Fujairah achieved a big surprise by beating Al Wasl 1-0 in yesterday in the third round of the Gulf Cup Group B matches at Al Wasl Stadium in Zabeel. The emperor received his first loss after he started the competition by defeating Hatta. Three points, while «wolves» tally to four points.
Romanian coach Lorient Regicamp paid five foreign players, four Brazilians, Fabio Lima, Wilton Suarez, Lucas Galvão, Nathan Felipe, and Ghanaian George Dobing, where the most notable change in the lineup was the participation of Felipe for the first time in the midfield as a fulcrum alongside Khamis Ismail. The Brazilian participated in the right-back.
Despite the «Emperor» control of the midfield, but Fujairah came close to the first goal, after the Brazilian Fernando Gabriel shot from outside the penalty area was saved by Al Wasl goalkeeper, Hamid Abdullah and taken to a corner (5), while not threatening «Panthers »Fujairah goalkeeper in the first 30 minutes.
On the other hand, the most prominent chance of reaching in the first half was an attack that reached Wilton Suarez, who was alone with the goal and dribbled the defense but hit the ball next to the post (38), while the second half saw a strong start from the «Emperor» who missed two chances achieved, in the first two minutes, the first was An attack led by Wilton Suarez before he hit a powerful ball passed near the post, and in the same way Fabio Lima scored the first goal, but the ball passed next to the post also.
Al Wasl is now playing with six foreign players after Ghanaian Bashir Al Hassan came on instead of Ali Abdullah, before Brazilian Nathan came out and replaced Salem Al Azizi, while Suarez again missed an opportunity not lost, after receiving a great pass from Nasser Noor, but the Brazilian shot the ball into the hands Goalkeeper Abdullah Tamimi.
For his part, the «wolves» scored the first goal (69) from a counterattack reached to Salem Saif, who was alone in the goal, and hit the ball before Al Wasl goalkeeper Hamid Abdullah, despite the pressure of «emperor» in the last 10 minutes, but Fujairah maintained the result to achieve His first win in the competition.