The Qatari and Omani teams are seeking to get close to qualifying for the “Gulf 26” semi-finals, when they meet at 6:25 pm today at Jaber Al-Mubarak Stadium, in the second round of the first group matches.
The circumstances of the two teams are similar, after “Al-Ahmar” tied at the opening of the tournament with the home team, the Kuwaiti team, with a goal each, and “Al-Anabi” tied with the UAE team with the same score, leaving the four teams equal with one point for each team.
Al-Annabi is betting on its historical superiority over Al-Ahmar, as the Qatari team has not lost to its rival in more than 15 years, when the Omani team won with an unanswered goal in the semi-final of “Gulf 19” on January 14, 2009, while the two teams played after that. 10 matches, during which “Al-Annabi” won five matches, and tied the same number of matches.
The Qatar national team is associated with a beautiful memory through its last confrontation with the Omani national team in the Gulf Cup, where they played in the semi-finals of the 2014 edition in Saudi Arabia, and Al-Anabi won by three goals to one, before winning the title at the expense of the home team in the final, which is the last. A title achieved by the team that has three titles to its credit.
For its part, the Omani national team is going into the match in high spirits after playing a strong match in the opening match against its Kuwaiti counterpart, where “Al-Ahmar” was closest to winning, but obtaining a point is considered a good result against the host team.
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