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 second round of the fourth group matches in the AFC Champions League 2, today, Wednesday, at the central stadium in the Uzbek city of Qarshi, so that the score of the “Dubai Knights” stopped at three points. The Uzbek team raises its score to four points.
Shabab Al-Ahly lost their lead in the first half with an unanswered goal, while at the time when they almost scored the second goal in the fatal time, Cascardo wasted an unmissable opportunity and the ball bounced, allowing Nassaf to add the second goal and obtain the three points.
“Dubai Knights” controlled the course of the game, and the team imposed its 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 Harib Abdullah.
In the 19th minute, Shabab Al-Ahly translated its advantage by scoring the first goal from an organized attack led by Mounis Dabour, and 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 ten 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 added the goal. The second was when Gaston Suarez played a corner kick and the Iranian midfielder headed it in, but played the ball wide of the post in the first minute of stoppage time.
On the other hand, 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 and Saeed Ezzat Eid Khamis, while Gaston Suarez almost added the goal with a direct free kick that he played beautifully towards the goal, but Uzbek goalkeeper Abdelwahid Nematov sent the ball away to a corner kick (65).
For his part, Bubur Abdel-Khulikov wasted the most dangerous opportunity for the Nasaf team when he was alone in the goal and shot the ball in front of goalkeeper Hassan Hamza, but the ball passed next to the post (73), and after that, Shabab Al-Ahly made a fourth substitution with Guilherme Balla replacing Moaness Dabour.
In the 82nd minute, Hassan Hamza excelled by blocking a strong shot from inside the penalty area from Sharouf’s number, but it was cleared by Shabab Al-Ahly’s defence, before Zoran Marusic scored the equalizer for the Uzbek team from a Stankovic corner kick, and the Serbian player headed it into the goal (83), while Brenno Cascardo wasted an unbeatable opportunity. It was lost from inside the penalty area after Federico Cartabia played a cross and the Brazilian player hit the ball over the crossbar, so the attack rebounded to Nasaf, who added the second goal through Zoran Marusic in the second minute of stoppage time, so the match ended with a loss for Shabab Al-Ahly.
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