The national football team achieved an easy victory over its Yemeni team with three clean goals during the match between the two teams the day before yesterday at Abdullah bin Khalifa stadium at Al Duhail club in the beginning of the matches of the Gulf Cup "24" held in Doha, leading the national team standings Group A has a goal difference from the Iraqi team, which in turn beat the Qatari team 2-2 in the first set.

The big win marked a good start for the national team at the tournament, and the players, especially the new faces emerged homogeneously and understandably in the three lines, despite the short preparation period for the tournament in which the team is looking for its third title after winning it twice in 2007 and 2013.

The team also scored the tournament's top scorer through striker Ali Mabkhout with three goals, followed by the Iraqi team with two goals, while the team seeks during the upcoming confrontation, which gathers with the Iraqi team on Friday to isolate the lead and raise the tally to six points.

The striker Ali Mabkhout, who scored the first "hat-trick" in this tournament formed a mutual understanding with team-mate Bandar Al-Ahbabi, who played a major role in making three goals in the Yemeni goal, along with rising player Ali Saleh, who played a major role after entering the second half.

Dutch coach Bert van Marwijk ventured into a number of young players in the starting line-up, with the exception of Hamdan Al Kamali, Yousef Jaber, Ali Mabkhout, Bandar Al Ahbabi and Tariq Ahmed, the squad included young players.

Goalkeeper Mohammed Al Shamsi played his role well, although his goal was not tested because of Yemen's poor attack.

Despite the lack of a group of senior players, including Omar Abdul Rahman, who was excluded from the national team before traveling to the championship, but the young elements paid by the coaching staff proved their presence in their first appearance in the Gulf Cup, as the Dutch national coach Van Bert Marwijk squad included A large group of young players, including four players from the Olympic team are Abdullah Ramadan, Jassim Yacoub, Khalifa Al Hammadi and Ali Saleh.

Goalkeeper Mohammed Al Shamsi played his role well, although his goal was not tested because of Yemen's poor attack.

The matches of the Gulf championship will be held with the participation of eight teams divided into two groups.