Brazilian Igor Cornado led Sharjah to a 5-0 win over Al Wasl in the fourth round of the Arabian Gulf Football League on Sunday, with Sharjah leading the way with 12 points. They are bottom of the standings with one point after receiving their third league loss so far, and Igor have climbed to five goals in the league's top scorer.
Sharjah took the knockout victory for nearly six years since their last win over Al Wasl at Zabeel Stadium in 2013.
Sharjah's Igor Kornado (24) scored the turning point of the match, boosting the confidence of Sharjah players in themselves, while Al Wasl succumbed to a heavy defeat at home and among their fans, who came out angry at the shaky image that the team looked like.
Sharjah, led by brilliant Igor Kornado, defended Al Wasl in the first half, which ended the «King» ahead of three goals scored by Igor (two goals) and Ryan Mendes, before adding two goals in the second half, through Ricardo Gomez (65) and Marcos (83), came The only focal point through Lima (80).
Al Wasl initiated the attack and led several attempts on the front of Sharjah in order to reach his own goal and score the first goal in the game, and although Al Wasl appeared relatively better in the stadium through the movements of his players, especially the Brazilian pair Fabio de Lima and Wilton Suarez and Ali Saleh and behind them Saleh Habboush, but the team I lack effectiveness and focus.
Al Wasl threatened Sharjah's first dangerous shot through Ali Saleh, but goalkeeper Adel Al Hosani had a lookout and blocked all attempts to reach.
Sharjah tried to organize and threaten the goal of «emperor», but the movements of the Brazilian professional Igor Conardo and Cape Verde player Ricardo Gomez and behind them Mohammed al-Shehhi and Ryan Mendez and Omar Juma did not pose a great danger to the goal of Al Wasl goalkeeper Mohammed Albayrak during the first 15 minutes.
The guests sought to create loopholes in Al Wasl's defense, and Igor led the first attempt against Al Wasl (20), but goalkeeper Mohammed Al Bairaq countered them.
Sharjah started attacking strongly after Al Wasl's decline, and Igor's movements caused a permanent headache for Al Wasl's defense, which tried to stop Al Sharqawi's tide, but Sharjah managed to score the first goal of the game through Brazilian Igor Cornado (24) with a powerful header in the net, taking advantage of the lack of defensive coverage. Al Wasl almost scored the equalizer when a golden opportunity came for Ali Saleh (29), who is in the face of the goal, but goalkeeper Adel Al Hosani tackled it with all skill and saved his goal from a certain goal.
Sharjah made it difficult for the home team to return to the atmosphere of the game, when the brilliant Igor managed to score the second goal (38), and turned Sharjah table on the hosts and imposed control of the atmosphere of the game, after the player captain Ryan Mendes third goal (41) from a dangerous attack And organization.
Al Wasl attempted to restore their balance at the start of the second half and save face at home and in front of their fans, after falling behind three clean goals in the first half.
Ricardo Gomez missed a golden opportunity for Sharjah (57), and the referee canceled a goal for Sharjah (62) out of offside, and doubled Ricardo Gomez from the grief of Al Waslawiya when he scored the fourth goal (65) with a powerful header and amid active moves that enabled Al Wasl to score his only goal by Lima (80), before Sharjah added the fifth goal by substitute Marcos (83).
Relays
Connection:
Ahmed Ali, Gulkin and Hamad
Al-Balooshi, instead of Ali Saleh
And Habboush Saleh and Abdulrahman
Valid.
Sharjah:
Markus and Mohammed Abdulbaset
And Tariq Khadim, instead of Omar
Juma and Mohammed al-Shehhi and Igor.
Man of the match
Sharjah player
Igor Kornado.
Outside expectations:
Focal player
Brazilian Wilton Suarez.
Match Script
6 player Al Wasl Ali Saleh leads the first offensive attempt.
24 Igor scores first goal for Sharjah.
29 dangerous shot by Al Wasl Ali Saleh.
31 A powerful shot taken by Khamis Ismail is saved by Al Hosani.
35 Ali Saleh misses the hypothesis of a certain goal to reach.
38 Igor adds the second goal for Sharjah.
41 Ryan Mendes scores the third goal for Sharjah.
65 Gomez scores the fourth goal for Sharjah.
80 Lima scores the only goal Al Wasl.
83 - Substitute Marcus scores the fifth goal for Sharjah.
Cards
Connection:
Abdul Rahman Saleh
And Ali Al Balooshi
And Ali unharmed.
Sharjah:
There is no.
The audience
1436