BAHRAIN launched its Australian-based preparation for the Asian Cup with a 4-1 win over Saudi Arabia in Geelong on Tuesday night.
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Bahrain is based in Ballarat for a pre-Cup training camp - staying at Creswick and training at the Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility.
The friendly is the first of two Bahrain will play as part of its preparation for the Asian Cup.
It will meet Jordan at Morshead Park in Ballarat on Sunday night.
Jordan lost to United Arab Emirates 1-0 in another Friendly on Tuesday night.
Bahrain opened the scoring with a penalty after 24 minutes and then doubled the advantage at 26 minutes.
Saudi Arabia closed the gap at 47 minutes, but gave up another penalty 11 minutes later.
Bahrain sealed the game by putting the ball intop the net for a fourth time on 79 minutes.
Scorers: Faouzi Aaish 24' (penalty), Sami A; Husani 26', Isameel Abdullatif 58' (penalty) and 79'
BAHRAIN will have a midday raining session at the Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility on Wednesday.
This was originally to have been at 6.30pm, but was changed on Wednesday morning.
Bahrain broke from training on Tuesday – the team’s third day in Ballarat for a pre-Asian Cup training camp – to focus on the friendly.
Bahrain will then hold two daily training sessions at Morshead Park, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
