Goals and meetings: Iraq 3-2 Oman in the Gulf Cup final 2023 | 01/19/2023
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The Iraqi national team takes home the trophy and wins the Gulf Cup after 34 years.
Iraq GOOOOOOOOOL! GOOOOOLOL who avoids penalties! The title is GOOOOOOL!
OMAN GOOOOOOOOOL! GOOOOOOL to go to penalties!
Iraq GOOOOOOOL! Mobile from Amjad Atwan! Gooool with a taste of victory! Iraq is close to the main line.
There are 5 minutes left in the game and the penalty kicks start to appear
Jalal Hassan tackles the goal line and prevents the Omani winner from falling.
Zahir Al-Aghbari shoots from the penalty spot and the goalkeeper makes a great save to keep Iraq alive.
Jamil Al-Yahmadi forgives 1-2 against the goalkeeper and sends his shot into the stands.
Half an hour of emotions begins, Iraq and Oman are looking for the championship in overtime.
Oman gooool! Salah Al Yahyai equalizes from eleven steps and this goes into extra time.
The last period of the match is played, Oman is going all out for a tie and Iraq is jostling for the cup after 34 years.
Oman is closer! The match was narrowly leveled after Salah Al Yahyaei fired his shot over the crossbar.
Once again, Amjad Atwan hit a powerful shot that hit the post and left the entire stadium drowning in the scream of the goal.
It is not seen where Oman can respond as they defend in their own area, Iraq continue to apply high pressure and you continue to reach from the flanks.
Derailed! Amir Al-Amari left 1 to 1 in the face of the goalkeeper, and in his definition, the shot crossed him a lot. Iraq is close to second place.
The last 45 minutes of the Gulf Cup Grand Final begin.
The first half is over, and Iraq is still on the scoreboard and they will seek to keep the score or extend it. For its part, Oman will seek to return to the match.
Knock on the door of Iraq again! Mustafa Nazim won the fight for the ball from the corner and narrowly missed the second goal.
The second one almost fell! Hussein Ali hit a corner kick, and his shot hit the post, and Iraq is still searching for the goal to extend its lead.
Iraq GOOOOOOOOOL! Score opened! Ibrahim Bish makes a full goal in the stadium!
The match starts to balance, and little by little Oman and Iraq start to concede two dangers and it seems that it won’t be long before the scoring starts.
First strike! Amjad Atwan was encouraged to hit him from outside the area and he tried to pass in a rosy fashion.
So far there has been no clear risk game, but Iraq is still looking for where to do damage. Oman in its withdrawn region.
Iraq started with everything and remained in possession of the ball, looking forward to victory from the start.
The grand final of the Gulf Cup begins, and Iraq is seeking to be crowned again after 34 years, and Oman has turned against power far from home.
In two minutes, we will start with the Gulf Cup final.
The Kuwaiti delegation participating in the Arab Gulf Cup matches in Iraq had to leave the stadium due to a quarrel that broke out before the opening ceremony. According to Abdulaziz Al-Samhan – an official of the Kuwait Football Association – who spoke to Kuwaiti media, the delegation was forced to leave after chaos prevented Sheikh Fahd Al-Nasser from entering. Representative of the Emir of the country.
The opening match was attended by the chief representative of the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA), as Gianni Infantino was present in Basra to attend the opening match of the 25 2023 Arabian Gulf Cup, a competition hosted by Iraq for the first time since 1979.
“It was great to attend the opening ceremony and opening match of the 2023 Arabian Gulf Cup in Basra between Iraq and the Sultanate of Oman,” said the FIFA president.
The Gulf Cup groups are currently as follows:
Iraq dominates the first group with 4 points, followed by Oman in second place with the same number of points, Saudi Arabia occupies third place with 3 points, and Yemen occupies the last place with zero points.
Bahrain dominates the second group with 6 points and has already qualified, and Qatar occupies second place with 3 points, followed by Kuwait with the same number of points and at the bottom of the group, the Emirates, with 0 points.
On the other side of the coin, Oman faced Bahrain in the second semi-final of the tournament to determine the finalist who will face Iraq in the last 90 minutes of the Gulf Cup. On the one hand, the match was completely closed, with few options and a very tight defense by the two teams, so that decided the match until the 83rd minute when Jamil Al-Yahmadi put the score 0-1 in favor of Oman and qualified them to the tournament. Championship final.
