Yesterday, the Al Dhafra team rose to the sixth place in the Arab Gulf League, after a 1-2 victory over its host Hatta, to reach point 20, after it scored the sixth and third successive wins, after converting its delay against a goal against Hatta in the first half, to win with two Brazilian Joao Pedro. On the other hand, the Hatta team continued in the penultimate place with eight points, at the conclusion of round 12 of the Arab Gulf League.
The first half started with a strength from the two teams, especially Hatta, who was more dangerous and put pressure on the Al Dhafra team in the middle of its stadium, and reached Al Dhafra goal on more than one occasion, and did not give the guest the opportunity to build attacks or own the ball by pressing the Al Dhafra players with more than one player, especially in the middle Hatta Defense Stadium.
Hatta succeeded in translating his preference with the first early goal (9) from a perfect header for Christian Lopez, taking advantage of Mahmoud Qasem's cross, to score Hatta's first goal in the match.
Hatta continued its control of the first half and its preference by passing and possession, to the point that Al Dhafra was unable to organize any attack throughout the first half, and from a corner kick to the Hatta team, almost Hatta scored the second goal from the header, but it passed slightly above the crossbar, and Hatta continued its control over the course of the first half, Al-Dhafra did not reach it except through a direct free kick, which Khaled Bawazeer tackled, played in the penalty area and did not find anyone to turn it into the goal.
The situation changed in the second half of Al Dhafra team, and its players regained confidence, amid a large retreat from the Hatta players. The Al Dhafra players pressed, with a change in the team’s position on the field, with two changes in formation, which had a great offensive effect, especially with the Brazilian, Michael Rochoville, who participated in the 68th minute, and a minute later he set off from the right side and played a cross ball around the top scorer, Joao Pedro, to the heel goal, to make Al Dhafra score the equalizer in the 69th minute.
He took advantage of Al Dhafra Hatta retreat in the middle of his stadium, and succeeded in reaching the goal, to translate this preference with a second goal from a penalty kick obtained by the team in the 82nd minute, as a result of Walid Siraj's obstruction of player Khaled Bawazir, and was scored by the goalscorer, Joao Pedro, and scored the second team goal, After he hit the ball in the middle of the goal to announce the goal of progress.
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