Al-Wahda achieved the first victory for the Emirati clubs in the AFC Champions League, when it returned from the Iraqi city of Erbil with a precious victory at the expense of the police with a goal without reply, came through the Congolese player, the first Jose Maboko, issued the first group of the championship, with four points.
The unit entered the atmosphere of the meeting with a defensive reservation to absorb the expected rush on the part of the landowners, as the experience of Faris Juma and chip in the sector played on the Iraqi severity, which was characterized by extreme individualism.
Al Annabi almost found himself ahead, when his attacker, Tigali, had an ideal opportunity after receiving his cross-pass without the slightest annoyance of the defense, but he did not make the right decision and put the ball head next to the post "7".
After that game, the Emirati team succeeded in controlling the atmosphere of the meeting, and got a fixed blow from a good position in the face of the ball, played by Ismail Matar, but the ball hit the human wall and changed its path to a corner strike without being exploited "15".
Al-Wahda suffered because of his continued preference due to poor pitch, which his players were unable to pass well, and he found himself forced to resort to long balls to reach the Iraqi goalkeeper Ahmed Basil, but the risk was missing.
The goal of Mohammed Al Shamsi began to be subjected to a threat at intervals, the most prominent of which was Nabil Sabah's shot from inside the box, but it passed near the left post.
"Sabah" returned again to hit the goal of Al-Wahda, and the Brazilian defender, Pimenta, drove her away before the ball crossed the net to return to the player himself, but the goalkeeper was present at that time "32".
The South Korean star, Zhang Rim, starred in saving his team from receiving the goal. He eliminated the chance of Alaa Abdul Zahra, who was in a unique position in the goal, and turned the ball into a corner of "45".
The Al-Wahda goalkeeper emerged at the beginning of the second half, as he prevented an accomplished goal on his team from the header of the Iraqi player, Saad Abdul-Amir, and transformed the game with difficulty into a corner kick "48".
The risk increased to Al-Wahda goal, specifically with the 60th minute, when Mazen Fayyad entered from the right, but Faris Jumaa managed to redeem the ball for a corner of "60".
Muhammad Al-Shamsi starred in tackling Ali Y. Hashim's shot, "Dangerous," and he held it twice "68".
But the unit managed to punish the police for wasting opportunities, when, Maboko, managed to register at the time of the killer, after he distributed Lee Myung, playing with his head in a difficult place for the Iraqi guard