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Bahrain hopes to go beyond the group stage of the 2019 Asian Cup in the UAE, which will start Saturday in the opening match against the home team.
Bahrain hopes to return to its best performance of the continental tournament by finishing fourth in the Asian Cup of China in 2004, this time under the leadership of the Czech Miroslav Skop.
Bahrain plays in the first group and starts its first match against the owner and audience of the United Arab Emirates team on Saturday at the Zayed City stadium in Abu Dhabi, before meetings with Thailand and India.
"We are optimistic and we work to create optimism and spread the spirit of hope within the team, players and technical and administrative bodies," said the Sheikh Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa of Bahrain.
"Our opening match against the UAE will be the most important, especially as everyone will be in the spotlight," he said, adding, "Our ambition is to move ahead. one group on the other, second round ".
Bahrain has been preparing for the tournament with a closed camp in Manama, three friendly matches in which he scored three wins against Tajikistan, five unanswered goals, then overtook Lebanon with an unanswered goal and finally a victory over North Korea in the final rehearsal with four goals without fail.
The 2004 championship saw the Reds shine in the line of fire and was close to a historic feat if they had not lost to Japan 3-4 in the semi-finals and finished only fourth after losing against Iran.
Alaa Hubail, who scored the top scorer with five goals, was also among the best with Ali Karimi, Mohamed Salmin, Talal Yousef, Hussein Ali, Peleh, Mohamed Adnan Adnan and others who were known as the "generation of # 39; gold. "
Source: AFP
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