The Lebanese athlete suffers the first defeat by the “African Tunisian” in the “Dubai Basketball”

The Lebanese sports team inflicted the first defeat on the African-Tunisian team in the current version of the Dubai International Basketball Championship, after the difficult victory achieved by the Beirut team, which came by six points and with a score (68-62), in a match that brought the two teams together today for the fifth round and before. The closing tournament of the tournament groups, which is currently being held in its 32nd edition at Al-Nasr Club hall in Dubai, and extends until the fifth of next February, and nine elite teams and clubs from the Asian and African continents are competing for their title.

The round also witnessed for the account of the same group, the Lebanese team Beirut snatched a difficult victory over Sale of Morocco, which came by a difference of three points and with a result (74-71), while the only meeting was recorded for the account of the first group. (86-92).

The Tunisian African concluded his career in the group league with a temporary lead in the general standings of his second group, with five points, one point behind the Lebanese athlete, who will play a fateful match tomorrow at the end of the group league with his Lebanese neighbor Beirut, the third team in the group, with three points. Fourth with three points.

At the level of the first group, Al-Nasr Al-Libya, at the end of its matches in the Group League, reassured the third place in the group teams that qualified for the quarter-finals, after Al-Nasr raised its score to the sixth point, sharing the same balance with the Lebanese “Dynamo” and the Philippine “Strong Group”, which They will meet tomorrow in the summit meeting of the group, while the third loss in a row cost the national team, putting it under pressure to win in its last match tomorrow against the Syrian Unity at the end of the group league, so that “Al-Abyad” will ensure that it grabs the fourth place and the last card that qualifies for the quarter-finals, especially since it shares With the center unit, the balance of the three points and the last place.

The meeting of the Lebanese athlete and the African-Tunisian came close in terms of performance and result, after the African-Tunisian succeeded in gaining the advantage with the result of the first quarter by (15-11), but the athlete soon managed to regain his balance and end the first half in his favor by (31-27) with a score of (31-27). The players of the Lebanese team have the advantage in the second quarter (20-12).

With the start of the second half, the Tunisian African again imposed his solid defensive rhythm, which allowed him to gain the advantage with the result of the third quarter (21-16), before the match entered its last 10 minutes, in which he knew through the athlete how to win by gaining the advantage with the result of the fourth quarter (21-21). 14).

In turn, Moroccan Sale missed the opportunity to achieve its first victory in the tournament, after the first quarter, Sale finished ahead by four points with a score of (25-21), but soon the Lebanese Beirut players were able to return with the difference and chart the way to victory in the match by gaining the advantage with the result of the second and third quarters by (22-16 and 26-19), especially since the fourth and final quarter ended in a tie (17-17).

In the third match, the start of the meeting between the national team and the Libyan victory came close, before the Libyans managed to finish the first quarter ahead with a score (29-24), and moved away from the difference during the course of the second quarter, which ended with victory (27-19).

With the start of the second half, the national team tried to reduce the difference, and the “white” players managed to gain the advantage with the results of the third and fourth quarters (24-19 and 19-17), which were insufficient for the team to return to the match.

Tomorrow evening, Wednesday, the curtain will fall on the group league with three matches, starting at five in the afternoon with the national team’s meeting against the Syrian Al-Wehda for the account of the first group, followed at seven in the evening and for the account of the same group by the “Strong Group” meeting with the “Lebanese Dynamo”, through which the identity of the group leader will be determined. The curtain falls at nine in the evening with the second group meeting, which brings together the Lebanese athlete with his compatriot, the Beirut Club team.