Saudi Arabia ta lashe Kofin Tekun Larabawa na 27 a gida, tana doke United Arab Emirates 2-0 a wasan karshe a King Abdullah Sports City Stadium a birnin Jeddah — sakamakon da ya ba Green Falcons lakabi na huɗu na yankin kuma na farko tun shekarar 2004.
Shugaban FIFA Gianni Infantino ya halarta kuma bai boye sha'awarsa ba. "Tebura, Saudi Arabia, Alf Mabrook, don lashe wannan Kofin Tekun Larabawa a nan Jeddah yau. Kyakkyawan wasan karshe, kyakkyawan wasa, masu masaukin baki masu kyau ma, Saudi Arabia. Tebura kuma ga United Arab Emirates da suka nuna karfin wasa sosai," in ji shi jim kadan bayan an daga kofin.
Infantino ya kuma jaddada halin masu kallo. "Amma waɗannan magoya bayan nan, ba za a iya yarda ba," ya jaddada. "Ba za a iya yarda ba, sha'awar da ke Saudi Arabia. Alkawari ma ga Kofin Asiya da FIFA World Cup 2034. Ku kasance a shirye!"
Gasa mai cike da fafatawa
Gasar ta ƙunshi ƙungiyoyin mamba takwas na Gulf Football Federation — wata ƙungiya mai zaman kanta ta yanki da aka kafa a shekara ta 2016 — kuma an kafa gasa ta a shekarar 1970, ana gudanar da ita yawanci kowace shekara biyu. Wannan bugu ya nuna daidaito a ƙwallon ƙafa na yankin Tekun Larabawa: Bahrain, mai riƙe da lakabi, ya fita daga mataki na rukuni da kaye uku a wasanni uku, haka ma Kuwait, mai riƙe da kambun gaske na zakara sau 10, ya kare a ƙasan rukuninsa.
A rabin wasan karshe, Saudi Arabia ta ci champion na yanzu na Asiya Qatar a harbe-harbe, yayin da United Arab Emirates ta ci Oman 1-0 don shiga wasan karshe.
Kwallo biyu na farkon wasa sun ishe
A wasan karshe, UAE ta fi harbi yawa, amma kwallaye daga Hammam Al-Hammami da Feras Al-Buraikan a rabin farko sun ishe Saudi Arabia ta yi nasara. A duk tsawon gasar, tsaron Saudi Arabia bai ci ƙwallon ƙofa guda ɗaya ba, karkashin jagorancin mai tsaron ƙofa Mohammed Al-Owais wanda ya dakatar da harbe-harbe 4 a wasan karshe. Al-Owais ya kuma buga FIFA World Cup 2026™ da Green Falcons.
Infantino ya haɗu da ƙungiyoyin mamba
A gefen gasar, Infantino ya yi amfani da damar ganawa da wakilai na Ƙungiyoyin Mamba na FIFA da suke Jeddah. "Na yi farin ciki wajen haɗuwa da Shugabanni, Sakatare Janar, Membobin Majalisar FIFA da abokan aiki daga yankin Tekun Larabawa," in ji shi. "Tattaunawarmu ta mayar da hankali ga ƙirƙirar damarmakin matasa da binciko hanyoyin da za su sa ƙwallon ƙafa ya zama mai sauƙin isa ga kowa, ko'ina."
Saudi Arabia yanzu tana shirye-shiryen karbar bakuncin AFC Asian Cup 2027 a watan Janairu da Fabrairu masu zuwa, kafin ta karbi bakuncin FIFA World Cup 2034™ a cikin shekaru takwas.
