Sharjah won the Arabian Gulf Super Cup title yesterday, after beating Shabab Al Ahli 4-3 on penalties after the end of the original time in the confrontation that gathered them at Al Matcom Stadium in Al Nasr Club in Dubai, a goalless draw, to win Sharjah first titles In the new season, the second Super Championship in its history and the first in the professional era.
Sharjah completed the game with 10 players, after his player Hassan Saleh was sent off in the first half for assaulting Al-Ahly youth player Abdulaziz Heikal.
Sharjah's Igor missed his team's first kick after being blocked by goalkeeper Majid Nasser.Al Ahly's Al Shabab players Kartabia and Leofanor missed the second and third kicks after goalkeeper Adel Al Hosani managed to keep them away, while Ryan Mendes managed to score the last kick that led Sharjah to the coronation.
Al Ahli's youth suffered a lot in the game and coach Arwabarina failed to take advantage of Sharjah's numerical shortage, while Sharjah coach Abdulaziz Al Anbari managed to lead his team to the coronation.
Sharjah Super Cup was crowned by the President of the Football Association Marwan bin Ghalita, the Deputy Chairman of the General Sports Authority, Secretary General of the Dubai Sports Council, Saeed Hareb, and the Vice President of the Football Association and the President of the UAE Football Association, Abdullah Al-Junaibi.
The first half, which was full of excitement, ended with Al Shabab taking over the entire draw, while Sharjah was not present and resorted to a defensive approach to the game.
The start of the game came quick and enthusiastic from the two teams, and missed the youth of Al Ahli first opportunity in the game, when the Swiss David Mariani led a quick attack against Sharjah, but did not pose a real danger to goalkeeper Adel Al Hosani, who bore the brunt of repelling the balls of Al Shabab players.
Al-Ahli's most organized, active and dynamic youths appeared on the pitch during the first half hour and sought to reach Sharjah through repeated attempts led by Louvainor, Mariani and Brazilian Leonardo, but the cohesion of the Sharjah defense prevented him from reaching the net.
Shabab Al Ahli suffered a big blow by losing the services of his player Majid Hassan to injury, just eight minutes after the start of the game to replace Abdullah Al Naqbi.Al Ahli youth player Mohammed Marzouk saved his team from a dangerous attack led by Sharjah professional Ricardo Gomez in the first attempt threat from Sharjah to the goal of Majid Nasser. Sharjah lost defender Al-Hassan Saleh to expel him from the stadium for beating Sharjah defender Abdulaziz Heikal after the referee resorted to video technology.
At the start of the second half, Sharjah coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari resorted to changes in the way the team played to deal with the game, and led Gomez more than a serious attempt against Al-Ahly.
Al-Ahli's performance in most of the second half was characterized by slow and lack of concentration and the final touch despite his control of the game, and coach Arwabarina pushed the paper of striker Ahmed Khalil in an attempt to kidnap the winning goal, and the last minutes witnessed intensive attempts by Al-Ahli to resolve the meeting, but to no avail for the two teams To the penalty shootout that smiled for Sharjah.
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