In the presence of His Excellency Sheikh Sultan bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Ain Sports and Cultural Club and Chairman of Al Ain Football Club Company, the Boss “Al Zaeem” performed their second friendly match in the Rabat camp against the Moroccan Nahdat Berkane. It ended with the latter leading 3-1 in the match that took place at the Mohammed VI Football Complex.
The first half ended in a 1-1 draw, with Al Ain’s only goal scored by Togolese international Laba Kodjo “45”, while Yassin Labhiri scored Nahdat Berkane’s three goals, “two goals 15-60”, and a goal from a penalty kick scored Oussama Lamlioui “50”.
The match was also attended by the members of Al Ain Football Club Company Board, Mohamed Ibrahim Al Mahmoud and Mohamed Saif Al Katbi.
Al Ain Lineup
In this match Al Ain coach tested 22 players, as the initial lineup included: Khaled Issa, Bandar Al Ahbabi, Kouame Autonne, Khaled Al Hashimi, Solomon Sosu, Yahya Nader, Park Young-woo, Mathias Balacius, Siko Baba, Alejandro Caco, and Laba Kodjo”. Throughout the match, he entered “Mohammed Saeed Bu Sanda, Khalid Butti, Michel Dramane, Ahmed Barman, Mohamed Abbas, Abdulkarim Traoré, Mohamed Awad Allah, Hamid Mohamed, Khalid Al Balushi, Mathias Segovia and Josna Abyanfi”.
Nahdat Berkane Lineup
Nahdat Berkane squad included: “Hamza Hamiani, Abdul Razzaq Ghazwat, Issoufou Dayo, Abdelhak Assal, Hamza El Moussaoui, Yassin Labhiri, Reda Hajji, Youssef Zghoudi, Youssef Mehri, and Oussama Lamlioui”.
Referees
The match was officiated by a Moroccan refereeing team led by Mohamed Zarzi, “field referee”, assisted by Younos Zabakh, “first assistant referee” and Abdul Rahim Shouli“second assistant referee”.
