Al Ain Scores Late and Wins Kalba 2-1 Plus Three Valuable Points
Al Ain achieved an important victory over the home team, Kalba, by 2-1. Al Ain took the lead through Berg’s goal at the 41st minute. Kalba leveled up and scored their first goal at the 54th minute. Shiotani snatched the victory for the Boss in the dying moments of the game “88”. Following the win, Al Ain occupy the third league spot with 22 points, meanwhile, Kalba sit eighth with 11 points.
The performance of the two team during the first half was not up to expectations. The first chance for Al Ain came through Mohannad’s header and passed the post by a whisker “10”. Al Ain dominated the maneuvers area in the midfield while Kalba relied on counter attacks. Tommy Reyes nearly opened the scoring for Kalba, when received the ball inside the penalty box, however, his right footed shot cannoned off Khalid Bilal’s left post in the 36th minute. Just five minutes later, the Boss responded through Bengt Berg. The Swede converted Rayan Yaslam accurate low cross into the back of Jamal Al Hosani’s net, making it 1-0 before halftime.
In the second half of the game, Kalba surprised Al Ain by their strong and swift performance and was able to level up at the 54th minute. Al Ain’s head coach Zoran replaced Jamal Marouf by the Egyptian Hussein Al Shahat to enhance the offensive side and take advantage of his speed in the disruption of the back line of Kalba. At the 64th minute, Berg tried to score by a smart double kick, but the ball passed by the post. Zoran again replaced Rayan Yaslam by Mohammed Khalfan to control midfield at 65th minute. played Berg. Kalba’s goalkeeper was able to save his net when he palmed off Caio’s strong shot at 72nd minute. El Shahat actively penetrated the back lines of Kalba more than once and it worked very well. At the 88th minute, Shiotani snatched the victory for the Boss in the dying moments of the game. The Japanese converted Caio Fernandes’ well-placed crossed freekick into the top corner with a stunning first-time shot.
