ADNOC Pro League .. Al Wahda beats Al Nasr by four
The new coach of Al Wahda, Spanish Manuel Jimenez, succeeded in his first test with their Excellencies and led him to win over his guest Al Nasr by four goals without a response in the match that brought them together this evening, Saturday, at Al Nahyan Stadium, at the end of the fifth stage of the ADNOC Professional League.
After a negative first half, Joao Pedro, Tahnoun Al Zaabi, Robin Philip and Luis Miguel scored the goals of the meeting in the 53, 63, 85 and 90 minutes.
With this victory, Al-Wehda jumped from ninth to fifth place with seven points, while Al-Nasr fell to tenth place after its score froze at five points.
Al-Wahda presented two contradictory sides in the victory match, as the first half did not witness dangerous opportunities, for its part, so the first attempts by the guests came through Ryan Mendes, who was saved by the goalkeeper, Muhammad Al-Shamsi, before the same player returned and wasted an opportunity from a ball that was hit in the face of a goalkeeper. The unit relapsed without finding the follower.
Al-Nasr refused to finish the first half ahead in the easiest game opportunity, from a mistake committed by Muhammad Al-Shamsi, who went out of his own line by mistake to prepare the ball in front of the advanced defender Glober Lima, who shot near the post and the goal was free of his goalkeeper.
In the second half, the change made by Al Wahda coach, Manuel Jimenez, with the participation of his Egyptian player, Ahmed Refaat, made a clear improvement in Al Annabi's offensive performance, and from the first achieved opportunity, Joao Pedro managed to score a goal with a ground shot from inside the box that settled to the left of the goalkeeper.
A few minutes later, Ahmed Refaat threatened the victory goal, amid unjustified confusion from his players, with a shot from outside the box that settled in the goalkeeper's arms.
Al Wahda did not miss the opportunity, and Tahnoun Al Zaabi was able to enhance his team's progress by adding the second goal from Joao Pedro's pass.
It was Robin's turn to add the third goal with a shot that hit one of Al-Nassr's defenders and deceived the goalkeeper.
Then Luis Miguel concluded the goals of the meeting from a distinguished team game made by Ahmed Refaat, and the Portuguese player scored from it
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