The Jordan national football team lost to Austria 3-1 in their first match in the World Cup finals. Ali Alwan scored Jordan's historic goal, while Romano Schmid and Marco Arnautovic scored for Austria, and Yazen Arab scored an own goal. Jamal Salami said that there are big differences between the two teams, pointing out that Austrian players have a lot of experience in European tournaments. Salami added that the Jordanian team started the first half well, but their opponent was organized. The team corrected some things between the halves and scored the equalizer, but Austria took advantage of a corner and a penalty to win. Ali Alwan said that this is an undeserved loss, pointing out that the Jordanian team is raising its head after this loss. Alwan added that his feeling of scoring is indescribable, but his feelings are contradictory because of the loss. Musa Al-Taamari appeared sad after the match, saying that he wishes he could have done better in the next match.