On the other hand, in the last match played by the Iraqi national team, they faced Qatar, one of the favorites to win the tournament or at least to reach the final. The match started lively, with both teams trying to get on the scoreboard first, but it was Iraq who opened the scoreboard in the 19th minute with a goal by Ibrahim Baish, but the joy was short-lived as a goal from Amr Sanj scored. In the 29th minute things tied 1-1. The Iraqi national team did not decide its place in the final match until the 43rd minute, with a 2-1 victory, thanks to Ayman Hussein’s goal.
The Gulf Cup Grand Final has arrived with all the emotions, goals, actions, controversies and spectacle surrounding it. In this grand final, the champion of the 2023 edition of the Persian Gulf Cup will be determined between Iraq and Oman, two countries that dominated the tournament without any problems, because in the group stage, both Iraq and Oman qualified in the group with the same points, since the goal difference is the only factor that separates the two. Similarly, in their semi-final duels, both teams beat their rivals to reach this grand final.
The Gulf Cup Grand Final has arrived with all the emotions, goals, actions, controversies and spectacle surrounding it. In this grand final, the champion of the 2023 edition of the Persian Gulf Cup will be determined between Iraq and Oman, two countries that dominated the tournament without any problems, because in the group stage, both Iraq and Oman qualified in the group with the same points, since the goal difference is the only factor that separates the two. Similarly, in their semi-final duels, both teams beat their rivals to reach this grand final.
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Ibrahim Al Mukhaini; A. Al Kaabi, Mohammed Al Musalami, Fahmi Durbein, Ahmed Al Khamisi; A. Al-Aghabri, Harib Al Saadi, J. Al Yahmadi; Salaah Al Yahyaei; Rabia Alawi Al Mandhar, Issam Al Sabhi.
Jalal Hasan; Alai Ghasem, Mustafa Nadhim, Ali Faez, Dhrugham Ismael; Mohammed Ali, A. Al-Ammari; Hussein Ali, Amjad Attwan, Ibrahim Bayesh; Aymen Hussein.
Iraq and Oman have met on a total of 27 occasions (12 wins for Iraq, 8 draws, 6 wins for Oman) where the balance has been largely in favor of Iraq. In terms of goals, Iraq has the advantage with 42 goals while Oman conceded only 22 goals. Their last meeting dates back to the 2023 Arabian Gulf Cup, where they drew 0-0.
Basra International Stadium is a multi-purpose sports stadium intended mostly for professional and semi-professional football in the city of Basra in Iraq. It is used to host football matches of the country’s domestic league and the Iraqi national team. It has a capacity of 65,000 spectators and was opened in 2013. The main stadium is a multi-level structure with a capacity of 65,000 seats, 20 suites and 230 VIP seats. The complex will also include VIP lounges and restaurants, spectators’ lounges, and a tunnel connecting the main stadium to the secondary stadium.
The Omani side are 90 minutes away from being crowned champions of the new Persian Gulf Cup, but to do so they will have to beat one of the tournament’s toughest opponents, Iraq. Oman achieved a good stage in the group, as it ranked second in Group A with 7 points (two victories and a draw), while Iraq, a stranger, occupied first place. Already in the semi-finals, Oman found it difficult to impose themselves as in the semi-finals they faced Bahrain and it was one of the more duels of the tournament, however, on 83 goals by Al Yahmadi ended up giving victory to Oman.
The Iraqi national team will strive to be crowned in this new edition of the Arabian Gulf Cup and win the last 90 minutes of the tournament. Iraq had a good group stage as it finished first in the group after getting 7 points (two wins and one draw). Similarly, in the semi-final duel, Iraq was able to win without any problem against Qatar, one of the favorites to reach the first place. Final because since the 19th minute, Iraq managed to impose conditions and in the 43rd minute, Ayman Hussein put the final 2-1 to Iraq to qualify for the final.
After a long journey, it is finally time to decide which country will crown new Persian Gulf Cup champions and win glory in Middle Eastern football. In this match both teams will not have a chance to make a mistake because in this match there will be no tomorrow, if or if we have a winner who will come home with glory and a loser who will leave the tournament empty handed, so leaving everything on the field, fighting for every ball of Heart and soul from the first minute to the 90th minute it will be the job.