Ajman pushes Hatta a new step towards relegation

The Hatta team wasted a new opportunity to remain in the ADNOC Professional League, after drawing without goals with Ajman, while Al Jazira defeated Baniyas with an unanswered goal in the opening of the 22nd round matches yesterday.

“Hurricane” continued in 14th and last place with seven points, after failing to achieve its first victory at its home stadium, Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium in the league, while “Orange” raised its score to 22 points in tenth place.

The two teams presented a very weak first half, as the players did not shoot any ball towards the goal, while Ajman had a slight advantage in possession of the ball, and had one chance from an attack led by Brazilian Gianluca Muniz, who played a cross, but Moroccan striker Walid Azaro played the ball next to the post. (14).

The performance of the two teams improved in the second half, as Walid Azaro almost scored the first goal for Ajman from a dangerous ball he shot from outside the penalty area, but it passed near the post (49), while the Hatta player, the British Chipola, shot a powerful ball from a direct free kick that was blocked by Ali. Al Hosani (80), and the crossbar blocked a ball played by Azzaro with his head (87), before Al Hosani saved his goal from a dangerous opportunity in the last minute, so the match ended in a draw.

On the other hand, Al Jazira achieved its first victory in the league in 2024, by defeating Baniyas with an unanswered goal, scored by Omar Traoré, at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, raising “Abu Dhabi Pride” its score to 27 points and advancing to seventh place, while “Abu Dhabi’s” score stopped. Al Samawi” at 22 points in ninth place.

Al Jazira controlled the course of the game, and the goal came after Congolese Neskens Kebano led an organized attack and played a cross ball, which was met by Omar Traoré with a powerful shot into the goal (21). The second half witnessed a significant improvement in Baniyas’ performance, and Mohammed Al Attas saved his team’s goal from a clear chance. Against striker Youssef Nyakati (52), Ali Khasif also excelled in blocking a ball played by Nyakati with his head (59).

The excitement increased in the last minutes of the match, as the crossbar blocked a ball played by Gaston Suarez from a corner kick (86), ending the match with Al Jazira’s victory.