 Munyori mukuru weTournament, Ali Mabkhout, akawana penalty muhafu yepiri apo United Arab Emirates yakawana nzvimbo yechitatu mumutambo uyu mushure mekukunda vaimbove makwikwi Iraq 32 mumutambo unonakidza kuNewcastle Stadium. Kaputeni weUAE Ahmed Khalil akavhura zvibodzwa zveUAE mushure memaminitsi gumi nematanhatu chete kuna Waleed Salim naAmjad Kalaf kuti vatendeutse makwikwi aya achitsigira 2007Makwikwi aya akaitwa neChampions of Iraq vasati vapedza, asi mushure mekunge Khalil aenzanisa mutambo uyu pakutanga kwechikamu chechipiri nekukwikwidza kwake kwechina mumakwikwi aya, Mabkhout akanyatsobata nzvimbo yake yechishanu nguva pfupi isati yapera mushure mekunge Ahmed Ibrahim weIraq abviswa kuti ape ma 1996 finalists yavo yechipiri-yakanakisa kupedzisa muAFC Asian Cup. 