The national team bid farewell to the "Gulf 25" early after a disappointing level... and Bahrain and Qatar qualified

The misfortune combined with the disappointing and modest performance, and the misreading of the Argentine coach Rodolfo Aruabarrena, resulted in the national team losing the opportunity to qualify for the second round of the Gulf Football Cup “Gulf 25”, with a 1-1 draw this evening against its rival Qatar in the match that was held at Al-Mina Stadium. In the Iraqi city of Basra, as Caio Canedo missed a penalty kick, while the second match between Bahrain and Kuwait also ended in a 1-1 draw, in which the team's hopes were hanging in the victory of "Al-Ahmar" over Kuwait.

In addition to bad luck, the fluctuating performance of the players was also one of the main factors, as the team did not maintain one performance during the confrontation, as the level was high, but it soon fell after that, while coach Arubarina also paid the price for not paying striker Sebastian Tigali from the start and relying on Fabio Lima, who He missed the first and second rounds due to injury.

Fabio Lima scored the national team's goal in the 77th minute, then Mansour Al-Abdullah scored for Qatar in the 88th minute, so that the Qatari team booked the pass to the semi-finals, and accompanied Bahrain, who tied with Kuwait in a second match, where Mahdi Faisal scored for Al-Azraq in the 26th minute, then Adel Shabib Al-Khalidi Kuwait in the 46th minute. Bahrain topped Group Two with seven points, compared to four points for Qatar, with a goal difference from Kuwait, and Al-Abyad with only one point.

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