The referee canceled a global goal for Ali Saleh in the Arab Cup

Al Hammadi's magic touch paints the joy of white in front of Mauritania

  • Khalil Al Hammadi came to the field in the second half and scored the precious winning goal.

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  • Marvik instructs the striker Tigali during his participation in the last minutes.

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Substitute Khalil Al Hammadi led the national football team to victory over Mauritania after scoring the game's only goal in the 93rd minute, so that Al-Abyad achieved a difficult victory after the match was heading towards a negative tie, yesterday, at Stadium 974 in the second round for the second group account in the Arab Cup 2021 It is currently being held in the Qatari capital, Doha, with the participation of 16 teams.

The team raised its score to six points, achieving the second victory in a row, after winning the last match against Syria.

And the referee canceled a global goal that had been awarded to the national team, scored by Ali Saleh, for offside (70).

Khalil Al Hammadi managed to net the Mauritanian goalkeeper Mbaki Ndiaye, who starred in blocking many of the easy chances that the team had during the two halves.

The team raised its score to six points after it had won the last match against Syria 2-1, and it will face its Tunisian counterpart the day after tomorrow, at the end of the preliminary round matches of the tournament, while the Mauritanian team remains without credit.

The team played the same line-up as the previous Syria match, with the exception of goalkeeper Mohammed Al Shamsi participating for the first time, instead of the main goalkeeper Ali Khaseef, and Mohammed Barghash in the line of defense in the place of the suspended Mahmoud Khamis, and the squad also included Walid Abbas, Mohammed Al Attas and Bandar Al Ahbabi. And in the middle are Ali Salmin, Abdullah Ramadan, Tahnoun Al Zaabi and Ali Saleh, and in the attack are Kayo Kanedo and Ali Mabkhout.

The team initiated the attack led by Ali Mabkhout and Kaio Kanido, and led more than one attempt to reach the Mauritanian goal, but it lacked good focus and the final touch, while the Mauritanian team relied on counter-attacks by Idriss Thiam and Tangi fever.

Although the team was the best in most periods of the first half, it did not take advantage of several opportunities that came to it, and the last minutes of the first half witnessed a pressing attack by Al-Abyad, but the brilliance of the Mauritania goalkeeper remarkably prevented him from reaching his goal on more than one occasion.

Mauritania goalkeeper Mabkhout was denied the first goal, after he saved a cross that Caio played in front of the goal (36).

goalkeeper Mbaki Ndiaye saved his goal before the end of the first half with two goals;

The first came from a powerful shot by Ali Saleh (44), and the second from a dangerous attempt by Mabkhout (45).

The second half witnessed serious attempts by both sides, and both of them aspired to settle the match in their favour.

In the second half, the team pressed the Mauritania goal in search of a goal to advance, to score a global goal, Ali Saleh, but it was canceled due to offside after returning to the "mouse".

The changes made by coach Marvik in the second half, with the entry of Ismail Matar, Tigali and Khalil Al Hammadi, changed the tide of the match in favor of Al-Abyad, after he faced a fierce opponent in this match, and almost obstructed the team's career.

• Mauritania goalkeeper Ndiaye jumped at the white balls.

• Al-Abyad players missed opportunities in front of the Mauritanian team's goal.

• The team raised its score to 6 points, achieving the second win in a row.

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