Vice President of the Emirates Football Association, Obaid Salem Al Shamsi, confirmed that the atmosphere of “Gulf 26”, hosted by Kuwait, was beautiful and fraternal, noting that Kuwait excelled in organizing the tournament.
Al Shamsi told Emirates Today: “We hope that this gathering and this tournament will continue because of its importance to the Gulf teams and in developing players, and it also shows the wonderful organizational aspects of all our Gulf teams.”
Al Shamsi spoke about the national team’s participation in the tournament, and said: “Al-Abyad performed well in the first two matches, but did not succeed in achieving victory,” noting that in the second match, the match referee was unsuccessful in some decisions that affected the outcome of the match, including the case of The expulsion suffered by national team defender Kwame.
He added: “We issued a statement in this regard in order to ensure the continuation of the tournament and for the refereeing to appear good. We hope that the technical committee of the tournament will take this aspect into account because we are all keen for the refereeing performance to keep pace with the performance of the teams and the development of Gulf football.”
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