Al-Wasl missed out on a possible victory over its guest, Al-Rayyan of Qatar, with the two tied 1-1, in the sixth round of league matches for the West Asia region in the AFC Champions League for the Elite, yesterday, at Zabeel Stadium, raising the “Emperor” score to 11 points, and “Al-Raheeb” to five. points.
Al-Wasl, which did not win any match at home during the tournament, played a strong match, and was the most dangerous on goal, as it took the lead with the first goal through Caio Canedo, but his teammate Salem Al-Azizi accidentally scored a goal against his team “(friendly fire)” so the match ended in a draw.
Al Rayyan had taken control of the midfield in the first 15 minutes, after the Egyptian Mahmoud Trezeguet and the Moroccan Ashraf Ben Sharqi were remarkably active in leading the visitors’ attacks, and Trezeguet almost scored the first goal from a counterattack during which the player Salem Al Azizi dribbled and shot a strong ball that was blocked by Khaled Al Sinani. To a corner kick.
On the other hand, Al-Wasl entered the atmosphere of the match after 20 minutes, when Ali Saleh, Fabio Lima and Nicolas Jimenez moved, which contributed to the “Emperor” taking possession of the ball in the middle of the field, and Ali Saleh shot a ball from outside the penalty area, but goalkeeper Paulo Victor did not find it difficult to catch. It has (21).
In the 24th minute, Fabio Lima scored a beautiful goal from a follow-up to a free kick played by Jimenez, but the referee decided to cancel the goal after returning to video technology, due to the “Panthers” player committing a violation against Ashraf Bin Sharqi, while Paulo Victor excelled in stopping the most dangerous opportunity in the first half. When Nicolas Jimenez presented a wonderful artistic painting by dribbling more than one player, then he played a cross ball that the Swiss Harris met with a strong shot into the goal, but the Al Rayyan goalkeeper made a wonderful save and went further. “Terrible” defense of the ball in front of the goal (31).
Jimenez continued his creativity in leading the “Yellow” attacks when he received the ball inside the penalty area, dribbled past the defense with great skill and shot a powerful ball, but Paulo Victor blocked it brilliantly, and the ball reached Harris, who shot the ball over the crossbar in the second minute of stoppage time in the first half.
Al-Wasl maintained its advantage at the beginning of the second half, following a strong start from Ali Saleh, who shot a strong ball that went into a corner kick (47). Salem Al-Azizi also played a cross and South Korean Seung-hyung headed it in, but goalkeeper Paulo Victor blocked the ball (49).
Al Rayyan’s goalkeeper continued to stand as an impenetrable barrier to Al Wasl’s attacks, by blocking another ball from Jimenez who shot it from outside the penalty area (62), then blocking another ball from substitute Caio Canedo, who shot a ball from inside the penalty area and the Brazilian goalkeeper caught it.
In the 77th minute, Caio Canedo scored the first goal after an organized attack that reached the substitute, Jonatas Santos, who played a cross, and Caio met it with a powerful shot into the goal, before Salem Al-Azizi scored an equalizer by mistake in his own net (85), so the match ended in a draw.
. Al-Wasl took the lead with the first goal through Caio Canedo, but his teammate Salem Al-Azizi scored an own goal by mistake.
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