Al-Ain team, the title holder, continued its disappointing results in the AFC Champions League, after losing to its Qatari guest, Al-Rayyan 1-2, yesterday, at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, in the seventh round, to officially bid farewell to the competitions from the first round.
Al -Ain did not win any victory during seven rounds, contented with two draws and five defeats.
Al Ain suffered deadly defensive mistakes that cost him to receive two goals in the second half, while his players did not succeed in exploiting the opportunities that they had to return to the meeting, while the Qatari Rayyan played with a tactical intelligence and took advantage of the confusion of Al -Ain’s defense to resolve the confrontation in his interest, and strengthened his chances to qualify for the round of 16.
The match referee canceled a goal scored by Al Ain International player, Moroccan Sufyan Rahimi, in the 24th minute due to the sequence, and he also canceled another goal scored by Mohamed Awadallah in the 34th minute for the same reason, but Al Ain succeeded in scoring in the 42nd minute by the Paraguayan playmaker, Alejandro Kaku, yet A left shot from inside the penalty area, taking advantage of a model pass from his colleague Sufyan Rahimi, the goal that ended in the first half.
With the start of the second session, the guests adore the result with a goal by Mahmoud Trezeguet in the 50th minute, taking advantage of the cross of his teammate Murad Naji, who exceeded the defense line in an easy way, and the defensive defensive errors that gave the guests continued another goal in the 75th minute by Roger Gedish, who took advantage of a mistake in the concentration From the defense line and scored the goal of victory.
This result reflects the large decline in the title holder, who entered the tournament with the ambitions of defending his title, but he found himself outside the competition early, after a series of disappointing results and unconvincing performance, which puts several question marks about the future of the team this season.
On the other hand, Al -Rayyan raised his score to eight points, to strengthen his chances of qualifying for the round of 16, taking advantage of the fall of Al Ain, who was not able to keep up with the rhythm of the match, which made his exit an imperative.
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