"Dubai Knights" receives its second loss
Al Dhafra snatches an important victory from Al-Ahly youth
Al Dhafra beat Shabab Al Ahli and raised its score to the fourth point.
Photography: Najeeb Mohamed
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Al-Dhafra achieved a big surprise after beating Al-Ahly youth by three goals to two, yesterday, in the fourth round of the ADNOC Professional League at Hamdan bin Zayed Stadium, so that Al-Dhafra achieved its first victory in the tournament and raised its score to four points, while the balance of the "Dubai Knights", which received its loss, stopped. second at six points.
Al-Ahly youth dominated the midfield in the first 15 minutes of the match, but without a threat to the Al Dhafra goal, before Muhammad Juma Pele activated and created more than one opportunity, most notably a wonderful pass to the Syrian Omar Khribin, who was unique in the goal and hit a strong ball that was blocked by goalkeeper Abdullah Sultan He removed the ball to a corner kick (15), and Pele then played a beautiful cross, which Walid Abbas met with his head and slightly over the crossbar (16), while Pele almost scored the first goal after receiving a pass from Khribin, but the Shabab Al-Ahly player's shot passed near the post (18). .
At a time when the "Dubai Knights" approached the first goal, Al Dhafra surprised the Al-Ahly youth defense with a counterattack that reached Ahmed Fawzy, who took advantage of a mistake from Walid Abbas, received the ball and skillfully dodged Muhammad Marzouk and hit the ball to the left of goalkeeper Hassan Hamza, scoring the first goal for the owner of the land ( 19).
Despite Al-Ahly youth’s possession of the ball, the team faced several difficulties in reaching goalkeeper Abdullah Sultan, while Al-Dhafra continued to rely on counter-attacks, and the Dutchman, Mohammed Rayhi, almost added the second goal, but his shot passed from the front of the goal to outside the field (38).
In the second half, Al Dhafra presented his best 15 minutes since the beginning of the season, when Muhammad Al Junaibi missed an opportunity to score the second goal when a ball rebounded from the Dubai Knights defense in front of the penalty area and Al Junaibi hit the ball next to the post (54).
In the 57th minute, Badr Nasser committed a fatal mistake when he removed the ball by mistake to reach Tunisian Walid Karoui, who shot the ball directly into the goal, adding the second goal, before Dutchman Mohamed Rayhi scored the third goal in a superb way with a powerful shot from outside the penalty area (59).
Omar Khribin reduced the result by scoring the first goal from a corner kick that reached the Syrian player and headed it into the goal (64). Excitement rose at the deadly time after Yahya Al Ghassani scored the second goal, but Al Dhafra maintained the result and achieved his first victory in the league.
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