The UAE national team began its journey in the Arabian Gulf Cup "Gulf 27" with a wide victory, after crushing its Yemeni counterpart by a score of 4-0, in the match that brought them together at "Al-Inmaa" Stadium, as part of the first round of the tournament.
The UAE national team imposed its dominance on the course of the match, until Nicolás Jiménez managed to open the scoring in the 26th minute, giving his country a lead and putting them in a comfortable position early on.
The second goal was not long in coming, as the UAE extended their lead in the 36th minute, after Nader Sehl scored an own goal, doubling the Yemeni team's suffering.
Before the referee's whistle to end the first half, the UAE national team continued its pressure and succeeded in adding the third goal in the fourth minute of added time "45+4", through Luan Pereira, to end the first half with a clean three-goal lead.
At the start of the second half, the UAE continued their dominance, and Nicolás Jiménez managed to return to the net again in the 51st minute, scoring the fourth goal, completing his country's goal festival and largely deciding the match.
The UAE national team maintained its lead during the remaining minutes, to emerge with a large victory with a clean four goals and collect its first three points in its journey in the tournament.
With this result, the UAE national team topped the group with 3 points, while Bahrain and Qatar came in second and third place with one point each, while the Yemeni team remained in fourth place with no points.