Al Ain Losses to Al Nasr in Gulf Cup
Despite the excellent performance of the young squad of Al Ain during the matchweek 2 of the Arabian Gulf Cup against Al Nasr, they lost to the guest team in the dying minutes of the match held at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium by 2-1.
The first half ended by a goal each scored by Iury Lirio “2” and Caio Lucas “32”. In the second half, Al Nasr’s Salem Saleh scored the second and leading goal “84”.
By this result, Al Ain occupy the group’s third spot with 3 points, while Al Nasr tops Group B table with 6 points.
Al Ain: 1
Goals: Caio Lucas “32”.
Starting Line-up: Hamad Al Mansouri- Mohammed Fayez- Yahiya Nader- Saeed Jumaa- Ali Al Haidani- Suleiman Nasser- Tsukasa Shiotani- Mohammed Khalfan- Caio Lucas – Jamal Marouf- Saad Khamis.
Substitutions: Mohamed Fathi replaced Saad Khamis “59” – Ibrahim Diaky replaced Jamal Ibrahim “79”.
Yellow Cards: Ali Haidani “16”- Mohammed Khalfan “73”.
Red Cards: None.
Al Nasr: 2
Goals: Iury Lirio “2”- Salem Saleh “84”
Starting Line-up: Mohamed Youssef- Mubarak Saeed- Tariq Ahmed- Johan- Jassem Yaqoob- Samuel Rosa- Mohammed Ali Ayed- Mohamed Serwashi- Marcos Gabriel – Saeed Swaidan – Iury Lirio.
Substitutions: Rashid Mohammed Omar replaced Jassem Yaqoob “64”- Salem Saleh replaced Saeed Ali Swaidan “67”- Ali Hussein replaced Johan “77”.
Yellow Cards: Samuel Rosa “24”- Iury Lirio “73”.
Red Cards: None.
Referees
The match was managed by Hamad Ali Yousef “Match Referee” assisted by Jassem Abdullah “First Assistant”, Mohammed Al Obaidli “Second Assistant”, Ali Al Zarouni “Fourth Official”, Ali Khalfan “Referees’ Assessor” and Mohammed Al Kamali “Match Commissioner”.
