Bahrain are through to the final of the 26th Gulf Cup in Kuwait.
The kingdom’s senior men’s football national team secured their berth with a sensational 1-0 victory over the hosts in their last four encounter this evening at Jaber International Stadium in the Kuwaiti capital.
Mohammed Jassim Marhoon scored the match winner in the 75th minute to send the Bahrainis to the title-decider for only the sixth time in the tournament’s history.
There, they will take on Oman, who beat Saudi Arabia 2-1 in this evening's other semi-final.
Bahrain had to play close to 40 minutes of regular time – and over 10 minutes of second-half injury time – a man down after forward Mahdi Abduljabbar was given his marching orders for a second bookable offence in the 52nd minute.
But the Bahrainis were able to eke out the hard-earned win, and will now look to secure only their second Gulf Cup title in the final on Saturday.
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