Yemen defeats Saudi Arabia and crowns the West Asian Junior Championships

The Yemeni national team crowned the West Asian Football Federation Championship for Juniors, by defeating its Saudi host 4-3 on penalties in the final match that took place at Prince Muhammad bin Fahd Stadium today, Monday.

The original time ended with a 1-1 draw, as Muhammad Al-Barwani advanced with a goal for Yemen in the 46th minute, but Muhammad Al-Issa kidnapped the deadly equalizer for the Saudi Green in stoppage time for the match.

The two teams went to penalty kicks, which the Yemeni team settled in its favour, 4/3.

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