Najm Al-Jazira hopes to equalize Fahd Khamis with 175 goals

History calls Mabkhout from the top of Bani Yas

Ali Mabkhout longs to shake the window of Baniyas.

Photography: Eric Arrasas

The international striker, Ali Mabkhout, will be on a date to write a new page in his football career if he scores a goal, in the match that brings his team Al-Jazira together, at 20:30 this evening, with his guest Bani Yas, in the eighth round of the ADNOC Professional Football League, as Reaching the net of the "heavenly" goalkeeper enables him to reach the 175th goal in the league championship, tying with the historical scorer of the competition, Fahd Khamis.

Over the course of 22 years, the record was held by the legend, Fahd Khamis, by scoring 175 goals, during his 17-year playing career, but this number began to shake with the scoring profusion of Al Jazira striker, Ali Mabkhout, who now has 174 goals to his credit. , he had started scoring against his rivals from the 2008-2009 season, to be one step away from repeating the achievement, while he has a great opportunity to raise the historical record higher, thanks to his ability to continue in the stadiums for a longer period.

Over the seasons, the competition remained open and burning to reach the record registered in the name of Fahd Khamis, before the race is currently limited to Al-Jazira striker Ali Mabkhout and Al-Nasr striker Sebastian Tigali, who has 168 goals, while Muhammad Omar (132 goals) and Adnan are in fourth place. Al-Taliani (129 goals), the current Al-Wasl player Fabio Lima (128 goals), and Abdulaziz Mohamed (127 goals).

Mabkhout hopes that his record in today's meeting will serve the team to achieve victory, after losing in the last round against Shabab Al-Ahly 1-2, which caused the team to drop to third place after its points froze at 13, and Al-Jazira realizes that any result other than the victory will open the door to four Clubs to advance ahead of them in the standings table.

On the other hand, the Bani Yas team, which occupies the 12th place with six points, is looking to move away from the danger zone, and the team fell in the last round in a positive draw against Khorfakkan 2-2, and "Heavenly" enters today's confrontation in the absence of its most prominent midfielder, the Argentine. Gaston Suarez, due to suspension, which will impose on Romanian coach, Daniel Isela, a difficult reality given the player's importance in the squad.

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