The Bahrain national team secured its first ticket to the 26th Gulf Cup semi-final, thanks to its comfortable victory over Iraq with a score of 2-0 today, Tuesday, in the second round of Group B, bringing Iraq into a fierce struggle for the second ticket against Saudi Arabia in the final round of the group stage. .

The Bahraini Red team raised its score to 6 points in first place, followed by the Saudi national team in second place with 3 points, with a goal difference over third place Iraq, while the Yemen national team occupies the last fourth place without a score.

The Iraqi national team, champion of the last edition in Basra 2023, is now threatened with early exit, as it needs one hypothesis to qualify for the semi-finals, which is victory over Saudi Arabia in the third round.

It is noteworthy that the Bahrain national team won the previous edition in Qatar 2021.

Modon leads Bahrain to the golden square

Ali Madan made himself the star of the match after scoring two winning goals and qualifying Bahrain for the semi-finals.

The Bahrain national team threatened Iraq's goal with a dangerous first opportunity through Mahdi Abdul-Jabbar in the ninth minute, before Ali Madan succeeded in scoring the first goal in the 37th minute with a distinguished assist from Muhammad Marhoon. 

The Madan Lions shocked Al-Rafidain with a second goal immediately after the break after following a returning ball from Jalal Hassan.

The Iraqi national team then took possession of the ball and threatened Bahrain's goal with a number of dangerous opportunities, most notably a first header from Zaid Tahseen in the 63rd minute, and a second header from Ayman Hussein in the 82nd minute.