Summary
On a day that promised so much for a budding Cedars side, it was instead disaster that reigned as Lebanon were stunned by a late Youssef Nasser goal in a 1-0 defeat to Kuwait in their opening Group G World Cup qualifier Thursday.
The road to Russia may have begun Thursday, but Lebanon will now be tasked with scaling a mountain if they are to repeat the feat of 2012 when they entered the final phase of World Cup qualification for the very first time.
It was instead Kuwait who were the more assured side in the early exchanges, threatening Lebanon's goal with a third minute header that flashed past Hasan's left-hand post.
Kuwait continued to build on their auspicious start, with Ali al-Maqseed firing low at Hasan, who spilt the ball before gathering at the second attempt.
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