Baniyas secures third place with two headers

The Bani Yas team turned its one-goal delay into a two-goal victory against its guest Al Dhafra team, in the meeting that brought the two teams together, this evening, at Al Shamkha Stadium in the 15th round of the Arab Gulf Football League.

"Al-Samawi" showed a strong personality in the second half of the meeting, which led him to obtain the three points that enabled him to retain the third place after raising his score to 29 points, while the points of "wolves" froze at 7 points in the penultimate position.

The owners of the land found themselves behind in the score since the 13th minute after their goal was conceded by the Brazilian Douglas Coutinho, during which the player translated a wonderful tactical sentence led by his teammates from the midfield to also benefit from the gaps in the defense line who committed a number of mistakes that almost caused the team to lose points.

The features of the "Samawi" return to the score began since the switch made by the Romanian coach Daniel Isila at the beginning of the second half with the entry of the striker Ahmed Abu Namous, as the change helped activate the offensive lead of the team, resulting in a tie goal after 3 minutes, specifically in the 48th minute, by Hassan the goal from a header.

With the passage of time, Bani Yas continued to pressure and control the course of the meeting and succeeded in scoring the winning goal by his Brazilian player Joao Pedro in the 78th minute from another header to ensure the team three precious points that kept it third in the table.

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