Ali Daei’s Asian Cup record broken by Qatar’s Almoez Ali

AS – ABU DHABI, Qatar forward Almoez Ali seized a piece of Asian Cup history with a magnificent overhead kick in Friday’s final victory over Japan.

Almoez Ali broke an Asian Cup goals record in spectacular fashion as he netted the opener for Qatar in Friday’s final win over Japan.

Coming into the showpiece match, breakout star Almoez had netted eight goalsso far in the finals to tie Iran forward Ali Daei’s single-tournament record from the 1996 edition.

The forward controlled Akram Hassan Afif’s cross from the left and teed himself up for a sublime overhead kick that clipped the post on its way into the net for his ninth of the tournament.