The fourth goals of Lapa Kudjo untie the knot in the eye and keep him at the top

The Togolese international striker, Laba Kodjo, led his team Al Ain to a valuable victory today against its host Bani Yas 1-0, in the confrontation that brought the two teams together at Al Shamkha Stadium, in the third round of the ADNOC Professional Football League, ending the team's knot of not winning against "Heavenly" in "Al Shamkha" stadium, which lasted 2463 consecutive days, since the last victory on December 12, 2014 with three clean goals, and the victory gave the team regain the top spot with 9 points, with a goal difference from Sharjah, on the other hand, Baniyas continued to stay in eleventh place with a point one.

During this period, the preference and the balance tended in favor of Baniyas in the matches, as the two teams met in six confrontations, three of which ended in a draw, and the same with the victory of “Heavenly”, and Al Ain did not win against Baniyas in both stadiums also over a period of 1042 days, Since the last match in which he scored the three points, when he won at home with two clean goals, on November 4, 2018, for the ninth round of the competition.

Laba Kodjo scored the only goal of the match from a header, in the 11th minute, taking advantage of the cross ball sent to him by the newcomer, Moroccan Sofiane Rahimi, and the fourth goal for the Togolese striker this season, which gave him the opportunity to be the top scorer.

The goal came after continuous pressure from the "Al-Zaeem" players on goalkeeper Fahd Al-Dhanhani's goal since the start of the confrontation. goalkeeper Khaled Issa, but the latter responded with ease.

Al-Ain team continued its offensive pressure in the second half, in which the party had the most control of the ball, and led a number of attacking flights, taking advantage of the speed of its Moroccan player Rahimi, which forced the owners of the land to stay in their backcourt while relying on some counter-attacks.

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