Al Ain first football team was successful in fortifying its lead on the tournament’s standings table as they managed to transform the result from 1-0 in favor of their host Al Dhafra Club into a deserved victory with the result of 2-1. This victory came in the match that brought the two teams together on the green pitch of Hamdan bin Zayed Stadium, during the conclusion of the 12th round of competition of ADNOC Pro League football tournament.
The home team open scoring in the minute of 16 of match’s first half through a penalty kick delivered by Jobson Souza Santos, who is the team’s international Brazilian central midfielder. Match’s first half was characterized with equal rivalry and exchanging of scoring attempts. However, the first half was over with Al Dhafra Club in the lead with one goal without any response.
With match’s second half kicking off, Al Ain Club showed its powerful personality and maximized the momentum of its pressure on the forward line of play, imposing its dominance over match’s playtime, which contributed in minimizing spaces in the face of the home team and creating several consecutive scoring chances. Al Ain Club was successful in transforming its excellence by scoring the equalizer on the minute of 60 by Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba, who is the team’s international Togolese forward player, who managed to exploit a brilliant cross ball sent by Matías Damián Palacios, who is the team’s international Argentine central midfielder, with a smart touch inside the penalty zone.
Al Ain first football team continued to impose its dominance on the pitch after scoring the equalizer, the team also utilized a variety of solutions on the forward line of play and relied on cross balls and free kicks. Laba was about to score his team’s second goal in the minute of 74 but the goalkeeper of Al Dhafra Club brilliantly saved Laba’s powerful shot.
The continuous pressure culminated in scoring the winning goal in the minute of 82, when NassimChadli, who is the team’s international Moroccan right winer, continued a powerful ball delivered by Alejandro Sebastián Romero Gamarra (nicknamed Kaku) from a free kick outside the penalty zone, which rebounded from the competing team’s post, so The Boss managed to emphasize over its great potential to decisively secure the final result in details and return with match full set of points.
With this victory, Al Ain Club managed to raise its aggregate up to 30 points on the tournament’s top position, maintaining its streak of positive results and emphasizing over its readiness over the mental and technical levels for the sake of fortifying its lead on the tournament’s top position. As for Al Dhafra Club, their aggregate stopped at 15 points on the 8th position of the tournament’s standings table.
