The opening match of Khaleeji Zain “25” between Iraq and Oman ends in a goalless draw

The inaugural meeting in Khaleeji Zain “25” between the Iraqi and Omani teams ended in a draw without goals, and the two teams missed some opportunities for the players.

The negative tie had imposed itself in the first half, despite the mutual attempts and the level of convergence between the two teams. The Iraqi team tried to rush early in order to take advantage of the land and the crowd. Indeed, it created early opportunities, but it missed the final touch, and then the Omani team responded with quick balls, which had The defense was on the lookout and thwarted it, and after that the play became a squabble and an attack here and another there, but it was not converted into goals and the negative tie remains.

In the second half, the tie continued without goals between the two teams, with many opportunities for both sides, and the two coaches tried to break the tie by pushing alternative papers. The Iraqi came close to achieving victory in the last minutes, as he intensified his attacks, and Ismail responded to the crossbar, but then the Omani goalkeeper pushed it away.

With this result, the opening match did not differ from other opening matches that go to a tie, and each team has one point in the first group.