Akram Afif stakes claim as one of Asian Cup’s greatest as Qatar win back-to-back titles – ESPN

As Qatar successfully defended their Asian Cup title on Saturday, hat-trick hero Akram Afif staked his claim to be one of the tournament’s greatest ever.

LUSAIL, Qatar — Twice, the crowd roared as the dawning realisation of what was about to happen spread like waves amongst them but by the third time, they definitely knew what was coming.
After positioning himself to take the 21st-minute penalty that would open the scoring in Qatar’s 3-1 win over Jordan in the Asian Cup final on Saturday evening, Qatar skipper Hassan Al-Haydos instead turned away and knocked the ball into the hands of a waiting Afif.
In the 73rd minute, w


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