The positive draw was decided 1-1 as a result of the matches of the UAE with Qatar and Kuwait with Oman, at the opening of the first group matches of the 26th Gulf Championship, whose competitions officially opened on Saturday.
This result sparked the second round matches, in which Al-Abyad will meet Kuwait, the host and the public, at 9:30 on Tuesday evening, preceded by Qatar’s match with Oman, so that all possibilities remain wide open for the two teams that qualify for the semi-finals, from the first group.
History refused to turn its pages in the confrontations that brought together Al-Abyad and Al-Anabi in the Gulf Cup championships, as there were draws in the four meetings in which they met on Kuwaiti soil.
Al-Abyad played with Qatar in 20 previous matches in the Gulf Cup tournaments before the meeting that brought them together on Saturday evening. Al-Abyad won five matches, compared to eight victories for Qatar, and they tied seven times, rising to eight in yesterday’s match.
History repeated its memories with the opening matches, in which the hosts were unable to achieve any victory, and the knot continued for the 14th consecutive round, after Al-Azraq failed to maintain its lead against Oman with a goal scored by Youssef Nasser in the 34th minute, then the Oman national team equalized with a goal by Issam Al-Subhi in the 42nd minute. .
Thus, the Kuwaiti national team failed to break another historical knot, as it has not achieved a victory over its Omani counterpart in 26 years, since winning 5-1 in the 14th Gulf Championship.
The strange thing is that the four goals that came in the two matches of the first round of the first group all came in the first half, without the second half witnessing any goals.
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