Laba's header deprives Al Wasl of a draw and gives Al Ain 3 expensive points

International Laba Codjo led his Al Ain team to secure the top spot in the ADNOC Professional Football League, after he scored the winning goal for "Al-Zaeem" against his rival Al-Wasl team in the match that ended 3-1 at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, in a match in which the Al Ain fans were absent to fulfill a penalty. Disciplinary Committee due to the events of "Classico Abu Dhabi" while the guests enjoyed the support of their fans.

The match was on the way to a 2-2 draw, a result that would have threatened his lead in the standings after the victory of all of his rivals, Al Wahda, Al Jazira and Sharjah, but the Togolese snatched the winning goal for the “leader” in the 89th minute to avoid all possibilities before the break that lasted for more than three weeks due to the participation of representatives of Emirates in the Asian Champions League.

The "leader" raised his score to 49, holding on to the lead, while the guests' points froze at 26 in sixth place.

Al-Ain team scored the goals of the match by Togolese striker Laba Kodjo in the 29th minute, taking advantage of a mistake by guest goalkeeper Mohamed Ali when he tried to push the ball away. .

The owners of the land returned in the second half and continued their efforts through successive attacks, so that the team succeeded in advancing the second goal in the 61st minute by Cayo Canedo after an elaborate sentence, but the "Emperor" did not surrender to being delayed in the result and intensified his attacks and scored the equalizer in the 82nd minute by striker Ali Saleh From a header ball that settled in the net of goalkeeper Khaled Issa.

And the match uttered its last words, Al-Ain kidnapped the winning goal by striker Laba in the 89th minute with a header that goalkeeper Mohamed Ali failed to tackle so that the owners of the land obtained the full match points.

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