Sharjah, the holder of the Arab Gulf League title, lost at the beginning of his career in the group stage in the Asian Champions in front of his guest Saudi Cooperation Team with a goal without a response scored by player Faisal Darwish Faraj «34», during the confrontation that brought the two teams yesterday to the Sharjah Club stadium within the first round of the meeting to go to the third group matches So, the Saudi team puts the first three points in its balance, while Sharjah remained without balance.
Sharjah, which had huge and unprecedented public support in the stands, showed a modest technical level, fading performance and divergent lines throughout the two halves of the match, and the team missed the solutions that enabled it to excel in this meeting.
Sharjah did not take advantage of the land and the public, as well as the circumstances that its guest suffered from the cooperation team in this match, through the absence of influence affecting its ranks. The match, led by Japanese international referee Ryuji Sato, was attended by 8,523 fans.
The start of the match came quickly from the two teams in search of an early goal in the match, especially Sharjah, the landowner and the public, who pressed during the first quarter of an hour on the cooperation front through rapid moves by the trio Ryan Mendes, the Brazilian Caío Lucas and the rising striker Muhammad Khalfan, but the cooperation defense was a lookout for all Eastern attempts.
The eighth minute witnessed the most dangerous attack in the match when Al-Taawun player Abdul Majeed Al-Sawwat fired a strong ball into the Al-Sharqawi goal.
Cooperation appeared to be the best and most widespread in the stadium and reaching the goal through the serious attempts of the trio Mohammed Al Sahlawi, Abdul Majeed Al-Swat and Fahd Al-Rashidi. Sharjah tried to organize its ranks more effectively and put pressure on the cooperation front, especially by Kayo and Muhammad Khalfan. The cooperation took advantage of Sharjah's retreat to its region, and led many attacks on the king's front, but the defense and his successor, the guard, Adel Al Hosani, confronted it. The cooperation player, Faisal Faraj, surprised the hosts by scoring the only goal of his team "34" against a cooperation violation from a direct free kick that he hit directly in the left corner of the goal.
Sharjah sought to adjust the result and restore its balance in the match, but its efforts were unsuccessful, despite its intense attempts in the second half. Sharjah coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari tried to save the situation when he pushed the player Omar Jumaa the place of defender Ali Al-Dhanhani in an attempt to strengthen the offensive side at the expense of the defense. Abdulaziz Al-Anbari pushed player Mohammed Al-Shehhi as a last card in the match to produce a positive result, but his attempts did not result in anything.
• 8523 Sharjah fans strongly attended behind the "King" in his first match in the Asian Championship after an absence of years.