Abdulrazaq Al Hussein, Wael Ayan; Sanharib Malki (66' Adel Abdullah), Mohamad Al Zeno.
Syria - Japan 1-2 0-1 35' Makoto Hasibe 1-1 76' Firas Al Khatib PK 1-2 82' Keisuke Honda PK Syria: Mosab Balhous; Bilal Abduldaim, Ali Diab, Abdulkader Dakka, Nadim Sabagh; Jehad Al Hussein (77' Abdulfattah Al Agha), Feras Esmaeel, Abdulrazaq Al Hussein, Wael Ayan, Samer Awadh (46' Firas Al Khatib); Mohamad Al Zeno (63' Sanharib Malki).
We must beat Jordan on monday or we are out, honestly I don't have much confidence in beating them.. Hope at least we go full on attack like against UAE in WCQ!
Syria is out but in my opinion you guys proved that you're no longer a third rated Asian team. I now rank Syria alongside teams like Iraq, Uzbekistan, China, and Bahrain. Keep up the good work and you'll have a real chance to make it to the World Cup in the near future.
What's your take on Valeriu Tita? I thought he did a solid job given the fact that he had one month to put the squad together. He was let down by his defenders in the end, but I thought Syria played well this tournament. What does the future look like for you guys? Any exciting prospects coming up through the ranks?
I don't think much have changed for Syria, if you look at our previous participation in the AC 1996 we didn't make it out of the group becuase of similar mistakes and results (OG vs Japan when leading 1-0 last 10 mins end up losing 1-2 etc.) same mistakes been made always
Tita is a good coach I think he's the right man to build a new team, but I doubt our FA will renew his contract.. Honestly there are no special players coming up..
Friendly today - Damascus Syria Olympic - Kuwait Olympic 4-0 1-0 8' Ahmad Al Salih 2-0 40' Mohamad Daas 3-0 50' Ahmad Kalasi 4-0 87' Ahmad Al Salih PK Syria: Ibrahim Almeh; Ahmad Kalasi (Mohamed Hamdo), Ahmad Al Salih, Mohamad Daas, Mohammad Zbida (Rislan Al Kurdi); Oday Al Jafal (Mohamad Bash Bayuk), Wael Al Rifai (Ahmad Tit), Zaher Midani, Mohammed Fares (Yasser Shahin); Afa Al Rifai (Abdulkader Mjarmsh); Omar Al Soma (Mohamed Jaafar).
Al Jaish only lost 4 games all last season on the way to be crowned champions. This year in 8 games, they have lost 4 already, whats gone wrong?
Their succesfull coach Ayoub Odisho left them in the summer, his countryman Thaer Jassam seems not the right coach, he resigned today. Same happening now with Al Ittihad, Tita left in December they also lost their last 2 games, Al Sadd will eat them alive .
Abdulkader Dakka joins Shanghai Shenhua. http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/clubs/afc-champions-league/33144-ar-dakka-joins-shanghai Tita Valeriu picked up by Al $horta. http://www.the-afc.com/en/member-association-news/west-asia-news/33143-ar-tita-valeriou
Syria friendly in Dubai against El Salvador on 25. March ? https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?p=22821764#post22821764