The Oman national team overcame an early deficit with a goal to win 2-1 over Qatar, achieving its first victory in the 26th Gulf Cup, at the opening of the second round matches on Tuesday.

Oman topped the first group with 4 points from a win and a draw, while Qatar stopped at one point from a draw with the Emirates in the first round.

The Kuwaiti national team will face its Emirati counterpart in an expected summit later this evening.

Al-Adam took an early lead with a goal from striker Al-Moez Ali in the second minute after a wonderful and precise ground pass from Ibrahim Hassan.

The Omani response was not delayed after Issam Al Subhi equalized in the 20th minute from a penalty kick.

The Qatar national team tried to surprise Oman with a second goal at the beginning of the second half, before Al-Subhi Al-Annabi surprised, as he took advantage of his teammate Ali Al-Busaidi’s pass to add the second goal for Oman in the 52nd minute.

Al-Subhi scored 3 goals in the first two rounds of Gulf 26 and topped the scorers list early.

Almoez Ali came close to scoring the equalizer via a close header in the 69th minute, before returning and wasting another opportunity in the 75th minute.

The series of wasted opportunities by the Qatari side continued after a close side shot from Tariq Hammam in the 83rd minute, before the post responded to substitute Abdul Rahman Mustafa’s shot in the 87th minute, thus wasting a new opportunity for the Asian champion to equalize.