Olympic kick off the international championship by beating Kuwait

The Olympic team beat Kuwait 2-1 in a match at the Diab Awana Stadium in the Dubai Football Federation (UIA) at the opening of the International Football Association's quadripartite World Cup qualifiers as part of their preparations for the AFC U-23 World Cup qualifiers. , And qualifying for the Olympic Games scheduled for the Japanese capital Tokyo 2020, which begins in March. The Olympic team will play their second match against Uzbekistan on Wednesday.

The match was a good test for the team, with coach Massig Scorza giving the opportunity to a large number of players to participate and stand on their technical levels. Al-Nubian added the second goal with a powerful shot and Kuwait scored their only goal from a penalty kick by Fawaz Al-Otaibi (93).

The coach tested 18 players during the game, and also involved a group of young players who recently participated in the Asian Cup.

During the game, the team performed well during the two-half period, especially in the first half, during which the control was imposed on the field, although the Kuwaiti team was a strong nudge, as the Olympic white started the game with intensive attempts on the goal of Kuwait resulted in scoring the first goal through the player Ahmed Amer (5), and gave this goal a great moral boost to the players of the national team.

In the second half, the team continued to excel in the game and pressed hard on the front of the Kuwaiti team, so Khalfan Nubi could score the second goal of a quick attack (84), before the Kuwaiti team to reduce the difference with a penalty kick by referee Abdullah Naji, Fawaz Al Otaibi scored the only goal of Kuwait.

Team manager Gamal Bouhandi described the match as a good experience for the team because the coach involved a large number of new players, with the exception of Abdullah Juma, the only former player to play for the Olympic team. .

"There are new additions in Al-Abyad, although he lacks some of the elements he is currently playing with the first team, such as Majid Sorour, goalkeeper Mohammed Hassan Al Shamsi, Ahmed Rashid and Zayed Al Abedi. If they return to the Olympic, they will make the difference," Buhandi said in a press statement after the match. Buhandi pointed out that most of the existing elements do not play in the first team with their teams in addition to the absence of the element of homogeneity. "A group of young players has been stepped up for their experience with the Olympic team."