Al Ain Club claims the full mark in today’s match vs Khor Fakkan Club
Al Ain claims victory over Khor Fakkan Club thanks to the goals scored by Palacios and Soufiane Rahimi
Al Ain Club maintains its powerful kick off through the competitions race of ADNOC Pro League football tournament, after claiming its second consecutive victory, as the team was successful in defeating its guest Khor Fakkan Club with the score of 2-0. This victory came in the match that brought the two teams together on today’s evening on the green pitch of Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, during the second round of competitions of the local tournament.
Al Ain Club secured the final result during match’s first half, when Soufiane Rahimi, who is the team’s international Moroccan forward player, opened scoring on the minute of 36, then his teammate Matías Damián Palacios, who is the team’s international Argentine central midfielder, fortified his team’s result by adding the second goal on the minute of 40. With this result Al Ain Club raised its aggregate up to 6 points and claimed the full mark after the first two rounds of competitions of the local tournament.
Al Ain Club entered the match with an apparent desire to impose its style of play from match’s early minutes, so they managed to control the ball and build their forward attacks with an organized effort, while Khor Fakkan Club had adopted the style of closing spaces and curbing the threat of the home team.
Al Ain Club was close into opening scoring on an early time of match’s lifespan, when Yahya Ben Khaleq, who is the team’s international Moroccan center back defender, managed to open scoring on the fifth minute of match’s first half, but the referee canceled the goal for being an offside, then the same scenario has been repeated again on the minute of 26, when Al Houssine Rahimi, who is the team’s international Moroccan forward player, scored a second goal and has been canceled for the same reason.
Al Ain Club transformed its advantage on the minute of 36, after an organized attack that has been finished by Soufiane Rahimi in the net of the competing team, when he took advantage of a decisive assist from Alejandro Sebastián Romero Gamarra, nicknamed Kaku, who is the team’s international Paraguayan attacking midfielder, so he granted “The Boss” it’s well deserved lead over the guest team.
After just four minutes, Matías Damián Palacios managed to fortify Al Ain Club’s lead by scoring the second goal, after delivering a powerful shot from outside the penalty zone, which rebounded from Ahmadou Ama Camara, who is the Guinean central midfielder for Khor Fakkan Club, and changed its course into the competing team’s net. With this result Al Ain Club finished match first half in the lead with the score of 2-0.
A continuous dominance
During match’s first half, Al Ain Club maintained its dominance over match’s play time and kept its advantage, on the other side Khor Fakkan Club only had a limited number of scoring attempts, and could not create any real scoring opportunities that could impose a real threat on the net of “The Boss”.
Al Ain Club was keen to fortify its lead, when Soufiane Rahimi was about to add his second personal goal on the minute of 74, when he delivered a powerful shot from outside the penalty zone that went over the competing team’s net.
On the minute of 84, Matías Damián Palacios was close into scoring the third goal for his team, after delivering a shot from inside the penalty zone, but Ahmed Hamdan Ibrahim Saeed Al Hosani, who is the goalkeeper for Khor Fakkan Club, managed to tackle the ball and prevented it from reaching his net.
Al Ain Club managed to maintain its advantage up until match’s final whistle, so they were successful in securing match’s final result with the score of 2-0, so they continued their journey with the full mark after the first two rounds of competitions of ADNOC Pro League football tournament.
Match’s statistics reflected the advantage of Al Ain Club, as their ratio of ball control reached 73.1% against 26.9% for Khor Fakkan, while the accuracy of their passing reaching 90.09% against 72.09% for the competing team.
