SME-By/ Ali Al-Basha
Alialbasha540@gmail.com
The (26th Gulf Cup) in Kuwait will be an opportunity for the seven Gulf teams to enter strong competitions after strong preparation through six rounds of the World Cup, regardless of their results in it; therefore, the two groups are equal in terms of strength and can produce strong matches that restore the tournament’s lost prestige, and the Yemeni team, far from pressures, may be its dark horse and create surprises.
The Kuwaitis hope that hosting the (26th Gulf Cup) will be a way back to their golden football history: which was launched from the (1st) Gulf Cup in Bahrain and where it went through several turns by winning the Asian Nations Cup, then qualifying for the Moscow Olympics, then the World Cup finals and (10) Gulf titles with the emergence of exceptional stars that are difficult to repeat, such as Al-Mura’ab, Fathi, Al-Houti, Al-Daleel, Al-Balushi, Karam and others.
A tournament that they hope will represent a return to that golden era and with it the tournament will regain its strength and sweetness that it began Its luster as one of the best regional championships is fading: After the participation of Gulf teams and clubs in continental and international championships increased, and they began to deal with Gulf championships (not recognized) with less importance; because they found themselves in more important participations. Also, hosting the World Cup finals and the continental finals pulled the rug out from under the Gulf championship, although the championship represents an extraordinary enthusiasm for its officials and fans, and perhaps winning its cup is equivalent to winning a continental cup for them, not just qualifying for the World Cup finals, although it has become a difficult number in the aforementioned competitions, but the Gulf Cup retains its flavor and sweetness. There is no doubt that we in Bahrain aspire to achieve a second title in the history of our participation in the championship, which dates back to its founding, and the jinx was not broken until the 24th edition. The current team, most of which participated in the achievement of the 24th Gulf, can return from Kuwait with the title, although it is in an iron group that begins with Saudi Arabia, then Iraq, the title holder. Yemen, which seeks products, scatters the group’s papers. Our hope is that the matches between China and Australia will represent The two rounds of the World Cup are the best preparation for our national team in the tournament, as they are among the strong competitive matches that represent all the pressures that a player needs to show his strength for matches in the collective tournaments) in which the rest periods are short and in which there is what it contains of pressures on the administrators, coaches and players. May God be with us.
