Argentine striker Sebastian Tigale gave his team Al Wahda 'Al Saada' after leading them to a precious victory over Al Jazira 3-2 by scoring his personal goal No. 23 in the history of the two teams' confrontations, strengthening his position at the top of the list of the most scored players in «Derby Abu Dhabi», The match was held yesterday at Al Nahyan Stadium against Abu Dhabi's Pride, which played all its stars, including Omar Abdulrahman «Amouri», the best player in Asia in 2016.
The Argentine striker also boosted his tally of goals in the Arabian Gulf League, having reached the 138th goal in second place, behind the league's top scorer Fahd Khamis.He also widened the gap with his closest opponent Al Jazira striker Ali Mabkhout, who has 133 goals in his tally. Tigale did not appear in the first half of the game as expected, and missed many easy opportunities, and appeared absent-minded in some balls, but regained his form in the second half, and scored the equalizer from a penalty had been committed with him before playing the most prominent role in the winning goal When he crossed a powerful cross around Al Jazeera defender Mohammed Alatas by mistake in his own net.
The win gave Al-Wahda a chance to equalize the number of wins between the two teams in the Abu Dhabi derby.As before the match, Al-Jazira was eight points ahead of the match, but after the launch of the referee Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, the final whistle, the two teams shared the same number of victories in their historic confrontations.
Al-Wahda defender Hamdan Al-Kamali was forced out of the match due to the roughness that was the most prominent feature throughout the game. Hassan in the management of the game contributed to reduce the number of coarse offenses.
Al Jazeera invested early control of the game from the first minutes, and advanced the first goal in the tenth minute, which came when the home defender Hamdan Al Kamali dispatched the ball out of the penalty area, but found the midfielder Amer Abdulrahman, who fired directly at the right of goalkeeper Mohammed Shamsi, who was unable to reach.
Al Wahda players held together after receiving the goal, thanks to the convergence of their ranks, and keep the ball in the middle of the field for a long time, until they managed to score the equalizer in the 20th minute from an organized attack, by the Spanish Carlos Huesca, who turned around and shot a ball in the far left corner, only Al - Jazeera goalkeeper Ali Khasif is following them as she enters the net.
Al Jazeera repeated the first half scenario, when the second half started with a clear advantage, and the second goal was kidnapped by Khalfan Mubarak in the 46th minute, but this time came quickly from «Annabi», who equalized five minutes later, by Argentine player, Sebastian Tigale from Penalty, before Al Jazira defender Mohammed Al Attas scored his own goal in the 87th minute to give the home side the win and three points.