Al-Wasl had difficulty in securing the qualification card for the quarter-finals in the President’s Cup of Football by beating Khorfakkan with an unanswered goal during the match that brought the two teams today to the Sharjah Club Stadium in the round of 16 matches in the competition.
Al-Wasl waited until the "70th minute" to be able to score the only match goal through Brazilian professional player Fabio de Lima, who hit the goal with an impressive individual effort from a quick attack from Al-Wasl.
Al-Wasl suffered a lot in this match, whose first half ended in a 0-0 draw, and Khorfakkan Nada started stubbornly in the face of Al-Wasl and held out until 20 minutes before the end of the match before the net of his goalkeeper Mohamed Youssef was shaken.
The match was attended by a modest audience in the stands, which reached 325 fans.
The beginning of the meeting was equal between the two teams, although Al Wasl started the best and sought to impose its control on the course of the match and his player Fabio Lima almost snatched a quick goal six minutes after the start of the match when he fired a strong ball into the goal after a break from dribbling to Khorfakkan defenders, but his shot missed its goal in hitting The net
Al Wasl player Lucas Galvão appeared in the game wearing a mask on his face due to the injury he had recently suffered.
The Khorfakkan defense succeeded in blocking all the Al-Waslawi attempts to reach his goal again, especially in the last minutes of the match, which witnessed continuous movements of the Al-Wasl attack to score the second goal, especially after the entry of player Ali Saleh, who was pushed by Al-Wasl coach Rijikamp in the second half as an alternative to Vernadon Jaipur.