Wasannin sun fara ne da karfe 18:00 a Abu Dhabi a filin wasa na Zayed Sports City, a gaban masu kallo 36,776 da aka sanar, ciki har da dubban 'yan Omanis. Japan ta fara wasan da dama guda biyu, amma ba ta iya samar da damar cin kwallo ba. Almoez Ali na Qatar ya bude ci a cikin minti na 12 tare da bugun keke daga 15 yards (14 m) bayan da ya yi wasa da kwallon da aka karɓa daga Akram Afif. Tare da burinsa na tara na gasar, Ali ya dauki rikodin mafi yawan kwallaye da aka zira a gasar cin kofin Asiya wanda Iran ta rike.
Maya Yoshida