Reda Saleem (Dubai)
The Qatar national team achieved its first victory in the “Gulf 25”, after beating the Kuwaiti counterpart 2-0, in the match played at the Olympic Port Stadium, in the first round of the second group, and the goals were scored by Amr Siraj and Ahmed Alaa.
Qatar occupies the top of the group with 3 points, with a goal difference from Bahrain, while our national team and Kuwait finish in third and fourth place without balance, and the “White” meets the Kuwaiti “Blue” in the second round, and Qatar with Bahrain next Tuesday in the same stadium.
The confrontation was equal between the two teams and randomness appeared in the game, but Qatar began to control the course of the game and launched attacks on Al-Azraq’s goal, and Suleiman Abdul Ghafour, the Kuwaiti goalkeeper, was from faced with so many balls.
Amr Siraj managed to score the first goal for Qatar in the 23rd minute, and control led to Ahmed Alaa’s second goal from a penalty kick in the 38th minute. opposing penalty, the first half ends with Al Annabi advancing with two goals.
The Kuwaiti players tried to get back into the game, and the front row ran through wasting easy chances, especially Faisal Zayed and Eid Al-Rashidi, whose shots endangered goalkeeper Meshaal Barshim’s goal, and control failed to translate chances into goals, and “Al-Azraq” deserves the title of champion of missed chances. The match ended with Qatar winning by two goals.
