Al -Abyad concludes his “friendliness” with a moral victory over Bahrain in preparation for the World Cup supplement

The UAE national football team made an important step on the path of preparations for the Asian qualifiers to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, after achieving a moral victory over its Bahraini counterpart with a clean goal, in the friendly meeting that brought them together this evening at Al -Wasl Stadium in Zabeel, amid a remarkable technical presence represented in the follow -up of the Qatar national team coach, the Spanish Gulin Lopetegui and his technical staff, in the framework of the white monitoring before the upcoming confrontation between the two teams on 14 Next October.

The match came in its beginning with a relative advantage for Bahrain, which threatened the Emirati goal with a powerful shot from Ali cities in the fourth minute, but goalkeeper Khaled Issa tackled it brilliantly and turned it into a corner.
Minutes later, Al -Abyad began to impose his gradual presence on the field, through repeated offensive attempts led by Yahya Al -Ghassani and Logan Pereira.
Pereira succeeded in the 24th minute of translating the preference of Al -Abyad, after a perfect pass from Nicholas Jimenez, after which he was alone in the Bahraini goal and settled the ball in a wonderful way over the goalkeeper, recording the only goal of the match.
The Bahraini team almost equalized the result before the break, had it not been for the vigilance of Khaled Issa, who kept a very dangerous ball after an unsuccessful intervention from Meloni.
In the second half, the rhythm declined relatively, as Al -Abyad was unable to maintain the pattern of the first half, while Al -Ahmar was satisfied with limited attempts that did not pose a real threat to the Emirati goal. Abdullah Ramadan wasted the most prominent opportunities to promote progress from a fixed kick on the crossbar.
The danger of Bahrain appeared in the last three minutes of a header played by Mohammed Maroun, ensuring that the one who tackled it to remain enough to resolve the confrontation in favor of the UAE team.