The Bahraini national team won the “Gulf 26” championship title for the second time in its history after defeating its Omani counterpart, 2-1, today, Saturday, in the final match at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait.
The Bahraini Red waited 21 years to defeat his Omani counterpart, who had not known the taste of victory over him in eight consecutive matches in the Gulf Cup tournaments, specifically since the 17th edition.
The Omani team was the first to score through its player, Abdul Rahman Al-Mushaifri (17), which was the goal that ended the first half.
The Bahrain national team was able to turn the score around in the second period after Jassim Marhoon managed to equalize from a penalty kick (78), before adding the winning goal from friendly fire scored by the captain of the Omani team, Mohammed Al Musalmi, by mistake in his own net (80).
In detail, the match was enthusiastic and exciting, as the advantage at the beginning went to the Bahraini team, which rushed to attack from the first minute, and had a golden opportunity to advance when Mohammed Al-Rumaihi distributed a cross that went past the defenders and goalkeeper Fayez Al-Rashidi to reach Mahdi Al-Humaidan and he shot while the goal was wide open. But he played the ball very strangely off the field.
The Bahraini national team had another opportunity through a missile shot from outside the box fired by Mohammed Marhoon, and Fayez Al-Rashidi turned it into a corner kick.
The result was against the trend of play, as the Omani team was able to score the first goal, when Abdul Rahman Al Mushafri rose to Ali Al Busaidi’s corner, and deposited it with his head to the left of the Bahraini goalkeeper.
The Omani Red knew how the match would go after this goal, so it relied on transitions, which posed a threat to Bahrain’s goal, as Abdul Rahman Al-Mushaifri missed the opportunity to add a goal after a cross ball from Al-Busaidi, which bounced off the goalkeeper and the post to a corner that was not exploited after that.
The Bahraini pressure continued until a penalty kick was awarded, awarded by the match’s referee, Abdul Rahman Al-Jassem, after Jassim Marhoon was obstructed by Jamil Al-Yahmadi. “Marhoon” jumped in and executed it to the right of the goalkeeper.
Bahrain continued its push, and was able to turn the score against the Oman national team thanks to Jassim Marhoon, who penetrated from the left side and distributed a cross ball that hit the foot of defender Mohammed Al-Musalmi and changed direction to land in the net.
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