{"id":36597,"date":"2024-11-20T03:48:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T00:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=36597"},"modified":"2024-11-20T03:48:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T00:48:12","slug":"world-cup-qualifiers-kuwait-holds-jordan-to-a-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/20\/world-cup-qualifiers-kuwait-holds-jordan-to-a-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup Qualifiers: Kuwait Holds Jordan to a Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Jordan squandered its lead with a beautiful goal by Yazan Al-Naimat, as Mohammad Dhaman equalized in the second half to secure a 1-1 draw against hosts Kuwait in the third round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, dropping Jordan to third place in Group B.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Jordan now has 9 points, trailing by two points behind Iraq and five points behind South Korea, the group leader. Kuwait earned its fourth point after four draws.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Jordan was dominant in the first half, taking the lead in the 21st minute with a curling shot from outside the box by Al-Naimat.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">After the goal, the visiting team continued its control, wasting several chances through Mousa Al-Tamari and Al-Naimat, before Kuwait mounted a comeback after the break.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kuwait&#8217;s Eid Al-Rashedi launched a powerful shot, and Jordan\u2019s goalkeeper Yazeed Abu Layla was injured after a fierce challenge with Salman Al-Awadi, forcing him to leave the field with Abdullah Al-Fakhouri replacing him.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Dhaman fired a long-range shot that deceived the substitute goalkeeper Al-Fakhouri, leveling the score for the hosts in the 68th minute.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In stoppage time, substitute Al-Awadi missed a golden opportunity for Kuwait, firing wide of the post after a counterattack in the 9th minute of added time.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan squandered its lead with a beautiful goal by Yazan Al-Naimat, as Mohammad Dhaman equalized in the second half to secure a 1-1 draw against hosts Kuwait in the third round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, dropping Jordan to third place in Group B. Jordan now has 9 points, trailing &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36598,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36597\/revisions\/36598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}