Doha, December 4, 2025 (WAFA) – Our national team turned around this evening, Thursday, after trailing by two goals against their Tunisian brothers, to a well-deserved draw in the Arab Cup football tournament hosted by Qatar.
The fearsome Fedayeen deserved this fair draw and were closer to victory than the Eagles of Carthage, thus deservedly rising to the top of the group with 4 points, while the Tunisian national team obtained its first points to temporarily rise to third place.
Once again, our national team has proven that it is a fierce competitor and will not be an easy target in its World Cup group, which includes Qatar and Tunisia, and that it came to secure one of the group’s two tickets and qualify for the second round of the Arab Championship for the first time in its history.
Our national team’s goals were scored by Hamed Hamdan in the 61st minute and Zaid Qanbar in the 85th minute, while the Tunisian team’s goals were scored by Omar Al-Ayouni in the 16th minute and Firas Shawat in the 51st minute.
The second match in the same group will take place later today, bringing together Qatar and Syria at Khalifa International Stadium .
The first round saw the Tunisian national team lose to their Syrian counterparts by one goal to nil, and our national team defeated their Qatari counterparts by the same score .
The match started quickly from both teams, especially from the Tunisian team, who took the initiative to threaten the goal of the Palestinian team in the ninth minute when Hamza Al-Jalasi shot a powerful ball from outside the penalty area, which Rami Hamada brilliantly saved .
Our national team’s first serious attempt came in the 36th minute when player Hamed Hamdan fired a powerful shot that went past the goal after his teammate Mohammed Saleh failed to receive it and put it into the net .
The attempts continued from both sides, but without any significant danger, and the first half ended with the Tunisian team leading by one goal to nil .
With the start of the second half, the Tunisian team regained control of the game and managed to add the second goal when Mohamed Ali Ben Ramadan passed a through ball on the right side of the area towards Firas Chaouat, who in turn shot it powerfully into the net, and our goalkeeper Rami Hamada was unable to stop it, announcing the second goal for the Tunisian team .
Our national team tried to come back through the penetrations of Musab Al-Batat and Wajdi Muhammad, after which Hamed Hamdan was able to score the first goal in a wonderful way after a rebound ball from Yassin Meriah, which Hamdan shot powerfully into the net of Ayman Dahman, the goalkeeper of the Tunisian national team, announcing the first goal for the Palestinian national team in the 61st minute .
This goal gave the Fedayeen a strong morale boost and made them lead many offensive attempts in an effort to score the equalizer, but the Tunisian national team’s defense succeeded in thwarting most of these attempts .
In the 85th minute, the Palestinian team managed to equalize and add the second goal after a strong attack led by Mohammed Saleh. Zaid Qanbar received the ball and shot it powerfully into the net of the Tunisian national team, announcing the second goal for Palestine .
In the 88th minute, Ismail Gharbi missed a chance for a third goal for Tunisia after a powerful shot that our team’s wonderful and outstanding goalkeeper in the tournament, Rami Hamada, managed to deflect .
The third round of group matches will take place next Sunday, with Qatar meeting Tunisia at Al Bayt Stadium, and Syria facing Palestine at Education City Stadium .
The two teams that finish first and second in each of the four groups qualify for the quarter-finals of the Arab Cup Qatar 2025 .
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