The country will leave this evening our national team delegation for the players of players heading to the sisterly State of Kuwait to participate in the first edition of the Gulf Cup for the football players organized by the Arab Gulf Football Cup there from February 22 to 26 this period with the participation of eight teams that were distributed to two groups The first includes Kuwait, the Emirates, Qatar and Amman, while the second includes Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Yemen.
The Bahraini delegation, Mr. Abdel Aziz Mohamed Al -Ashraf, is headed by the coach Khalil Shuwair, members of the technical staff, Khamis Eid, Fayyad Mahmoud, the administrators, Tariq Fahd Al -Atwan, Ahmed Al -Amer, the international referee Nawwaf Shukrallah, media facilities Mohamed Lori and physiotherapist Hassan Sadiq Al -Kamil And the photographer Sidhin Ibrahim, in addition to 23 players, Ali Hassan – Ali Saeed – Ghazi Al -Kuwari – Muhammad Jumaa Bashir – Basil Sultan – Muhammad Habil – Saleh Abdel Hamid – Mohammed Abdullah – Hamad Kakhaa – Mortada Abdel Wahab – Rashid Al Dossari – Ali Amer – Fawzi Ayes Musa Mubarak ..
The team had concluded its local preparations yesterday with a experimental match against the British University team in Bahrain. Coach Khalil Shuwair provided the opportunity for all players to determine their physical preparations and missed participating in this triple match, Talal Youssef, Ali Saeed and Hussein Ali, for their presence outside the country with their clubs participating in the benefits External, while the team will continue its training in Kuwait this evening and Friday, before playing its first matches against the Saudi green on Saturday evening .
The head of the delegation, the director of the team, Mr. Abdulaziz Al -Ashraf, met the players after the end of the recent experimental match and thanked them for their commitment and discipline throughout the local numbers stage that started on the first of February, looking forward to more seriousness in the next stage to honor Bahraini football in this private Gulf football wedding Stressing that Bahrain is seeking to make this championship a success and serious competition for the first title, expressing his confidence in the players who will be in front of a challenge To defend their reputation and footballing place among their Gulf brothers.
