Shabab Al-Ahly missed the opportunity to win against Nasaf of Uzbekistan, and lost in the fatal time by two goals to one, in the match that brought them together yesterday in the second round of the fourth group matches in the AFC Champions League 2, at the central stadium in the Uzbek city of Qarshi, so that the score of the “Dubai Knights” stopped at Three points, and the Uzbek team raises its score to four points.
Shabab Al-Ahly missed out on winning, after finishing the first half with an unanswered goal.
During the first minutes of the match, the “Dubai Knights” controlled the course of the game, imposing their style of play by passing fast balls in the middle of the field, and the great activity of the players Saeed Ezzat, Moanis Dabour, Matthews Lima, Yuri Cesar and Hareb Abdullah.
In the 19th minute, Shabab Al-Ahly translated its advantage by scoring the first goal from an organized attack, led by Moanes Dabour, who played a beautiful ball to Matthews Lima, who made a wonderful individual effort, dribbled past the Nasaf defenders, and played the ball over the goalkeeper into the goal.
For its part, the Nasaf team was active in the last 10 minutes of the first half, as the home team relied on crosses, but the brilliance of Walid Abbas and Iago Santos contributed to stopping the Uzbek team’s attacks without posing a threat to goalkeeper Hassan Hamza, while Saeed Ezzat almost He added the second goal, when Gaston Suarez played a corner kick, and the Iranian midfielder met it with his head, but played the ball near the post in the first minute of stoppage time.
The second half witnessed a strong start from the Nasaf team, which almost scored the equalizer from a strong ball shot by Serbian Zoran Marusic, but the ball passed near the post (48), while Hassan Hamza cleared a dangerous cross before it reached Sharouf (53).
Shabab Al-Ahly made three changes, with Yahya Al-Ghassani, Breno Cascardo, and Riquelme replacing Yuri Cesar, Saeed Ezzat, and Eid Khamis, while Gaston Suarez almost added the goal with a direct free kick that he played beautifully toward the goal, but Uzbek goalkeeper Abdulwahid Nematov sent the ball away for a corner kick (65). .
In the 82nd minute, Hassan Hamza excelled by blocking a powerful shot from inside the penalty area from Sharouf’s number, and the Shabab Al-Ahly defense kept it away, before Zoran Marusic scored the equalizer for the Uzbek team (83), while Breno Cascardo missed an opportunity from inside the penalty area, after Federico Cartabia played a ball. A cross, and the Brazilian player hit the ball over the crossbar, and the attack rebounded to Nasaf, who added the second goal through Zoran Marošić in the second minute of stoppage time, so the match ended with Shabab Al-Ahly losing 1-2.
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