Benefited from defender Masoud Suleiman's error

"Malaba Kalba" wounds Al Dhafra at a deadly time

Togolese star Malaba scored the winning goal for Ittihad Kalba in the Al Dhafra goal.

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The Togolese striker, Bennel Malaba, led his team, Ittihad Kalba, to an important victory, after he scored the winning goal 2-1 for his team in the 89th minute with Al Dhafra's goal, in the meeting that brought the two teams together, yesterday evening, in the seventh round of the Arab Gulf Football League, to give his team Three expensive points brought him to the 12th point, while Faris Al Dhafra's points were frozen at 10 points.

The match was on its way to the end with a 1-1 draw, when Malaba took advantage of the mistake of Al Dhafra defender Masoud Suleiman, while trying to return the ball to his goalkeeper Khaled Al-Senani, but the pass was short and the Togolese striker, Malaba, snatched it, who had no difficulty putting it into the net, to achieve the team. The third victory in a row, reaching 12 points, while Al Dhafra points were frozen at 10 points.

Ittihad Kalba team ended the first half with a goal, after it had been for long periods of the half-life the best side, through the spread of its players on the pitch, and relying on longitudinal transmissions to take advantage of the length, skill and movements of the Togolese striker Pinel Malaba, while Al Dhafra was retreating to his backyard with attempts Offensive from the depth.

And from one of the guests' repeated offensive attempts, the Al Dhafra goalkeeper, Khaled Al-Senani, committed a catastrophic mistake while trying to clear a long ball that was in his direction as he exited the penalty area to clear it, but he miscalculated because Kalba striker, Brazilian Wanderson Carvalho, snatched it and put it in the empty goal with ease.

Ittihad Kalba continued its preference at the beginning of the second half, and almost doubled the score with the second goal in the 47th minute by Brazilian Carvalho, but his shot was removed by Khaled Al Senani with the tips of his fingers before hitting the right post, while defender Khaled Al Darmaki ensured that it was removed from the stadium.

With the passage of time, Al Dhafra succeeded in taking the reins of the match, and equalized after an organized attack started by the Brazilian Denilson, and passed the ball to his Jordanian colleague Yassin Al Bakhit, who in turn passed it to the Ghanaian player Benjamin Im, who made a skilled and physical effort and dodged the defense line before sending the ball behind the goalkeeper with ease. In the 66th minute, when the match was on its way to the end, the visitors snatched the winning goal by Togolese Malaba in the 89th minute, which ended the match.

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