The Emirates national team's winning card ends the steadfastness of the Mauritanian goalkeeper in the Arab Cup
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 the Whites achieved a difficult victory after the match was heading towards a negative tie, today, Friday, at 974 Stadium 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 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 four points, after it had previously won 2-1 against Syria, and it will face its Tunisian counterpart the day after tomorrow at the end of the preliminary round matches, while the Mauritanian team remains without credit.
The team played the match with the same squad that he played in the previous Syria match, except for the participation of goalkeeper Muhammad Al Shamsi for the first time, instead of the main goalkeeper Ali Khaseef and Muhammad Barghash in the line of defense in the place of Mahmoud Khamis, who was arrested. The squad also included Walid Abbas, Muhammad Al-Attas and Bandar Al-Ahbabi and in the middle Ali Salmin, Abdullah Ramadan, Tahnoun Al Zaabi and Ali Saleh, and in the attack, 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 through 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 Mauritania goalkeeper remarkably brilliance prevented him from reaching his goal on more than one occasion.
Mauritania goalkeeper Mabkhout was denied the first goal after he saved a cross from Caio in front of the goal (36).
goalkeeper Mbaki Ndayi saved his goal before the end of the first half from two goals, the first by a powerful shot by Ali Saleh (44) and the second by a dangerous attempt by Mabkhout (45).
The second half witnessed serious attempts by both sides to win the match in their favour.
In the second half, the team pressed the Mauritania goal in search of a goal to advance, so Ali Saleh scored a global goal, 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-Hajmady, changed the tide of the match in favor of Al-Abyad, after he faced a fierce opponent in this match that almost hindered the team's career.
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