Al rawabdeh

San Francisco Bay Area Stadium: Jordan midfielder Noor Al Rawabdeh believes his side can take valuable lessons from their historic FIFA World Cup debut despite suffering a 3-1 defeat to Austria in their Group J opener at the San Francisco Bay Area Stadium on Wednesday.

Making their first-ever appearance at the FIFA World Cup, Jordan matched Austria for long spells and were level at 1-1 until an unfortunate own goal in the 76th minute swung the contest in favour of the Europeans. Austria later added a penalty to secure victory, although the final scoreline did not fully reflect Jordan's competitive display.

Jordan created several chances throughout the match and celebrated a historic moment when Ali Olwan scored the nation's first-ever World Cup goal. The strike came after Al Rawabdeh threaded a perfectly weighted pass through the Austrian defence to set up the equaliser.