"City Golf" shares the "Secretary General" in the lead of the Mansour bin Zayed Cup

Yesterday, Thursday, Citi Golf Club defeated the Judicial Department team, 1-0, in the match that brought them together in the second round of Group A in the ninth edition of the Mansour bin Zayed Football Cup, at the Emirates Palace Hotel Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

The tournament will be held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, and marketing sponsorship from Etisalat Group, the golden sponsor, the Emirates Palace Hotel, the silver sponsor and host of the tournament, and Royal Jet, the silver sponsor.

City Golf Club raised its score to 4 points at the top of the group, equal to the "Office of the Secretary-General" team, which tied with the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority team.

City Golf Club was able to achieve the three points, after it fought a strong confrontation against the Judicial Department team, which strived to achieve a positive result to maintain its chances. Secretary-General, while the Judicial Department team lost the opportunity to qualify for the semi-finals after tasting the second consecutive defeat in the tournament, to be in the last place in the standings of its group with a score devoid of points.

The Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority team also postponed the qualification of the Office of the Secretary-General, the champion of the previous version, to the semi-finals, after a negative tie, in a match in which the control and possession of the Office of the Secretary-General was in most of the playing times, but the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority team stuck to its fortunes and position He scored the second point, to be third in the first group.

The return of competitions.. Monday

The championship competitions will return, next Monday evening, with two matches in the second group confrontations. The first will bring together the Archives and the National Library team against the Scholarships Office, while the Emirates News Agency "WAM" team will meet the Emirates National Schools.

The first and runner-up groups will qualify for the semi-finals, knowing that the competitions will continue until April 20.

Elite referees

The Mansour bin Zayed Cup Football Championship continued to attract the best referees in the Emirates, as the matches on Tuesday were supervised by an international team consisting of the World Cup winner Hassan Al-Mahri, who participated in the 2018 World Cup finals, and Muhammad Ali Yousef, and Ahmed was previously present in previous meetings. Al-Rashidi and Adel Al-Naqbi.

Former referee Abdullah Naji, a member of the tournament’s organizing committee, is making great efforts in the refereeing aspect of the tournament, while working to grant the management of matches to the best referees.

Yasser Salem: The competition is strong and the levels are close

For his part, the director of the first national football team, Yasser Salem, who was keen to follow the two matches, said in a press statement: "The tournament is enjoying great momentum, as it has been going on for years and is developing from one version to another."

The former international player added: “The competition is strong in the current version in light of the distinguished technical capabilities of the players of the eight participating teams, in addition to the high level organization, and the organizing committee is interested in the smallest details and providing all requirements to ensure its exit in the best way, and to provide all amenities. For the fans to watch the matches and enjoy the special Ramadan atmosphere.”

Yasser Salem praised the distinguished level of the participants, saying: "The levels are close between all the teams because all the players present have quality, which made the competition strong and the results close, in addition to the preparations of the participating teams for the tournament and the equipment that had its results reflected in the competition."

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