Raise his score to 23 points

Al-Ain’s victory over Hatta ... "important" mathematically, "not convincing" technically

Al Ain stars celebrate the precious victory over Hatta.

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Al-Ain team achieved an important victory over its host Hatta with a free goal yesterday, in the 13th round of the Gulf Arab Football League, in a technically weak match, in which the "leader" succeeded in achieving the most important thing, which is to return with the three points, to reach point 23, while remaining Hatta is last in the standings, after the end of the first round, by winning just two points in 13 games.

The Hatta team started the match in an organized manner, relying on five players in the defense line, which made it difficult for Al Ain team to reach the goal, and Hatta relied on counter-attacks, which posed a danger to Khaled Issa's goal, and Hatta striker Saeed Jassim almost reached the goal, But without a positive result.

Al Ain team succeeded in scoring a goal through Togolese Laba Kodjo, after half an hour of the first half, but the goal was canceled for offside, and the Hatta team responded with a dangerous attack and a powerful shot from Abdullah Kazem, but Khaled Issa brilliantly took the ball out, and Al Ain scored the first goal in The 43rd minute through defender Salem Abdullah, who led an attack from the left side, and played a cross pass from the Hatta defenders, to settle in the net announcing the progress goal for Al Ain team, and the first half ended in favor of Al-Zaim Al-Ainawi.

At the start of the second half, the Hatta team tried to reach the Al-Ain goal by making some changes, which resulted in dangerousness for the team's attackers, the most dangerous of which was in the 74th minute by Colombian striker Kevin Alexander, but he strangely missed the ball, after he played it in the hands of goalkeeper Khaled Issa.

In the second half, Al Ain relied on organized defense and trying to own the ball, without posing any danger to Hatta goalkeeper Ahmed Dida, and the remaining minutes did not witness anything new, so the match ended in favor of Al Ain team with a free goal, and he won three valuable points.

Hatta ranks last after the end of the first round by scoring just two points in 13 games.

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