Wednesday, January 31

the winner




dari 17 hingga 30 Januari 2007
Abu Dhabi was hosting the 18th Arabian Gulf Cup
untuk kali ketiga, yang bermula sejak tahun 1974

pada 'musabaqah' kali ke 18 ni
8 buah pasukan dari serata teluk arab
dibahagi kepada 2 kumpulan
Kumpulan A : UAE, Oman, Yemen, Kuwait
Kumpulan B : Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq

it was the second participation by Yemen
it was a return of Iraq since 1988

bermula di peringkat kumpulan
dengan opening game between UAE and Oman
Oman telah menewaskan UAE dengan 2-1
setelah mendahului 2-0

UAE yang bermain dengan 10 orang
setelah pemainnya dilayangkan kad merah
menyalahkan pengadil dari Saudi
yang dikatakan berat sebelah..
gol saguhati UAE dijaringkan oleh Ismail Mattar

seterusnya perlawanan kedua UAE
bertemu dengan Yemen
seawal minit pertama, UAE telah mendahului
apabila dihadiahkan sepakan penalti
setelah bola terkena tangan defender Yemen
keputusan penuh.. UAE menang 2-1

dalam perlawanan kumpulan terakhir UAE
bertemu dengan Kuwait
seawal saat ke-35, UAE telah mendahului
dengan satu rembatan kencang oleh Ismail Mattar
keputusan penuh... UAE menang 3-2
dengan gol kemenangan UAE juga oleh Ismail Mattar

Juara Kumpulan A : Oman
dan Naib Juara Kumpulan A : UAE
Juara Kumpulan B : Saudi Arabia
dan Naib Juara Kumpulan A : Bahrain

separuh akhir
UAE bertemu Saudi Arabia
after 89 minutes played.. still 0-0
but.. just before the stoppage time
Ismail Mattar scored the golden goal
in front of the 20,000 home fans

just now.. at 5.30 pm local time.. 30th January
the final.. UAE lawan Oman

dejavu?

the stadium that could house 60,000 was packed
both Oman and UAE never been a champion before
all the previous 17 cups were shared by Saudi, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar

Oman was a runner up during the last final
the 17th Cup.. in 2004.. in Doha
as they were beaten by Qatar

Oman will be the host for the next final
the 19th Cup.. in 2009. in Muscat

UAE was the runner up
when they hosted the game back in 1994

nevertheless,
how about the result for today's finale?

UAE got the sweetest revenge she wanted
75th minute into the game..
Ismail Mattar scored the only goal of the match

mabrok UAE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 comment:

Kit Pryde said...

hmm. not a follower of football (except since hubby is into the english teams, terpaksa tengok sekali, and terloyal kat his team gak..) but.. i guess.. congrats la, UAE. i'm sure they worked hard for it!