The Bani Yas team has officially settled the second card in the second group to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Arabian Gulf Cup, after beating Fujairah 3-1 in the match held at the Fujairah International Stadium in the seventh round.
With this result, Bani Yas rose to the top of the group ahead of the goal difference over Al Wahda runners-up, after equalizing in 11 points, while Sharjah also secured his qualification as having nine points, while the fourth points of Fujairah stopped at seven, and Al Wasl has the opportunity to move up to third place by beating Ajman tomorrow to ensure qualification or at least a point to be fourth and qualify, where it is currently equal in points with Fujairah, but the loss may qualify Fujairah officially, by virtue of losing in the direct confrontation 1 - zero to «wolves».
The match between Al Fujairah and Bani Yas started strongly by Samawi, who pressed hard for the opening of the scoring, which came to him through the star Sultan Al Shamsi, who scored the first goal in the minute (11), taking advantage of a defensive mistake committed by Fujairah defender Yasser Salem. Fujairah then lost Khalil Khamis midway through the first half after being injured.
It was a second mistake for Fujairah, which Bani Yas exploited through the player Al Shamsi to add the second at the end of the first half with a powerful shot. Bani Yas added a third in the second half through Khalid Al Hashimi in the 80th minute, while William Jaipur scored the goal to reduce the difference for Fujairah. In a second match, «Annabi» secured the lead when he suffered a loss from Hatta 3-2. The two sides waited until the 41st minute to cut the tape of the meeting, when the cyclone striker Rashid Mubarak received a ball behind the defense unit and penetrated into the penalty area, before putting it in the right corner in a wonderful way. The situation was different in the second half, as the guests who needed only seven minutes to equalize with Spain's Carlitos were given a penalty by Hatta defender Kelton. Carlitos continued to shine, and made the second goal in the 70th minute after a physical and physical effort, before passing a cross to his colleague Rashid Abdullah, who did not hesitate to put it in the net. While the game was on its way to the end in favor of Al Wahda, Spain's Christian Lopez scored twice in the 86th and 3 + 90 minutes, leading Hatta to win the match.
Eligibility Accounts
Baniyas won and topped the goal difference against Al Wahda, after equalizing 11 points.
Sharjah will qualify, regardless of Saturday's meetings, having secured the third or fourth card.
Al Wasl need a point to qualify, after rising to eight points, and losing means farewell to the competition and qualified Fujairah.
Al Jazeera are qualified by direct confrontation with Al Dhafra, even if they lose from Kalba.
Al Nasr need to win just to qualify formally in Al Dhafra.
Officially qualified teams
Group A: Al Ain, Al Ahli and Al Jazira
Group B: Baniyas, Al Wahda and Sharjah
Historic victory of Khorfakkan over Al Ain
Khorfakkan ended his participation in the Arabian Gulf Cup yesterday, with a historic victory over Al Ain, with a big result of four goals to two goals, allowed him to rise to the seventh point in the ranking of Group A, but did not qualify him to the quarter-finals, while the loss did not affect the qualification of Al Ain, being He secured his place in the quarter-finals early.
Al Ain's Frenchman Omar Yassin opened the scoring in the 15th minute after taking advantage of a joint defensive error in Khorfakkan's defense, when Robson de Paula tried to keep the ball behind the defensive line and collided with his teammate Kwame Otoni. Easily put it in the net. The visitors added the second goal in the 36th minute by midfielder Mohammed Abdulrahman «wonder», from a powerful shot from outside the penalty area, settled to the left of goalkeeper Mohammed Yousef, but the response was not too late by the home side, who managed to return before the break between the two half Reduce the difference in the 41st minute penalty, successfully carried out by Brazilian Bismarck.
The Khorfakkan players succeeded in the beginning of the second half in the best scenario, when they scored the equalizer 2-2, just three minutes after the start of the half by Brazilian Rafael de Paola with a powerful shot from inside the penalty area, and the hosts continued their advantage, and managed to score the winner in the minute 55 Mohammed Malallah crossed the net before Al Ain scored the fourth goal in the 88th minute by Brazilian Bismarck, leading his team to an honorable win in the competition.