A goalless draw imposed itself on the outcome of the match between Al-Nasr and Al-Wahda, yesterday, at Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai, within the seventh stage of the ADNOC Professional League.
Al-Wahda missed the opportunity to reduce the gap with leaders Shabab Al-Ahly and Al-Sharjah, after raising its score to 14 points, four points behind the top two, while Al-Nasr also raised its score to 13 points in fifth place.
The match was closed on both sides, as the first half was dominated by caution due to each side’s desire not to concede any goals. Despite this, Al-Nasr had a real opportunity, when Adel Taarabt received a cross ball inside the box, which he headed over, only to be cleared by Al-Wahda goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Shamsi (10).
Ali Mabkhout missed a golden opportunity for Al-Nasr before heading to the dressing room, after a wrong exit from Mohammed Al-Shamsi, and the ball collided with Aladdin Zuhair, and found its way in front of the Al-Nasr striker, and the goal was wide open, so he slowed down the score, which enabled “Zuhair” to clear the attempt before To cross the goal line “45+1”.
The second half followed the same pattern, as Al-Wahda did not change its playing strategy, which relied on possession in the middle of the field with some timid attempts on Ahmed Chambé’s goal, the most notable of which was a header from Ibrahima Diarra that hit one of the defenders and changed its direction from the goal to a corner kick «63 ».
Al-Nasr regained its attacking threat through Abdullah Touré, who penetrated from the left side and shot a ball from a difficult place, which Mohammed Al-Shamsi pushed away with his fingertips to the “79” corner.
Before the end, Mohammed Al Shamsi kept his net clean by making a wonderful save from Samir Mecevic’s header, and sent it away for a corner.
In a second match, Kalba defeated Al-Oruba with three unanswered goals, yesterday, at Kalba Stadium.
Leandro opened the scoring early in the match with a powerful shot from outside the box that landed to the left of the Al-Orouba goalkeeper “8”, which was the goal that ended the first half.
Mehdi Qaidi won a penalty kick after being obstructed inside the box, and Daniel Bessa succeeded in converting it into a second goal (56).
Daniel Bessa returned to score his second personal goal and the third for his team after a distinguished individual effort by the brilliant Mehdi Qaidi “76”.
With this victory, Kalba raised its score to the tenth point, jumping to sixth place, ahead of Al Wasl, the league champion, who fell to seventh place, while Al Orouba’s score froze at three points in penultimate place.
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