Al Ain Loses to Al Jazira by 1-2
Al Ain FC lost to Al Jazira by 1-2 in matchweek 6 of the Arabian Gulf League held at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium on Saturday 20 October 2018.
The Boss took the lead in the first half by 1-0 scored by Marcus Berg “33”. In the second half, Al Jazira were able to level up through Leonardo Pierera “85”, and in five minutes the substitute,Yaqoub Al Hosani, scored his team’s second goal “90”.
By this result, Al Ain retreats to the third place with 13 points in their balance. Meanwhile, Al Jazira moves up to the second spot holding 14 points.
Al Ain dominated the match since the kickoff whistle forcing the guest team to retreat and defend their last third area and play conservatively to mitigate the flow of Ainawi flow of attacks. It took the Boss 33 minutes to turn their field superiority into a perfect goal held the signature of Sweden Marcus Berg when he received a deft cross from Mohammed Abdul Rahman where Berg was in the right place and time to square it and sent it powerfully into the furthest corner of Ali Khsiaf’s back net.
The match referee cancelled Al Ain’s second goal scored by Bandar Al Ahbabi as he was in offside at the time of scoring “40”. Then the referee whistled announcing the end of the first half.
With the beginning of the second half, Marcus Berg missed a precious chance to score the team’s second goal when invested in a mistake committed by Al Jazira’s defender,Fares Jumaa, to find himself face to face with the goalkeeper. However, the goalkeeper was successful in sending it off very skillfully “54” saving his net from a 100% goal.
Al Jazira was successful in leveling the result up in the last few minutes of the match through Brazil’s Leonardo Pierra at “85”. In the dying minutes of the match, the substitute Yaqoub Al Hosani was able to score his team’s second goal “90”. Then the match referee whistled to end the match while the hoax shows the result of Al Jazira 2 and Al Ain 1.
Al Ain
Goals:1
Starting Lineup: Khaled Issa – Tsukasa Shiotan – Mohannad Salem Al Enezi- Ismail Ahmed – Bandar Mohammed – Ahmed Barman – Mohammed Abdul Rahman- Mohammed Khalfan – Hussein El Shahat – Caio Lucas – Marcos Berg.
Substitutions: Jamal Marouf replaced Hussein El Shahat. 62 – Amer Abdul Rahman replaced Mohammed Khalfan 70 – Ibrahim Diaky replaces Ahmed Barman 88.
Hello Cards: Mohamed Khalfan “61” – Ahmed Barman “85”
Red Cards: None.
Al Jazira: 2
Goals: Leonardo Pereira “85” – Yaqoub Al Hosani”90″.
Starting Lineup: Ali Khsaif, Mohamed Fawzi, Fares Jumaa, Nasser Brazet, Leonardo Pereira, Ernest Asante, Salem Rashed, Khalfan Mubarak, Sebastian Siani, Abdullah Ramadan, Khalifa Al Hammadi.
The substitutions: Yaqoub Al Hosani replaced Abdullah Ramadan “68” – Zayed Al Ameri replaced Nasser Barazit “69” – Mohammed al Attas replaced Sebastian Siani “82”.
Yellow Cards: None.
Red Cards: None.
Referees
The match was managed by Ammar Al Junaibi“Match Referee”, assisted by Ahmed Al Rashedi, “first assistant”, Ali Al Shehhi “second assistant”,Issa Khalifa “fourth official”, Sultan Saho “referee’s assessor and Ahmad Al Hammadi “match commissioner”.
