Yemen da Saudi Arabia suna shirin gasar Kofin Gulf Cup a ranar Laraba, Disamba 25, 2024, a filin Jaber International Stadium a Kuwait. Dukkannin biyu sun rasa asar asaransu a wasan farko, kuma suna neman samun nasara a wasan na biyu.
Yemen, wanda yake a matsayi na 158 a duniya, an doke shi 1-0 a wasan farko da Iraq, bayan Ayman Hussein ya ci kwallo a minti na 64. Yemen ba ta taɓa tsallake zuwa zagaye na gida a gasar Gulf Cup a cikin halartarta 10 da ta gabata, kuma tana fuskantar barazana ta yin irin haka a karo na gaba.
Saudi Arabia, wacce ta kai wasa a gasar FIFA World Cup, ta sha kashi 3-2 a wasan farko da Bahrain. Mahdi Abduljabbar da Mahdi Al-Humaidan sun saka kwallaye biyu a ragowar wasan na farko, amma Musab Al-Juwayr ya ci daya don Saudi Arabia. Mohamed Marhoon ya dawo da kwallaye biyu ga Bahrain, sannan Saleh Al-Shehri ya ci kwallo daga bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida a minti na karshe na wasan.
Koci Herve Renard na Saudi Arabia ya yi tir da tawagarsa bayan asarar da suka yi a wasan farko, inda ta ce ita ce ‘lokacin suka fara’ da kuma ta bayyana tawagarsa a matsayin ‘matsakaici’. Renard ya amince da alhakin bayan asarar da suka yi a ranar Satumba, kuma ya yarda cewa yana da aikin da zai yi don tawagarsa ta tsallake zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe.
Yemen, a karkashin koci Noureddine Ould Ali, suna shirin yin kuskure ga manyan ‘yan wasan kwallon kafa na Arabiya. Ould Ali ya ce, “Ku kaurace da dabbobi masu rauni,” inda ya bayyana Saudi Arabia a matsayin tawagar da ake girmamawa amma tana fuskantar matsaloli a yanzu.
