Goals and Summary of the Lebanon 5-0 Brunei Asian Qualifiers Match

Our coverage of the Lebanon vs Brunei match for the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 qualifiers comes to an end.
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Hannover 96 player Hussein Chakroun scored a beautiful goal for Lebanon!
The Cedars are leading 4-0 at half time against Brunei#YallaLebnen pic.twitter.com/KYaaNaW8um — FA Lebanon (@FALebanon) March 25, 2025

21' | Lebanon 2-0 Brunei

GOAL: SAMY MERHEJ. His 6th goal in 6 games!

Assist: Mohamad Safwan#YallaLebnen pic.twitter.com/ajqz0GjFip — FA Lebanon (@FALebanon) March 25, 2025

4' | Lebanon 1-0 Brunei

GOAL: MALEK FAKHRO
Assist: Mohamad Safwan#YallaLebnen pic.twitter.com/iGhll9FDrM — FA Lebanon (@FALebanon) March 25, 2025

End of the match between the national team of Lebanon and Brunei. The Lebanese dominated from the first minute of the match and managed to impose their superiority in the result. In the end, they got the upper hand and got off to a good start in these AFC Asian Cup qualifiers. 

GOAAAAAAAAAL FOR LEBANON. The fifth goal finally arrived for the Lebanese. Like all the match, the locals took advantage of the left flank, this time Darwiche overflowed, put the ball into the box and Fakhro pivoted for the newly entered Haidair to score into the corner. 

In the final minutes, the visiting team was encouraged to handle the ball a little more, to get into their opponents' half and to manage the match. Although it is no longer of any use, better late than never. 

Again Lebanon makes a change. At this moment the player with the #8 Ali Tneich goes out and in his place enters the #10 Mohamad Raidar. Will this player be the key to score the fifth goal that has been elusive in this second half?

Nothing changes in the match. Brunei is content not to concede any more goals while Lebanon insists on scoring a fifth goal. A great pass from Kassas and Osman's first-time shot sends the ball wide of the goal. 

BRUNEI'S GOALKEEPER MAKES A GREAT SAVE. Great individual play on the left flank by Tneich, who sends a low pass and Merheg shoots a first-time shot that the goalkeeper Nyaring saves with his right hand and clears the ball to the right side of his goal. 

The second half was fairly calm in terms of pace and scoring chances. Lebanon controlled the match and the ball while Brunei retreated and looked for a counterattack. Meanwhile, the few people attending the match, show their flags and accessories to the cameras of the match. 

Triple change in Lebanon's national team. Shour, Zein and the scorer of the last goal, Chakroun, are replaced by Budib, Kassas and Darwich. The Lebanese coach takes the opportunity to move and observe new players. 

First minutes of the second half and the Brunei team looks with more attitude, running and contesting more balls. New intensity for the visitors, who want to reduce the match so that their goal difference is not so much affected. 

The second half kicks off between Lebanon vs Brunei on Matchday 1 of the 2027 AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia qualifiers. Let's see if Lebanon keeps up the pace of the match or with the victory practically assured, they prefer to save their energy. 

End of the first half between Lebanon and Brunei with the result in favor of the locals by 4-0. A brace from Fakhro, a goal from Merheg and a fine strike from Chakroun were the decisive goals in this match. 

Three more minutes are added on in this already settled match between Lebanon and Brunei. Despite being a match with few breaks, the referee decided to add this time because just a few moments before the goalkeeper of Brunei suffered a blow and had to be treated. 

PALOOOOOOO FOR LEBANON. The fifth goal for the home team almost arrives on paper. A cross from midfielder Tneich and Colombian-Colombian striker Samy Merheg smashes the ball against the goalkeeper's right post after a strong header. Lebanon clearly superior to Brunei. 

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL FOR LEBANON. This is already a walk, the Lebanese give no respite and score the fourth goal. Osman dribbles from the outside in, eluding a couple of opponents, assists to Chakroun who faces and shoots at the near post putting the ball in the top corner. 

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL FOR LEBANON. The Lebanese give no respite and score another goal. A cross from the left, a bad save by the Brunei goalkeeper and on the rebound, Zein set up Fakhro who scored his brace in this match. 

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL FOR LEBANON. Again from the left side comes the goal after a great cross from Chakroun, but this time it is Deportivo Pereira's striker, Samy Merheg, who connects with his head. 

First yellow card of the match. Right-sided center back Shour is shown the yellow card after a hard tackle on #8 Ismail. The center back gets off cheaply, as he went to the limit in this play. 

