The Kalba team snatched a difficult victory today from its host Al Ain team with an unanswered goal at the end of the 23rd round of the ADNOC Professional League, although Kalba played with ten players from the 38th minute after its player Philip Kish was sent off. With this result, Al Ain remained fourth with 39 points, losing the opportunity to compete for the league title, as Al Wasl leads them by 16 points, and there are five rounds remaining for Al Ain. While Kalba is in tenth place with 24 points. Kalba dedicated “The Knot” to “Al-Zaeem” after he was the reason for his exclusion from the cup tournament by beating him 2-1 in the quarter-finals.
Al Ain entered the confrontation with a group of substitutes, with the aim of resting the main players, in preparation for the most important confrontation that awaits the team in the second leg of the ongoing AFC Champions League 25 final against Yokohama of Japan, which won the first leg over Al Ain 2-1. The beginning of the match was contrary to what Al Ain had hoped, as it conceded an early goal after Kalba player Salem Rashid passed the ball to his fellow striker Mahdi Qaidi, who had no difficulty shooting it to the left of Al Ain goalkeeper Mohammed Businda in the 7th minute. Al Ain tried to get back in the score, and managed to score a goal through Sultan Al Shamsi, but it was canceled due to offside.
Al Ain did not benefit from Kalba’s player Philip Kish receiving the red card and receiving a fixed free kick from an ideal position in front of the goal. Amir Atzili shot an easy ball that did not pose any threat to Kalba’s goal.
Although Al Ain coach Crespo pushed the duo Kaku and Palacios at the beginning of the second half, this did not result in any change in the result, after the Kalba players fought hard to defend the lead, despite attempts by Sultan Al Shamsi and Kaku, so the match ended with Kalba’s victory.
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