The absence of Sharjah stars is not enough Al Wasl to win the first-leg Arab Gulf Cup

Al-Wasl wasted a great opportunity to approach the semi-finals of the Arabian Gulf Cup, after he drew with the second row of the Sharjah team without goals, at Sharjah Stadium in the first leg of the quarter-final, while Bani Yas tied in the same round with its guest Ittihad Kalba, 1-1.

Coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari pushed eight players who do not mainly participate, most notably Khaled Bawazir, Abdulaziz Al-Kaabi, Salem Saleh and Salem Sultan, while the team's stars, Italian Igor Kornado, Brazilians Wilton Suarez, Caio Lucas, Shaheen Abdul Rahman and Adel Al Hosani, rested, while Al Wasl played the match with a squad that had the main names, but in the absence of The star of the team is Fabio Lima, Ali Salih, Ali Salmine and Santos Neres.

Despite the many absences in the ranks of Sharjah, but the team dominated the course of the game in the first 15 minutes, and Salem Salih almost scored the first goal of an organized attack led by the Uzbek Utapek Chukurov, who passed a beautiful pass that followed Saleh, but Al Wasl goalkeeper Hamid Abdullah shone in removing the ball to A corner kick (12), while Shukurov hit a direct free kick, which was blocked by the match guard (15).

As for the "emperor", he entered the atmosphere of the match after Brazilian Ronaldo Mendes, Argentine Nicholas Oroz and Nasir Nour moved, as the latter almost scored the first goal in a beautiful way from a strong shot that passed next to the post (19), while the performance of the two teams declined after multiple wrong passes from the players.

For his part, Sharjah continued its preference in the second half, and the team relied on shooting from outside the penalty area through the Brazilian Luan Pereira, but Hamid Abdullah responded to the attempt of the "King" player in the 50th minute, while Al Wasl activated after 15 minutes, and Hassan Ibrahim wasted an opportunity when he received A pass from Nasser Mahmoud, but Ibrahim hit the ball over the crossbar (60), despite the great advantage of the "Panthers" in the final minutes of the match, most notably Walid Al Hammadi wasting an opportunity for a goal achieved from complete isolation, but Sharjah imposed the result of a tie, so the chances of the two teams became equal in a meeting Return to Zabeel Stadium on the 26th of this month.

On the other hand, the Brazilian striker, Joao Pedro, avoided his team, Baniyas, to suffer a loss at home against the Kalba team in the meeting that brought the two teams together yesterday at Al Shamkha Stadium in the first leg of the Arab Gulf Cup quarter-finals.

The return of the Togolese Malaba after the end of his suspension period was what pleased the "Tigers" the most, and the star of the team confirmed his importance after he scored the first goal when he took advantage of a corner kick and played a beautiful head ball into the goal, but Malaba's joy was not complete as Brazilian Pedro scored the equalizer in favor of "Samawi" to become Options are open between the two teams in the return leg, which will be held on January 25 at Ittihad Kalba Stadium.

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