Oman to compensate in the face of Qatar in the Arab Cup
Bahrain and Iraq in the "last chance" dialogue today
Iraq avoided losing in the Amman match in the 98th minute. AFP
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The wheel of the Arab Football Cup returns in its tenth edition today, after the rest day yesterday, with the matches of the second round, as the Qatari owners of the land seek to resolve early qualification against Oman, and Iraq, the four-time champion, to achieve a victory against Bahrain, which is seeking to return in the first group, where This match is practically the last chance for both teams. In the second, Syria will be facing a difficult task in front of Tunisia to avoid an early exit, similar to Mauritania facing the UAE. The first round witnessed eight matches, which showed technical differences, with great results, such as Tunisia against Mauritania (5-1), Algeria and Morocco with two clean fours against Sudan and Palestine, respectively.
After losing the opening against Qatar with a clean goal, Bahrain will have an uneasy task to maintain its chances of crossing into the playoffs, in front of Iraq, which is seeking in turn to make up for its stumble against Oman, when it snatched the equalizer with a penalty kick in the 98th minute. The Bahraini press considered that the loss of "Al-Ahmar". In front of Annabi was not worthy, and that the Qatari goal was one slip.
The Bahrainis confirm that they will fight against Iraq before confronting Oman to extract the transit card.
Bahrain coach, Helio Sousa, said: “The players are doing an excellent and tremendous effort, and this motivates us and motivates us to perform better.
We came here to improve our ranking against the teams, and we must show our best to approach the second round.”
After the show, which was the hero of the Montenegrin coach Jeliko Petrovich, when he stormed the field to prevent his player Ayman Hussein from retaking a penalty kick he missed before he apologized for him in the dressing room, the "Lions of Mesopotamia" will be facing a difficult test.
"This match is difficult, because there are a lot of players of high quality," Petrovich said, during a press conference on the eve of the match.
Jordan coach: We missed a big victory against the "Saudi Green"
The coach of the Jordanian national team, Iraqi Adnan Hamad, lamented the outcome of the Saudi match, despite the 1-0 victory.
He stressed in a press statement that the match was not easy, and that he was happy with the players' performance, especially as he got three points from a big team like Saudi Arabia.
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