Talent mine

Hussein Al Shaibani

January 05, 2023

The Gulf Cup championship has firmly imposed itself on the Arab arena since its inception in 1970 in Bahrain, not only due to the strength of competition between the participating teams and their eagerness to win the title, but also because it is the birthplace of many stars from various teams.

For more than four decades in which the Gulf Cup tournaments were held, during which great stars emerged, this tournament was a secret in their brilliance and the fans’ knowledge of them. Since its inception, officials have been keen to honor the winners of the title of best player and best goalkeeper instead of being content with the title of top scorer.

The Gulf tournaments were the gateway for the national teams to the World Cup finals, similar to the Kuwaiti national team that qualified for the 1982 World Cup in Spain as the first Gulf national team, and also won the 1980 Asian Cup title. The Lions of Mesopotamia also made a great history in the Gulf tournaments and reached the summit by reaching the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. And winning the 2007 Asian Cup.

As for the UAE national team, which starred in many tournaments in the history of the Gulf Cup, it presented many generations whose names were written in letters of gold, and entered history through the wide door by reaching the 1990 World Cup finals in Italy, and was runner-up for the 1996 Asian Cup champion, while the Saudi green is the permanent representative of the countries The Gulf in the World Cup, it shone and rose to the pinnacle of glory by qualifying for the World Cup finals six times 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018 and 2022, and finally achieved the historic victory over the world champion Argentina in the World Cup Qatar 2022, and also achieved the 1984, 1988 and 1996 Asian Cups, while the Qatar national team The creator of his organization and participation in the 2022 World Cup, he won the 2019 Asian Cup, and at the level of the brilliant teams of Bahrain and Oman in their victory in the Gulf Cup, names appeared, faces shone, and talents shined, because the Gulf championships have always been the first stop for exceptional talents.

Above the stage of the Gulf Championship, we watched the most beautiful performances of long-lived talents, and still are, and have written the most wonderful achievements with their country for years and years.

This is how we returned to the ancient tournament in the years of the beautiful time, when many talented people came out of the folds of the Gulf event, and the Gulf Cup was for them the birth of a star shining in the sky of the game, and many names shone in an atmosphere that was always characterized by clubs, enthusiasm, suspense and excitement.

The future of Gulf football depends mainly on making the most of the talents that appear on the scene so that the Gulf football stadiums return to the birth of stars as they were in the bright periods and beautiful times, and we may witness the birth of talented players from our national team, the trio fought Abdullah Suhail, Ali Saleh and Abdullah Ramadan in «Gulf 25».

• The future of Gulf football depends mainly on making the most of the talents that appear on the scene.

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