The Kuwait national team faces the risk of early exit from the Gulf Football Cup, which it is hosting until next January 3, when it meets the Qatar national team today at 6:30 pm at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium, in the third round of the first group matches.
Although “Al-Azraq” leads the standings with four points, equal to the same score with the Oman national team, “the 14-year crisis raises the concern of the landowner, as it has not achieved any victory over (Al-Anabi) since its victory in Gulf 20 in Yemen with an unanswered goal on November 22, 2010.” The irony is that Youssef Nasser scored the winning goal for (Blue), as the 34-year-old player is participating with the team in the current edition, and he scored a goal against Oman national team in the first round.
On the other hand, the Qatar national team achieved victory in its last five confrontations with its Kuwaiti counterpart, namely 3-0 in the 2011 Asian Nations Cup, the same result in the 2014 West Asian Federation Championship, two unanswered goals in the “Gulf 25” in Iraq, and finally winning twice in the tournament. The Asian continent qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup last March, beating them 3-0 in Doha and 2-1 in Kuwait.
A win or a draw is enough for “Blue” to guarantee qualification to the semi-finals, while “Al-Anabi” has no alternative but to achieve victory by a difference of two goals to ensure direct qualification to the semi-finals, or to win by a goal difference and wait for the result of the UAE match with Oman, and its impact on the final group standings table.
The Kuwaiti national team is betting on the large crowd attendance, after the local Football Association announced that tickets for the stadium, which can accommodate 60,000 spectators, are sold out. The crowd played a major role in the important victory the team achieved over Al-Abyad in the last round, despite the great superiority of the UAE national team throughout the course of the tournament. The meeting.
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