After the goal, the Lebanese national team dominates the match and the ball. They generally attack more on their left flank and focus all their offensives on that side, taking advantage of the dribbling and speed of both their winger and left winger. 

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL FOR LEBANON. In the first clear scoring chance, the Lebanese take the lead in the match. A great left-footed cross by Chakroun put the ball on the head of striker Fakhro who scored the first goal of the match. 

The match between Lebanon vs Brunei kicks off on Matchday 1 of the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers Saudi Arabia 2027. Who will win the first ever match between these two teams? We will find out in a few moments. 

Both teams take the field for the first match of the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers road to Saudi Arabia. After the ceremonial acts in which both anthems will be sung, the referee will start this exciting match.

Both teams are in the dressing room tunnel, waiting for the referee's orders to go out onto the pitch of the Al-Wakrah Stadium in Qatar to kick off the match, which is valid for the first matchday of the qualifiers for Saudi Arabia 2027. 

After warm-up and pre-competition work, both Lebanon vs Brunei return to their dressing rooms to finish receiving final instructions for the match and get dressed in their kits for the start of the 2027 AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers.

The teams of Lebanon and Brunei take to the green turf of the Al-Wakrah Stadium for a pre-competitive workout ahead of the start of this unprecedented match between these two teams seeking to be present at the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027.

✨6️⃣ 𝗦𝗟𝗢𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘✨

The road to Saudi Arabia 2027 begins for 2️⃣4️⃣ sides as they make one final push in #ACQ2027 Matchday One!

Who will qualify?#AsianCup2027 pic.twitter.com/WR16fGVith — #AsianQualifiers (@afcasiancup) March 25, 2025

With just over 30 minutes to go until the match between Lebanon vs Brunei in the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers kicks off at the Al-Wakrah Stadium, who will win the first meeting between these two teams?

🇱🇧Lebanon vs 🇧🇳Brunei

🏆 2027 AFC Asian Cup Qualifier | MatchDay 1

🖥️ Live on MTV Facebook and MTV Youtube pic.twitter.com/gsJTDakEEm — FA Lebanon (@FALebanon) March 25, 2025

Quite cool night in Qatar city with a temperature of 64 degrees Fahrenheit,  but with a wind chill of 55 degrees Fahrenheit due to the winds in the city. At the moment, no rain is forecast for the course of the match.

🇱🇧 Lebanon Squad Announcement for the Upcoming Matches:
•March 20: Friendly vs. 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste (Doha)
•March 25: AFC Asian Cup Qualifier vs. 🇧🇳 Brunei (Doha) pic.twitter.com/s6TTxvQTAL — FA Lebanon (@FALebanon) March 11, 2025

No lineups have been confirmed at this time by any selection, we are attentive to any news to publish it as soon as possible. Mystery and unknown until the last moments before the start of the match between Lebanon vs Brunei

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Unlike their opponents, the Bruneians have not played a match during the FIFA international break. To find the last match played by Brunei, we must go back to November 11 last year, in a friendly against Russia in which they lost heavily by 11-0. 

The Lebanese kicked off this FIFA international break with a friendly match against the East Timor national team, where they beat them 4-0 with goals from Osman, Budib and a brace from Deportivo Pereira youth player Samy JR Merheg. 

This will be the first match between these two teams in history. It is an unprecedented duel, but according to the current players, history and the present, gives Lebanon as a clear favorite over Brunei, however, in life and in soccer nothing is written. 
Lebanon has qualified for the AFC Asian Cup twice in a row, being eliminated in the group stage on both occasions, while Brunei has never been to Asia's biggest stage. 

The Asian team has a date with history and that is to qualify for the Asian Cup for the first time. They will face Bhutan, Yemen and their opponent of the day, Lebanon. In order to enter this qualifying round, they had to overcome Macau in the qualifying playoffs with a 4-0 aggregate score, winning convincingly 3-0 at home and winning narrowly away. 

After failing to qualify for the North America 2026 World Cup after being eliminated in the second round in Group I alongside teams like Australia, Palestine and Bangladesh, the Lebanese national team is now focusing all its efforts on achieving a place in the next Asian Cup. 
It is in Group B of the third round along with Yemen, Bhutan and Brunei. Only the first place of the six groups will get the last places to the continental competition. 

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The match between Lebanon vs Brunei will be played at the Al-Wakrah Stadium located in the city of Al Wakrah, in the Country of Qatar. It has a capacity of 12,000 spectators and for capacity reasons, it was not chosen to host matches for the Qatar 2022 World Cup. However, it was chosen as the training ground for the English national team during the World Cup. 

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