Palestine were appearing in the quarterfinals of the FIFA Arab Cup for the first time at Qatar 2025, but Saudi win 2-1.Palestine’s historic run at the the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2025 is over after a 2-1 defeat after extra time by Saudi Arabia in the quarterfinals at Lusail Stadium.Mohamed Kanno’s stooping header settled matters in the 115th minute of Thursday’s match, which was level at 1-1 after normal time.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listFiras Al-Buraikan had given the Saudis a 58th-minute lead from the penalty spot, but Palestine – who earlier this year reached the AFC Asian Cup knockout stages for the first time – levelled six minutes later through Oday Dabbagh.Jordan or Iraq, who play on Friday, await the Saudis in Monday’s semifinals. Saudi Arabia’s Firas Al-Buraikan scores their first goal from the penalty spot [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]In a tight first half, only one side managed a shot on target, a reflection of Saudi’s share of the play, which included four efforts off target compared with Palestine’s one.It came when Salem Al-Dawsari very nearly provided the spark to open up the Palestine defence. The Saudi forward burst into the box via the inside right channel and squared his cross-come-shot that was only palmed away by Rami Hamada, who dived off his line but could only tip the ball towards the onrushing group of players.Al Buraikan, Al-Dawsari’s strike partner, looked certain for a simple tap-in to break the deadlock, but was denied at the last moment by a toe poke from Hamed Hamdan to concede a corner.Hamdan himself had been the closest to the target prior to that, with a drive …
