Al-Zaeem achieves the first victory in the last 3 rounds

Al Ain attack thwart Al Dhafra defense in 7 minutes

The joy of Al Ain players was repeated 4 times in the match.

Emirates today

Al Ain stopped the points bleeding in the Arab Gulf Football League, and achieved its first victory after three rounds without a victory, at the expense of its guest Al Dhafra with a score of 4-2, in the match that brought the two teams together, yesterday evening, at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, in the fifth round, Al-Zaeem placed the eighth point in his balance, while Al Dhafra’s points were frozen at seven points.

Al-Dhafra players defended valiantly, since the start of the second half, to preserve the 1-1 draw, which ended the first half, while completely relying on counter-attacks, but the last minutes of the match witnessed a state of defensive collapse, which Al Ain defender, Tsukasa Shiotani, benefited from. And he scored the second goal in the 89th minute, after which his colleague Fahd Hadid added the second goal in the "90th" minute, and Laba Kodjo concluded with the fourth goal in the 96th minute.

The team is waiting for a very difficult test, next Friday, when it comes out to meet the Khorfakkan team in the second leg of the first round of the Arab Gulf Cup, the confrontation in which it needs "Remontada" to win three goals, to ensure that it reaches the second round, after it had lost in the first leg at home 2 -4.

The start of the match came offensively from both sides, leaving clear gaps in the back line for the two teams, especially Al Ain. Al Dhafra took advantage and scored the goal in the 20th minute by Dutchman Michael Rauschville, who benefited from a mistake in the coordination between the trio: Muhammad Shaker and Tsukasa Shiotani, with the goalkeeper. Khaled Issa, and easily put the ball into the net.

The early goal caused a state of tension between Al-Ain players, as a result of which the team wasted a number of opportunities, while the coach of "Al-Zaeem", Portuguese Pedro Emmanuel, made an early substitution with the departure of the Angolan player Wilson Eduardo and the entry of Fahd Hadid, which changed the approach of the team and became dependent on playing from The depth is more, which paved the way for the hosts to score the equalizing goal in the 27th minute, by Togolese Lapa Kodjo from the penalty spot.

The second half began with an improvement in the performance of Al Ain players, and they imposed constant pressure on goalkeeper Khaled Al-Senani, which resulted in them getting a penalty kick in the 53rd minute, but Laba Kudjo wasted it after he shot it above the goal ceiling, and the match continued afterwards with Ainawia control and iron defense from Al Dhafra side, However, in the last minutes, Al Dhafra scored three successive goals by Tsukasa Shiotani (89), Fahd Hadid (90), and Laba Kudjo (96).

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