The Saudi national team officially bid farewell to the Arab Cup "Qatar 21" after losing to its Moroccan counterpart 1-0, on Tuesday, in the third and final round of Group C competitions.
The Atlas Lions scored their only goal in the 53rd minute through Karim El Berkaoui, who gave his country its third victory in the tournament.
The fall of the "Saudi Green" coincided with a broad victory achieved by the Jordanian team over its Palestinian counterpart, by five goals to one, so that "Al-Nashami" officially reached the quarter-finals, accompanied by Morocco.
Jordan's goals were scored by Baha Suleiman, Hamza Al-Dardour, Yasser Hamad (an own goal), and Yazan Al-Nuaimat (two goals), in the 9, 24, 82, 86, 90+1 minutes.
Morocco leads the group with 9 points, followed by Jordan with 6 points, and Saudi Arabia and Palestine occupies the third and fourth places with one point each.
The barrel team left the tournament yesterday after losing to Mauritania by two goals to one.
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