Oman take on hosts UAE in Gulf Youth Games opener

Oman under-17 football team will commence their campaign in the inaugural edition of the Gulf Youth Games on Tuesday as they will meet hosts United Arab Emirates on Tuesday at Al Nahyan Stadium in Al Wahda club in Abu Dhabi. Then, Oman junior team will take on Kuwait in the following round on Friday and the concluding round will take place on April 22 as Oman will face Bahrain.

On the other hand, Oman team 2$'' - /0-) /* /$*) Ƥ - .#*-/ break for Eid holidays on Saturday in Muscat while the team will travel to UAE on Sunday. Oman head coach Anwar al Habsi opted 24 players for this Gulf participation including two players who are playing for UAE clubs namely Ahmed al Omrani (Al Ain club) and Osama al ( -$ Ǿ . ơ '0 ǿǟ The junior Red Warriors will eye to claim medals in this event as four teams are only taking part in the football competition including hosts UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman teams.

Oman players concluded their domestic camp prior Eid al Fitr, which lasted for six days of comprehensive training sessions in Muscat. The players are in good shape physically and tactically Ƥ - ( )4 /- $)$)" . ..$*). which were under watchful eyes of coach Anwar al Habsi and his assistant Masab al Dhamri.

The Oman team had played with the UAE and Kuwait teams during the earlier camps. The

(+ $) ǭ. ' $) $/4 $) February, had two games against hosts UAE. The hosts won the ơ-./ 4 ƬǶƬ 2#$' /# . *) ( / # ơ)$.# $) ƭƕƭ - 2ǟ Oman U17 team had played against Kuwait in Muscat last October. Both matches ended with 2$) !*- ( ) 4 ƯǶƬ ) ƮǶƬǞ

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