In the AFC Cup’s first group stage competition, Al Arabi of Kuwait managed to close a two-goal gap to Riffa of Bahrain to win 3-2 in a match that brought them together.

Riffa pushed ahead with two goals through Ali Hassan Said and Jassim Al-Sheikh in the 24th and 34th minutes respectively, before Al-Arabi’s side rose to score three consecutive goals signed by Ali Khalaf, Senegalese Ablai Mingyu and Badr Tariq at the 45th minute. 59th and 74th minutes respectively.

With this victory, Al-Arabi scored three match points and topped the standings of the first group, looking forward to the second match in the group, which will later meet the Palestinian youth of Hebron and Omani Dhofar.

In other matches, the Syrian “Tishreen” drew with the Palestinian Hilal Al-Quds, the Omani “Al-Sib” won with a score of 1:0 against the Syrian “Jable”, the Indian Mohyun Bogan lost with a score of 4:2 to the Indian “Gokulam Kerala”, and Bangladeshi Bashundhara Kings beat the Maldives 1-0. Ointment.