Al Ain striker, Togolese Laba Kodjo, scored a hat-trick against Khorfakkan during the match that took place on Saturday evening and ended with the victory of the “Boss” 5-1 in the opening round of the ADNOC Professional Football League, thus entering the 100-goal club after his number of goals reached 101 in the league championship.
Before today’s match, Kodjo had 98 goals to his credit, scored during the previous five seasons, and his hat-trick against the “Eagles” secured him a place as the second highest scorer in the history of his club in the competition, a list topped by the legend Ahmed Abdullah, known as “The Dark Gazelle”, who has 117 goals to his credit.
It is noteworthy that Laba Kodjo occupies the sixth place in the list of top scorers in the tournament since the application of professionalism, which is led by Ali Mabkhout with 218 goals, Sebastian Tagliabue in second place with 184, Fabio Lima in third place with 167, Makhete Diop in fourth place with 108 and Asamoah Gyan in fifth place with 101.
Al Ain opened the scoring with a goal by Alejandro Kaku in the 14th minute, and his teammate Rahimi added the second goal in the 42nd minute. Laba Kodjo extended his team’s lead with a third goal in the 55th minute, and the same player scored his second and his team’s fourth in the 61st minute. However, the visitors reduced the gap through Jonathan Vieira in the 66th minute, but Laba Kodjo added a third goal (a hat-trick) and the team’s fifth in the 73rd minute, which ended the match.
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