Al Dhafra and Baniyas .. The guest wins in the UAE Pro League Cup

Al Dhafra team achieved a valuable and deserved victory at the expense of its host Bani Yas, with a score of 3-2, in the meeting between the two teams this evening, Friday, at Al Shamkha Stadium, as part of the first round of confrontations to determine the centers of the Professional Football League Cup competition.

The guests cut the goals bar early, specifically in the 9th minute, by Moroccan defender Issam Al-Adwa, who followed the corner ball carried out by the Brazilian Leonardo, but "Heavenly" was able to return in just 60 seconds, as he equalized by Argentine Gaston Suarez with a header in front of the Al Dhafra players , taking advantage of the cross of his colleague Muhammad Jaber.

Just as the goals formed their presence in the first half, the matter did not differ in the second, as Al Dhafra scored two goals in just ten minutes, and the first came by defender Mohamed Seif in the 57th minute with a powerful shot from outside the penalty area, while the second goal came through Senegalese striker, Makiti. Diop in the 67th minute with a perfect header in the far left corner of goalkeeper Fahd Al-Dhanhani.

Contrary to the course of the match, the owners of the land avoided a state of collapse quickly despite receiving the third goal, and succeeded in cohesion and scoring a goal to reduce the difference in the 68th minute through substitute Salem Al Balushi, taking advantage of the wrong dispersal of the ball from Al Dhafra goalkeeper Abdullah Sultan, to put the ball into the net, but the goal did not change the The result ended with them losing 2-3.  

Bani Yas will go out in the next round to face Al-Orouba at Fujairah Stadium on the 25th of this month, while Al-Dhafra will receive its guest Sharjah at Hamdan bin Zayed Stadium on the same day.

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