Brazilian duo Diego Gardel and his compatriot, Joao Pedro, led the Al Dhafra team to win a valuable victory 2-1 at the expense of their host Al Ain team in the match that brought the two teams this evening at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium in the tenth round of the Arab Gulf Football League, to give their team three valuable points that raised the balance The team to 14 points, while "leader" points froze at 18.
And the Brazilian duo assumed the responsibility of leading the team to achieve the three points, as Diego Gardel scored the goal of the victory in the 27th minute, and his compatriot Joao Budior added the second goal in the 60th minute, while the goal of the only Al Ain team in the 51st minute came from Brazilian Caio Canedo from a penalty kick.
The meeting witnessed difficult times for Al Ain fans, as well as the referee retracting a penalty kick in the 40th minute after returning to the mouse technology, the TV technology returned to cancel the calculation of the equalizer that land owners scored in the 88th minute through player Mohamed Abdel Rahman, because there was a hand touch that preceded the goal.
The Al Ain team appeared during the meeting, affected by the absence of the Togolese attack, Laba Kudjo and the Algerian Abdel Rahman Meziane, due to illness and injury, respectively, which forced the Croatian coach, Ivan Liko to pay the reserve team striker Ali Eid, and the trainer’s substitutions did not succeed in avoiding Al Ain to receive his second defeat in season.