Sharjah and Al-Jazeera .. Kamara scores and Mabkhout misses a penalty kick in a strange way (video)

The Guinean Othman Kamara led Sharjah to defeat Al Jazira with a goal without a response in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Professional League Cup “Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup”, today, Thursday, at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, so that the “king” is close to qualifying for the final to face the winner from Al Ain and Al Nasr, The second leg will be held next Monday at Sharjah Stadium.
The two teams presented a strong match, especially in the first half, but Al-Jazira received a painful blow, with Khalfan Mubarak’s injury and his departure from the stadium after five minutes had passed, and the Ivorian Coulibaly came down in his place, while Sharjah initiated the attack and was the most dangerous on the goal, when Luan Pereira played a cross that passed in front of the Guinean Othman Camara Before he hit the goal (13), Al-Jazira responded with a dangerous attack from a ball played by Coulibaly to the Brazilian Bruno de Oliveira, who hit a missile that was brilliantly saved by Adel Al-Hosani (15).

Sharjah beat Al Jazira 1-0 in the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup semi-final first leg#Al-Jazeera_SharjahAbu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup pic.twitter.com/e1DkWWghOU

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In the 18th minute, Kamara scored the first goal for the “king” after receiving a beautiful pass in the heel from the Spaniard Paco Alcacer, and the Guinean striker was alone in the goal and hit the ball into the net, while Al Jazira almost scored the equalizing goal when Ali Mabkhout played a ball behind the defenders of Sharjah and reached Mali Omar Traore, who fired A powerful ball passed near the post (21).
Bruno de Oliveira got a penalty kick in the last minute of the first half after being fouled by Khaled Al-Dhanhani, and Adel Al-Hosani shone in blocking Ali Mabkhout’s shot.
As for the second half, there was an advantage from Al Jazira, who dominated the midfield, but without danger to the Sharjah goal, while Paco Alcacer missed the opportunity to add the second goal from a ball inside the penalty area, which he hit next to the post (64).

Wasted penalty.
Ali Mabkhout misses the opportunity to equalize on Al-Jazira from a penalty kick that was saved by Adel Al-Hosani#Al-Jazeera_SharjahAbu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup pic.twitter.com/JsjL0DCqxS

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The “king” continued his danger in the last ten minutes of the second half, and Ali Khaseif shone in tackling a dangerous ball from Bosnian Miralem Pjanic (87), and Adel Al-Hosani responded by banishing a dangerous ball played by the Iraqi substitute, Ayman Hussein, with his head in the third minute of stoppage time, so that the match ended with a victory. Sharjah.