Ricardo Mendez scored a beautiful goal, in which he wrote the first victory in the history of Khorfakkan Club on Al-Jazeera, with an unanswered goal, yesterday, at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in the 17th round of the Arab Gulf League, to ignite the «Eagles» struggle to stay in the league, after raising its score to 12 points , While Al-Jazira moved away from a new step in the title competition, after its balance stopped at 30 points in fourth place.
Khorfakkan achieved its second victory in the league, after it had beaten Sharjah in the 14th round, to continue its positive results by not losing in the last four rounds, while the match saw that Al-Nisour goal did not enter any goals for the first time since the start of the season, after its net was shaken in the 16th round Previous.
Al-Jazira dominated the midfield in the first 10 minutes, while Khorfakkan almost surprised the landowner, by scoring the first goal of an attack led by Brazilian Antonio Junior, who passed a beautiful ball to Fahd Hadid, but the goalkeeper, Ali Khasif, saved an iron shot and sent him to a corner kick (4).
Although Al-Jazeera has control over the course of the game, the good positioning and defensive way in which Serbian coach Goran played has contributed to the difficulty of building Al-Jazira players for the attacks and reaching Mohammed Youssef's goal, as Brazilian Marcus Kino and South African Tholani Serero relied on shooting from outside the region The penalty but without accuracy.
Cerero showed great activity in the middle of the stadium, and he almost scored the first goal, after a good follow-up to a ball played by Keno, but the Khorfakkan defense shone in countering the shot of the South African player, before Mohamed Youssef caught it (16). In return, the "Eagles" relied on counterattacks Through the launches of the Brazilians: Rafael Guimaraes (Dudu) and Antonio Junior, as these attacks constituted a great danger to the island’s goal, when "Dudu" hit a powerful ball that Ali Khasif tackled.
In the 36th minute, the visitors took advantage of a counterattack carried out by Antonio Junior well, before playing a cross, Ricardo Mendes met her with a powerful shot in the goal, achieving the first goal for Khor Fakkan, while Al-Jazeera was active after the goal, and Ali Mabkhout missed a dangerous opportunity from Khalfan's ball Mubarak, with his head scolded in the hand of goalkeeper Mohamed Youssef, and Keno missed another ball from Omar Abdel Rahman's pass, but the Brazilian player hit the ball near the post.
In the second half, the match came against goalkeeper Mohamed Youssef, as Al-Jazeera pressed and Keno and his countryman Renier de Sousa were active, as Amuri moved in the middle of the stadium, and played a beautiful ball behind Khor Fakkan defenders, and arrived at Ali Mabkhout, who hit a powerful ball, and Ivorian Kwame drove them away. Otoni to a corner kick (51).
For his part, Al-Nusour continued to rely on counterattacks, which almost resulted in the second goal, when Ramon Lopez hit a powerful ball that Ali Khasif tackled, and the defense cleared it (68), before Dodo wasted an opportunity not to be lost from complete uniqueness, But he shot the ball over the crossbar (71), and the last 10 minutes of the match saw great pressure from the island, but Khorfakkan's defense and goalkeeper Mohamed Youssef ended the match for the sake of "Eagles".
Al - Jazira delays a new step in the competition, with its score stopping at 30 points in fourth place.