Al Ain Club temporarily occupies top position of ADNOC Pro League’s standings table
Al Ain Club settles for a positive draw in today’s match vs Al Nasr… In the match that witnessed the cancellation of one goal and a dramatic ending with 9 players
Al Ain’s first football team settles for a positive draw vs their guest Al Nasr Club, as each team scored one goal. This result came in the match that brought the two teams together on today’s evening on the pitch of Hazza Bin Zayed stadium, during the 16th round of competitions of ADNOC Pro League.
This match witnessed strong rivalry from both teams starting from match’s kick off, where Al Nasr Club took the initiative with a threatening effort in an early time with a powerful shot from a free kick delivered by Luka Milivojević, who is the team’s Serbian defensive midfielder, in the minute of 6, which went over the bar. The Boss quickly responded with a dangerous attempt by Soufiane Rahimi, who is the team’s Moroccan forward player, in the minute of 15, but his header went by the competing team’s post.
Mehdi Ghayedi, who is the Iranian left winger for Al Nasr Club, was successful in scoring the leading goal for his team in the minute of 21, as the goal underwent a VAR technology review, so match’s first half was over with the guest team in the lead with one goal without any response, despite the continuous attempts by Al Ain Club to return with the result, the most notable of which is an attempt by Matías Damián Palacios, who is the team’s Argentine central midfielder, in the minute of 39 which was saved by Al Nasr Club’s goalkeeper.
With match’s second half kicking off, Al Ain Club maintained its pressure in search for the equalizer, despite the numerical disadvantage as Alejandro Romero (Kaku) received a red card in the minute of 60. Palacios was capable of scoring the equalizer thanks to a powerful shot from a free kick in the minute of 66, which restored the match into the starting point.
The final moments witnessed dramatic events, as Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba, who is the Togolese forward player for Al Ain Club, was successful in scoring a second goal for his team which was cancelled by the referee for being an offside, the referee also cancelled a penalty kick for Al Nasr Club after reverting to VAR technology. In the added time, Ramy Hisham Abdel Aziz Mostafa Rabia, who is the Egyptian center back defender for Al Ain Club, received a red card, so his team continued the match with only 9 players up until the final whistle.
With this result, Al Ain Club raised its aggregate up to 38 points and occupied the top position on the standings table of ADNOC Pro League football tournament, with the advantage of the direct matches. As for Al Nasr Club, their aggregate reached 21 points on the sixth position of the tournament’s standings table.
