Asian Cup star scores ‘Puskas contender’ that sees him dubbed ‘new Paul Scholes’

Qatar captain Hassan Al-Haydos is being touted for a possible FIFA Puskas award after his spectacular strike within the Asian Cup.

The 33-year-old is his nation’s most capped participant with 179 appearances. An dthe skipper pulled out one thing fairly particular on his most up-to-date run-out for his nation of their Asian Cup conflict towards China.

Qatar – who’re the defending champions – had already secured their passage into the knockout stage, due to earlier wins over Tajikstan and Lebanon.

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With the rating at 0-0, a well-rehearsed nook routine from Qatar started with Akram Afif floating the ball to the sting of China’s field. There it was met by Al-Haydos who, with out thought, volleyed the ball previous a sea of gamers, together with China goalkeeper Yan Junling.

The Qatari gamers wildly celebrated in entrance of their residence followers as they ended up clinching a 1-0 victory to proceed their good run in a match they hope to win back-to-back.

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In what was the fortieth worldwide purpose for the Al Sadd legend, it was definitely essentially the most celebrated of his profession with clips of the thunderous strike going viral on social media.

Garnering a whole bunch of 1000’s of views, the 33-year-old ahead has been topic to comparisons to Manchester United nice Paul Scholes on account of his unimaginable ball-striking approach – a similarity he shares with the midfield supremo.

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While one X (previously generally known as Twitter) consumer urged Al-Haydos could possibly be in line for a FIFA Puskas Award, one other consumer wrote: “Is Hassan Al Haydos the new Paul Scholes?”. Qatar have but to concede within the match to this point and are by to the knockout phases with three wins from three.