Shabab Al-Ahly set a date with Sharjah in the semi-finals of the Professional League Cup competition (Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Football Cup), after they overcame Al-Nasr and Al-Wahda, respectively, in the quarter-finals.
The qualification of the “Dubai Knights” came after a crazy scenario, as it tied with Al-Nasr 5-5 yesterday, at Al Maktoum Stadium, benefiting from its victory in the first leg with two clean goals.
Shabab Al-Ahly ended the first half with a two-goal lead through Federico Cartabia from a penalty kick (23), and Moaness Dabour after a solo goal (44), and in the second half, Adel Taarabt was able to reduce the difference after goalkeeper Hassan Hamza made a mistake (50).
Shabab Al-Ahly returned to expand the gap again through Munis Dabour with a header, taking advantage of a corner kick (55).
Shabab Al-Ahly defender Renan Victor gave Al-Nasr a second goal when he tried to clear a cross and accidentally put it into his own goal (57), and Moanes Dabour made his third mark in Al-Nasr’s net after a pass he received from Cartabia (66).
Al-Nasr rose up and turned the score against Shabab Al-Ahly by scoring three consecutive goals within four minutes (71, 73 and 75) through Ali Mabkhout and Marwan Azraqan (two goals), but Matthewsau scored the equalizer for Shabab Al-Ahly in stoppage time (90+3).
In the smiling emirate, Sharjah overcame a goal deficit against Al Wahda to go on to win 4-2 in the return, thanks to its player Luan Pereira, who gave him the lead from a corner kick that he headed into the roof of the goal (4).
Sharjah was able to double the score by scoring the second goal after a mistake by goalkeeper Mohammed Al Shamsi and Aladdin Zuhair, which was exploited by Caio Lucas (52).
Hope returned to Al-Wahda, which won a penalty kick that Omar Kharbin successfully scored and scored in the “Panenka” style (59).
Sharjah returned to widen the gap again by scoring the third goal with “friendly fire” through Aladdin Zuhair (70).
Sharjah received a new gift from Al Wahda’s defense, which allowed Caio Lucas to pass and shoot from a difficult angle, adding his second personal goal and his team’s fourth (77).
Three minutes before the end, substitute Brahima Diarra reduced the difference for Al-Wahda by following up on a ball bouncing off the human wall and completing it into the goal.
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