With the goal of Ayman Hussein.. “Lions of Mesopotamia” roars against Yemen

The Iraqi national football team began its defense campaign for the Gulf Cup title with a difficult victory over its Yemeni counterpart with an unanswered goal, today, Sunday, at the opening of the second group matches of the “Gulf 26” currently being held in Kuwait.
The “Lions of Mesopotamia” waited until the 64th minute, for its attacker, Ayman Hussein, to score the only goal of the match after he rose to Amjad Atwan’s cross and headed it to the left of the Yemeni goalkeeper.
The Iraqi team controlled the course of play from the beginning, but found great difficulties in penetrating the organized defense of the Yemeni team, which played on counterattacks, which posed danger at times. The most prominent attempt was from a solo attempt by striker Omar Al-Dahhi, but he ended the attempt with a “stray” shot. Away from goal.
The Al-Rafidain Lions began the match with offensive attempts, but they did not rise to the level of seriousness, until the 18th minute, when Ibrahim Bayesh shot a shot from outside the box, which went off the post before landing outside the field.
The Yemeni defense was brave in blocking Ayman Hussein’s shot, which he fired while he was a few steps from the goal, so the game eventually turned into a corner kick.
The situation did not change much in the second half from the previous one, during which the Iraqi team intensified its attacking attempts, and had the closest chance of the match to score, when Ali Jassim received a pass inside the box in the absence of the first Yemeni defender, and he shot it in a difficult place in the goal, but goalkeeper Muhammad Aman shone. In deflecting the ball to a corner.