Classic Qualifiers: Saudi Arabia v Bahrain, 2009

Thu, 28 Oct, 2021

Classic Qualifiers: Saudi Arabia v Bahrain, 2009

Kuala Lumpur: As the countdown to Wednesday’s Asian Qualifiers draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup China 2023 continues, the-AFC.com takes a look back at another great qualifying match of the past.

Few qualifiers in history have produced the drama seen in the World Cup qualifying play-off between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in September 2009, where it took until the final seconds to decide the final Asian playoff.

www.the-afc.com/en/more/photo/milan_mačala-bahrain2007-afp_2.html

www.the-afc.com/en/more/photo/bahrain-saudi_arabia5-wc2010-afp_1.html

www.the-afc.com/en/more/photo/ismael_abdullatif-bahrain-afp_1.html

www.the-afc.com/en/more/photo/syria-saudi-asian_cup_2011-afp.html