Victory snatches trophy and 'New Year's delight'

Al-Nasr team crowned the champion of the Arab Gulf Cup for the second time in its history, after defeating Al-Ahly by two goals against a goal, yesterday, at Al-Wasl Stadium in Zabeel, to achieve the dean of Emirates Clubs, the second title of the current season, after Sharjah won the Super Gulf Cup title at the beginning of The season, and his second title after an absence of 5 years, and exactly since 2015, as well as the inauguration of the first titles for the new year 2020. The match witnessed in the last minutes the referee sent off the coach of the Croatian victory, Kroneslav, as well as the administrator of Brigadier General Salah Jalal.

The victory of the championship cup was crowned by Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Transitional Committee of the Football Association, in the presence of the Vice-Chairman of the Committee, Abdullah Nasser Al Junaibi, and a large number of officials and personalities, alongside the coach of the national team, Serbian Ivan Jovanovic, and the former coach of Al Ahly and Al Ain youth teams, Roman Olario Cosmin.

The two teams presented a great match in front of a large audience that filled the stands of Al-Wasl Stadium, as Al-Nasr became the first team to win the new version of the Arab Gulf Cup, which was revealed by the League of Professionals before the start of the match.

The match witnessed a fiery start after the Spaniard Alvaro Negredo scored the fastest goal in the final history, after only six seconds passed, as the Portuguese Tuzi passed a long ball from the starting kick to the match, and the Spanish player then hit and hit it directly in the goal amid the daze of Al Ahly youth players, to break Alvaro Negredo The previous number was held by Brazilian Denilsson when he hit the fastest goal in favor of unity after 11 seconds in the (previously) youth goal of the 2016 final.

For his part, Kronoslav continued his way of circumventing the regulations of the competition, obligating each team with the participation of three young players, as he made the first switch after three minutes with the exit of the young Hamad Ghuloom and the participation of Muhannad Obeid in his place, the same switch that he made in the Al Ain match in the semi-final after Five minutes from the start of the game. On the other hand, Al-Ahly youth entered the atmosphere of the meeting, and overcame the shock of the early goal, after nine minutes, when the Brazilian Leonardo almost equalized from a wonderful individual effort, when Al-Nasr defender Mohamed Ayed deflected and hit a dangerous ball that passed near the post, before the Brazilian player himself made the equalizer. With a direct free kick, Youssef Jaber played and raised her head around in the net (13).

The performance of the two teams decreased after 15 minutes with a slight advantage for Al-Ahly youth, who dominated the midfield, and almost added the second goal of an attack led by Abdullah Al-Naqbi, and reached Saud Abdul-Razzaq, who fired the ball over the crossbar (26). And the "dean" was active for 10 minutes, during which he nearly added the second goal, after Touzi paid a strong ball that Majed Nasser tackled (33), before the player himself wasted the easiest chances of the meeting after a great effort from Negredo, who passed a great ball to Touzi in front of the goal, but he shot Next to Al-Qa’im (39), while Al-Ahly youth made the first switch to descend the newcomer from Baniyas, Spain's Conde instead of Leonardo, who complained about the injury.

The second half saw a strong start from Al-Ahly youth after Cartabia hit a powerful ball that Ahmed Shambieh tackled, before victory returned and Touzy added the second goal of a powerful shot from inside the penalty area (50), after which Al-Ahly youth made the second switch with the departure of Lovanor instead of Saud Abdul Razzaq. The youth of Al-Ahly pressed after the goal, and Lovanor missed a certain opportunity after receiving a pass from Sahel's fighter, but the Moldovan shot rebounded from the post to the outside of the field (65), while Al-Nasr imposed his playing style until the final whistle, to achieve the title.

- The match witnessed the expulsion of Al-Nasr coach Kronoslav, as well as the administrator (Brigadier) Salah Jalal.

Victory striker Negredo scored the fastest goal in the competition history after six seconds.