Al-Wahda team suffered its guest Al-Nasr, led by Dutch coach Alfred Schroeder, its first loss in the second round of the ADNOC Professional League, after “Al-Anabi” won with an unanswered goal, yesterday, at the end of the 22nd round, at Al Nahyan Stadium, raising its score to 38 points alone in fourth place, While “The Dean”’s score stopped at 35 points in fifth place.
Al-Wahda excelled in the first 15 minutes of the match, after controlling the proceedings in the midfield. Abdullah Hamad shot a strong shot that was blocked by Al-Nasr’s defense, and the ball returned to him again. He shot it towards the goal, but goalkeeper Ahmed Shambeh caught it firmly (8).
Omar Khribin wasted a clear opportunity to score the first goal, when Ahmed Nourallah shot a ball from outside the penalty area, which was blocked by Champier, and it reached Khribin, who headed the ball, but the Al-Nasr goalkeeper again blocked the ball brilliantly (13).
On the other hand, Al-Nasr entered the atmosphere of the match in the 33rd minute when Rashid Omar shot a strong ball from outside the penalty area, but goalkeeper Rashid Ali deflected it into a corner kick (33), and the latter continued his brilliance, when he saved his goal from an achieved goal, after Adel Taarabt passed a beautiful ball. To Manolo Gabbiadini, who was alone in the goal and shot the ball, but Rashid Ali blocked it and sent it away to a corner (38), before defender Lucas Pimenta saved the “Annabi” goal from another opportunity through Yuri Mediros (44).
In the second half, the performance of both teams declined, before excitement rose in the last 20 minutes of the match, after the unit was activated following the arrival of Bakiyev, who made a wonderful individual effort, and passed the ball to Omar Khribin, who shot it powerfully into the net, scoring the winning goal in the 71st minute, while he shone. Ahmed Shambeh saved his goal from the opportunity to score the second goal from a missile shot fired by Tahnoun Al Zaabi, which was blocked by the Al Nassr goalkeeper (79), so the match ended with Al Wahda’s victory.
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