Al Ain Loses to Al Sharjah 2-1
Al Ain lost to Al Sharjah in a thrilling match of the matchweek 8 of the Arabian Gulf League held at the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium on Wednesday 31st October 2018.
Al Sharjah took the lead through their striker Welliton Soares “25” and in the 60th minute his countryman, Coronado added his team’s second goal. Marcus Berg was able to reduce the deficit in the 67th minute.
By this result, Al Sharjah opened up a four-point gap at the top of the table with a balance of 20 points and kept their undefeated record intact. Meanwhile, Al Ain moved back to the third spot on 16 points.
Al Ain: 1
Goals: Marcus Burg “67”
Starting VI: Khaled Issa – Tsukasa Shiotani – Mohamed Fayez – Ismail Ahmed – Bandar Mohammed – Ahmed Barman – Amer Abdul Rahman – Mohammed Khalfan – Hussein El Shahat- Ciao Lucas – Marcus Berg.
Substitutions: Ibrahim Diaky replaced Mohammed Khalfan “66” – Rayan Yaslam replaced Amer Abdul Rahman “68”
Yellow Cards: Mohammed Khalfan “54” – Khaled Issa “58” – Mohamed Fayez “88” – Hussein El Shahat “89” – Caio Lucas “90”.
Red Cards: None.
Sharjah: 2
Goals: Welliton Soares “25” – Coronado Igor “60”
Starting VI: Adel Al Hosani, Hassan Saleh, Shaheen Abdul Rahman, Majid Sorour, Welliton Soares, Igor Coronado, Ali Al Dhanhani, Abdullah Ghanem, Ryan Mendes, Mohammed Rashed, Otabik Shukorov.
Substitutions: Mahyen Khalifa replaced Saif Rashed “77” – Hamad Jassim replaced Ryan Mendez “90”.
Yellow Cards: Shaheen Abdulrahman “32” – Saif Rashed “65” – Majed Sorour “71” – Abdullah Ghanem “81”.
Red Cards: None.
Referees
The match was managed by Mohammed Abdullah Hassan “Match Referee”, assisted by Hassan Al Mahri, “First Assistant”, Hassan Ahmed Al Hammadi “Second Assistant”, Abdullah Naji “Fourth Official”, Ali Khalfan “Referees’ Assessor” and Fahad Al Hosani “Match Commissioner”.
