National team player Fabio Lima brought back a sad memory of Al-Abyad’s participation in the Gulf Cup football tournaments, after he missed a penalty kick in the fatal time during the team’s match against Oman, the day before yesterday, in the third round of the first group matches, making the team bid an early farewell to the tournament. From the group stage.
Lima missed a penalty kick in the sixth minute of stoppage time, which was enough to give the “Whites” the ticket to qualify for the semi-finals, but he strangely shot the ball into the body of goalkeeper Ibrahim Al-Mukhaini, ending the match in a 1-1 draw, and the team’s balance stopped at two points in third place.
The Lima scene brought back memories of “Gulf 23” in 2018, when former national team star Omar Abdul Rahman (Amouri) missed a decisive penalty kick that almost gave the team the title for the third time in its history. Ironically, the tournament was also held on Kuwaiti soil, and in front of the Oman national team.
“Al-Ahmar” goalkeeper Fayez Al-Rashidi saved a penalty kick taken by “Amouri” in the 89th minute of the final match, ending the match in a goalless draw between the two teams, and the Oman national team prevailed on penalties, after Omar Abdul Rahman again missed the final penalty kick.
The team continued its negative record in the Gulf Cup tournaments, after failing to regain the memory of victories since its last victory in the 2019 edition (Gulf 24) in Bahrain, when it defeated Yemen 3-0 on November 26, 2019, before playing eight matches without achieving any victory. By losing to Iraq 0-2, and to Qatar 2-4. In “Gulf 25” in Iraq, “Al-Abyad” lost to Bahrain 1-2, and to Kuwait 0-1, and tied with Qatar 1-1. As for the current version, it repeated the same result with “Al-Annabi”, then lost to Kuwait 1-2, and finally Draw against Oman 1-1.
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