He defeated Al Nasr on penalties in an exciting atmosphere
Shabab Al-Ahly decorates the coffers of its tournaments with the "Fifty Cup"
Dubai Knights celebrate the Arabian Gulf Cup on the podium.
À Photo: Osama Abu Ghanem
Rashid bin Humaid hands over the Arabian Gulf Cup to Al-Ahly Youth Leader Majid Nasser.
Emirates today
The overwhelming joy of Shabab Al-Ahly stars after announcing the victory.
Emirates today
picture
Shabab Al-Ahly won the Arab Gulf Cup for football "The 50th Cup" for the fifth time in a row, after their victory over Al-Nasr 5-4 on penalties after the match ended in a 0-0 draw yesterday at Sharjah Stadium, so that the "Dubai Knights" achieved their second title in the season. The current one, after winning the Super Gulf Cup at the expense of Sharjah.
Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, President of the Football Association, handed the championship trophy to Al-Ahly youth leader Majid Nasser amidst the overwhelming joy of the heroes.
The match was exciting and saw two dismissals with a red card for each team, while Shabab Al-Ahly excelled in penalty kicks after the scoring of Hamdan Al Kamali, Mohamed Jumaa Pele, Youssef Jaber, Abdelaziz Sanqour and Masharibov, and Carlos Eduardo and Igor Jesus were wasted, while Gabriel, Tigali, Mahmoud Khamis and Yaqoub scored for victory. And Antonio Tuzzi, Ryan Mendes and Mohamed Ayed were wasted.
The two teams started the meeting in an offensive manner without caution, and Al-Ahly youth almost opened the scoring on two occasions by Argentine Federico Cartabia, who made a great individual effort and dodged more than one Nasraoui player, but he hit the ball next to the post, then the crossbar confronted the Argentine ball, who took a direct kick ( 10).
For his part, Al-Nassr responded with two chances, the first of an attack led by Algerian Mahdi Obeid and passed the ball to Cape Verdean player Ryan Mendes, who fired a powerful ball that touched Al-Ahly youth player Abdullah Al-Naqbi and changed its direction and almost entered the goal (11), while the young player Saeed Sweidan hit a beautiful ball I kicked a corner (14).
Despite the relative advantage of Shabab Al-Ahly in the middle of the stadium, but the victory was the most dangerous on the goal, and Mehdi Obeid wasted an opportunity, when Mahmoud Khamis played a cross and the Algerian player received it inside the penalty area, but the ball was hit by goalkeeper Majid Nasser (26).
In the 35th minute, Al-Nassr received a painful blow, after Brazilian Globier Lima got a red card after violently interfering with Brazilian Igor Jesus, and Argentine coach Ramon Diaz made a tactical change by dropping Jacob Hassan, instead of Diaa Sabaa to compensate for the exit of Globier Lima, after which he became active «Knights of Dubai» As the team pressed in the last five minutes of the first half and got more than a corner kick, while Brazilian Carlos Eduardo almost scored the first goal when he received a beautiful pass from Igor Jesus, but the victory defense took the ball out to a corner kick (41).
As for the second half, Mahdi Ali made the first substitution for Al-Ahly Youth, with Youssef Jaber going to replace Walid Abbas, and in the 57th minute, Masharibov received a penalty kick after being blocked by Saeed Sweidan, before the referee decided to cancel the kick after returning to video technology.
Shabab Al-Ahly dominated the course of the game after Al-Nasr retreated to defense, and Masharipov hit a strong ball from outside the penalty area, which was blocked by goalkeeper Ahmed Champhey (65). Carlos Eduardo had a chance achieved in the 91st minute of a cross played by Majid Hassan and met by Eduardo with his head, but the ball passed by the post, ending the match in a goalless draw, and Al-Ahly youth excelled later on penalties.
5
Successive titles won by Shabab Al-Ahly in the Arabian Gulf Cup.
Follow our latest local and sports news, and the latest political and economic developments via Google news