Al-Abyad leads with a goal ... and loses by the 3 friendly
Wholesale mistakes for the national defense during 11 minutes against Bahrain
The Lima national team player rushes towards Bahrain's goal in search of a goal.
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Pinto made several substitutions in the second half.
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The national football team lost to its Bahraini counterpart 1-3, yesterday, in their friendly match at Zabeel Stadium in Al Wasl Club, as part of the team's preparations for its remaining matches in the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup finals and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup.
Although the national team was ahead with a goal without responding in the first half, it did not maintain its lead due to the continued fatal defensive mistakes that caused the three Bahraini goals, after the Bahrain team turned their delay in the match into a victory.
Al-Abyadh collapsed in 11 minutes, and saw three goals in a row.
The match comes at the conclusion of the internal camp of the national team in Dubai, which began on the ninth of this month, and it is the third friendly experience in the era of Colombian coach Jorge Luis Pinto, after his previous two matches against Uzbekistan (1-3) and Tajikistan (3-2).
The team took the lead in the match, which ended the first half through Caio Canedo «33» from a quick attack led at the beginning by Abdullah Ramadan to reach Ali Mabkhout, who in turn passed it to Caio, scoring his first goal with the White since he finally joined him, while he succeeded The Bahraini national team scored the equalizing goal from a penalty kick by Mohammed Marhoon (75), which was caused by the substitute player Tigali.
The Bahraini national team, which appeared relatively better offensive and the most at the goal, took advantage of the White House, who initially relied on counter-attacks, before his performance gradually improved.
Al-Abyadh suffered, during the beginning of the first half, some individual defensive lapses, especially on the right side through Mahmoud Khamis. The Bahraini team, led by Muhammad Al-Rumaihi, tried to exploit it by reaching the goalkeeper Khaled Issa.
The main lineup of the national team witnessed slight changes from the one in the previous match against Tajikistan, with the participation of goalkeeper Khaled Issa as a substitute for his colleague Ali Khasif, who participated in the previous match, as well as the left-back Muhammad Fawzi as a substitute for Abdulaziz Heikal, in addition to the participation of Youssef Jaber, who wears the captain's armband in the stadium. In addition to the caliph of Al-Hammadi and Mahmoud Khamis, and in the center is Ali Salmin and Bandar Al-Ahbabi, Abdullah Ramadan and Fabio de Lima, and in the front line Caio Canedo and Ali Mabkhout.
During the last minutes of the first half, during which he performed well, Al-Abyadh led repeated attacking attempts to score his second goal against Bahrain, after advancing with Caio’s goal.
The performance of the national team improved, during the last part of the first half, through the understanding between the players, especially in the midfield and offense lines, as well as the cohesion of defense and behind him goalkeeper Khaled Issa.
Bahrain goalkeeper Sayed Jaafar saved his goal from a verified goal from Mabkhout's shot "41", and Mabkhout repeated his attempt, "44", with a header that went past the goal.
In the second half, coach Pinto made changes in the national team, with the entry of Sebastian Tigali and Ali Salih, two substitutes for Mkhut and Caillou, who was complaining of injury.
The Bahraini team pressed, during the last minutes, to try to reach the white goal, taking advantage of the retreat of the national team.
The national team missed an opportunity to achieve a goal in front of Bahrain's goal, through Tigali and Lima (86), from a quick attack.
Pinto brought Tigali and Ali Saleh to two substitutes for Mkhoot and Kayo, in the second half.
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