Al Ain Club moves forward with steady steps towards the final match after claiming a deserved victory in today’s top match by scoring three goals without response in the net of Al Nasr Club
Al Ain first football team managed to claim a deserved victory over its competing team Al Nasr Club by scoring three goals without any response. This victory came in the match that brought the two teams together on today’s evening, on Friday, on the green pitch of Al Maktoum Stadium, during the first leg match of the semi finals round of competitions of Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup “ADIB”. With this deserved victory “The Boss” managed to move forward with steady steps towards the second leg match of the same round of competitions, which will be taking place on the 13th of December on the green pitch of Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium.
Al Ain Club’s three goals were scored by Soufiane Rahimi, who is the team’s international professional Moroccan forward player, Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba, who is the team’s international professional Togolese forward player, as well as Rafael Vela Rodrigues, who is the team’s international professional Portuguese left back defender, on the minutes of 49, 67, and 75 consecutively. Those goals were scored with reliance on a brilliant forward team effort that emphasized over the team’s readiness and its distinct desire to compete over the qualifying ticket to the tournament’s final match.
Match in Details
Al Ain first football team started the match with high concentration, so they were about to open scoring in an early time by the team’s international Moroccan forward player, Soufiane Rahimi, in the minute of 8, but the Al Nasr Club’s international Emirati goalkeeper, Ahmed Mohamed Shambieh, managed to brilliantly save this powerful shot that was directly on its way to dwell in his team’s net.
On the minute of 20, Al Ain Club had another dangerous scoring chance with a powerful shot from inside the penalty zone by the team’s Argentine international central midfielder, Matías Damián Palacios, but the Al Nasr Club’s defensive line of players intervened in the final moment and cleared the ball away from their own net.
The minute of 42 witnessed a dramatic moment, as the pitch referee flashed two yellow cards within just one second, then he flashed the red card in the face of Al Nasr Club’s international professional Serbian midfielder, Luka Milivojević, for protesting over the referee’s judgment, granting Al Ain Club a crucial numerical advantage before halftime.
The Ainawi Remontada in the match’s second half
The Boss entered the match’s second half with a greater determination, as a result the team’s Moroccan forward player, Soufiane Rahimi, managed to leave his exceptional mark as he always dose, by scoring a wonderful goal on the minute of 49 thanks to an accurate shot he took from the edges of the penalty zone to dwell in the goalkeeper’s left corner of the competing team’s net.
With this wonderful goal, Rahimi reached the sixth direct contribution in his team’s matches vs Al Nasr Club in Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup “ADIB” (3 goals and 3 decisive passes), so he emphasized over his historical excellence in this exclusive challenge.
On the minute of 64, Al Ain Club’s Togolese forward player, Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba, wasted a penalty kick as the competing team’s goalkeeper, Ahmed Mohamed Shambieh, managed to save the shot. Then, the referee decided a retake of the penalty kick due to the goalkeeper’s early movement, so the Togolese forward player confidently took the shot again and scored his team’s second goal on the minute of 67, raising his aggregate up to 5 contributions in his team’s last 4 matches in this tournament (3 goals and 2 assists).
Al Ain first football team confirmed its dominance over the match’s play team, adding the third goal on the 75th minute of the match’s lifespan by the team’s international Portuguese left back defender, Rafael Vela Rodrigues, who brilliantly received and converted an accurate pass by Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba and struck it with his forefoot into the competing team’s net, adding a magnificent technical touch that fortified the Ainawi supremacy.
