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UAE Youth Team humiliate Kuwait 8-0

 

The UAE Youth Under 19 National Football Team concluded their 4-day warm- up camp held in Al Ain with an 8-1 humiliating victory over their Kuwaiti counterparts in their second friendly match played tonight at Saif Mohammed pitch in Al Ain Club. The home team also defeated the visiting squad 3-0 in their first game played last Saturday at Khalifa Stadium in Al Ain Club.

Faraj Juma'a opened the score putting the hosts in the lead only 11 minutes into the game and his colleague Mohammed Sabeel made it 2-1 seven minutes before the break. Ali Zinki pulled one back for Kuwait one minute later to end the first session with a 2-1 win for UAE.

The UAE's substitute Yousuf Saeed netted a hat trick in the second half in the 52nd, 55th and 70th minutes and his teammates  Khalifa Abdullah and Abdul Rahman Yousuf scored two more goals in the 60th and 77th minutes respectively.

 This warm-up camp comes as part of the UAE Youth National Team's preparations for the 2011 AFC Championship due to kick off in next November.