The national team’s match with Kuwait… “The key to the title”

The national team will enter into a decisive confrontation when it meets its Kuwaiti counterpart in the second round of the first group matches of the Gulf Cup, at 21:30 pm at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, as “Al-Abyad” asks to obtain the key to competing for the title through a historical paradox that opens the door to… Winning the cup for the third time in its history.

“Al-Abyad” won the Gulf Cup title twice, in 2007 and 2013, and the irony is that both times it defeated Kuwait, the historical champion of the Gulf Championship with 10 titles, as the team won the “Gulf 18” edition by three goals to two in the third round of the group stage after a historic match. Ismail Matar decided it with the winning goal in the fatal time, before continuing his journey towards the first title in its history by defeating Saudi Arabia in the semi-finals and then Oman in the final.

The same scene was repeated in “Khaleeji 21” when “White” achieved victory over “Blue” in the semi-final in the same way when Ahmed Khalil scored the victory goal in the fatal time one minute before the end of the match, so that the team qualified for the final and then defeated Iraq (2-1). ), and won the title for the second time in its history.

The team enters the match with the aim of achieving victory, after drawing in the first round against its Qatari counterpart (1-1), relying on stars such as Fabio Lima, Yahya Al-Ghassani and the rest of the stars.

During the training sessions that followed the team’s match against Al-Anabi, Portuguese coach Paulo Bento focused on avoiding negative control of the ball in the midfield, and stressed building direct attacks on the goal and creating opportunities more effectively, especially since the team had a great advantage against the Qatar team, but He did not translate it into goals to win the match.

For its part, the Kuwaiti national team depends on its stadium and its fans, as it seeks not to repeat the scenario of its match in the first round, which ended in a draw against the Oman national team (1-1), with each team obtaining one point, and the home team enters the match with the aim of confirming its superiority over the “white” team. When it was defeated in the last edition by “Gulf 25” in Iraq, with an unanswered goal scored by Ahmed Al-Dhafiri in the fatal hour of the match.

. “White” and “Blue” ended the first round in draws with Qatar and Oman respectively.