Our team said goodbye to the Gulf 25 competition, losing to their Omani counterpart with a score of 2:1 in the third round match of the group stage, which took place on Thursday evening at the Al-Mina Stadium. defeated the Yemen national team with a difference of five clean goals, which allowed the teams of Iraq and Oman to reach the next round in the first group, and Al-Akhdar, along with the Yemen national team, said goodbye to the tournament.
The first half started with clean possession for Al-Akhdar, who are counting on a win to qualify, unlike the Oman team who play with two chances to draw or win.
Saad Al-Shehri entered differently than in the previous two matches, as he changed some elements in the squad, and after 5 minutes our coach made a forced substitution after the release of Kasem Lagami and the entry of Hassan Sabani. In the first half, there was no real threat from both teams, despite full possession of the ball by Al-Akhdar.
And in the 34th minute, Al-Mundhir Al-Alawi scored the first goal of Oman from a roundhouse attack, against the backdrop of the inattention of the Saudi heart of the defense. This goal increased the determination of our players to level the score, which was achieved in the 41st minute.
The Saudi pressure continued and in the 44th minute, Muhammad Maran almost scored the second goal with a powerful shot from outside the penalty area, but Oman goalkeeper Muhammad Al-Muhaini brilliantly blocked it. Again, the first half ended in a draw. , with a goal for each team.
With the beginning of the second half, Saad Al Shehri entered with the same elements as in the first half, and our team continued to press, and the mobile Turki Al-Ammar almost added a penalty early, but his ball went further to the post.
Samihan Al-Nabit repeated the threat to the Oman goal, but Al-Muhaini almost saved the ball.
The indicators of our team have relatively decreased, while the level of performance of the Oman team has increased.
In the middle of this half, in the 78th minute, Ahmed Al-Ghamdi almost scored a progress goal, and Al-Muhaini also shone and intercepted the ball from Al-Ghamdi, and a minute later Muhammad Maran got up from the corner with a difficult header on Al-Muhaini , but the goalkeeper continued his game.
In the 83rd minute, Omani international Harib Al-Saadi delivered a powerful shot against Nawaf Al-Aqidi as the second goal, which made it difficult for Saudi Arabia to qualify for the second round.
Referee Ning Ma added 5 minutes of added time, during which the course of the match did not change, and ended with the victory of the Omani team with a score of 2: 1 and advancement to the second round, and our team left the group stage with one win and two losses.
