Oman win Gulf Cup 2018, UAE beaten in penalty shootout

Omar Abdulrahman’s profligacy from the spot cost the UAE the game and the trophy.

Oman has walked away with the biggest prize in Middle Eastern football for just the second time in their history.

They upset the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the final of the Gulf Cup, after a tense night and a dramatic penalty shootout in Kuwait City.

Al Jazeera’s Sana Hamouche reports.