He continued to appear at a disappointing level and tied with Al Annabi at the end of the first round
The national team deposits "Gulf 25" with a point
Yahya Al-Ghassani controls his ball in front of the "Al-Annabi" player, Ismail Muhammad.
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Misfortune combined with the disappointing and modest performance, and the misreading of Argentine coach Rodolfo Aruabarrena, in the team's loss of the opportunity to qualify for the second round of the Gulf Football Cup "Gulf 25", with a 1-1 draw yesterday evening, against its opponent, the Qatari national team, in the match that was held on Al-Mina Stadium in the Iraqi city of Basra, where 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 national team players was also one of the main factors in the disappointing result, as the “white” did not maintain a single and consistent performance during the confrontation, and the level was sometimes high, but it soon fell after that, while coach Arwabarina also paid the price. Failure to pay from the start striker Sebastian Tigali and Ali Saleh.
The national team was the best party during the first half, thanks to the offensive style it followed and the participation of Fabio Lima as a mainstay from the start, which imposed a continuous siege on the Qatari national team's defense, and Al-Abyad launched a series of continuous attacks, but it did not rise to the level of danger to threaten goalkeeper Mishaal Barshim and snatch the lead. And relax the nerves.
With the passage of time, the team found itself required to balance between attack and defense, after the cohesion of the "Al-Annabi" players who made some offensive attempts, which imposed a new reality on the match, with which the importance of controlling the midfield area emerged, which witnessed strong competition between the two sides of the confrontation, which is what Reduce the number of attack sorties for "White".
The performance of the national team's players declined with the final minutes of the first half, which allowed "Al-Annabi" to launch dangerous attacks against goalkeeper Khaled Issa, but the latter saved one of them while the other slightly lifted the post, so the two sides went to a break between the two halves, tied negatively.
With the start of the second half, Al-Abyad presented a good level compared to the first, as he hit the first dangerous ball of the match against Meshaal Barshim in the 54th minute by Yahya Al-Ghassani from a closed angle, but it was a real warning on the part of the team in its ability to make more dangerous attacking attempts.
With the progression of time, the national team players realized the necessity of abandoning their defensive areas, which gave them a penalty kick when defender Walid Abbas was subjected to a violation inside the Qatar penalty area, which Amr Siraj committed with him, but striker Caio Canedo missed it after it collided with the left post of goalkeeper Mishaal Barshim.
It seemed clear that the players were affected by not investing the penalty kick by scoring a goal, and this was reflected in Cayo Canedo, who took upon himself the task of compensation, as he penetrated into the penalty area before sending a typical ball to his colleague Fabio Lima, who succeeded in converting it into the net with one touch to put the “white” in it. ahead in the 77th minute.
While the national team was on the right path to achieve what it had and was waiting for a gift from the other match that was held at the same time between Bahrain and Kuwait, it conceded the equalizing goal in the 88th minute by substitute Tamim Mansour, who benefited from a mistake in positioning the defense line to end the dreams of the "white".
• Bad luck combined with the modest performance and defense errors, the absence of offensive effectiveness, and the misreading of the Argentine coach Aruabarrena in the early farewell of the national team to the 25th Gulf Cup from the first round.
Bahrain draws with Kuwait and sets a date with Oman in the semi-finals
The Bahraini national team advanced to the semi-finals of the "Gulf 25", leading the second group, with a 1-1 draw against its Kuwaiti rival, in the match that was held yesterday, at the Basra International Stadium, to set a date with its Omani counterpart in the golden square, while Qatar qualified to face Iraq, the "host". ».
The players of the Bahraini national team were desperate during the confrontation in order to preserve the qualification card in order to avoid surprises, and the goal of progress scored by Mahdi Faisal in the 26th minute was a great moral boost, especially since the goal relieved the nerves of the “Al-Ahmar” players, but that did not last long, as Shabib Al-Khalidi scored a goal Kuwait equalized in the 45th minute, and the match flared up again, but things continued as they were until the end of the match with a tie that gave Bahrain the qualification card.
Semi-final «Gulf 25»
• Iraq - Qatar 17:15
• Bahrain - Oman 21:15
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