4th Impressive Victory in a Row and 12 Points in Balance.. The Boss Puts Firm Hands Over the Top Spot Winning Kalba by 4-0
Al Ain Football Team tops the standing table of the ADNOC Pro League following thrashing Kalba by 4-1 in matchweek 4 held at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium on Friday 17th September 2021.
Al Ain took the lead in the first half of the match by 4-0. Al Ain scored by Soufiane Rahimi at “2”, Laba Kodjo “10, 26” and Christian Guanca at “45+6”. Kalba scored their sole goal by Malaba at “50”.
Al Ain tops the table on 12 points with 4 wins out of 4 while Ittihad Kalba stays in 10th position on 2 points.
Al Ain: 4
Goals: Soufiane Rahimi “2” – Laba Kodjo “10” – Laba Kodjo “26” – Christian Guanca “45 + 6”.
Starting Lineup: Khaled Eisa, Saeed Jumaa, Yassin Meriah, Kwame Aton, Eric, Yahiya Nader, Mohammed Abbas, Soufiane Rahimi, Bandar Al Ahbabi, Christian Guanca and Laba Kodjo.
Substitutions: Nasser Al Shukaili replaced Yahiya Nader “68” – Khaled Al Blooshi replaced Bandar Al Ahbabi “72” –Saeed Ahmed replaced Soufiane Rahimi “82” –Ali Al Blooshi replaced Mohammed Abbas “82”.
Yellow Cards: Yassin Meriah “34”.
Red Cards: None
Shots: 17
Shot on goal: 7
Shots inside the box: 14
Shot out of the box: 3
Corners: 8
Offside: 2
Possession: 57%
Ittihad Kalba: 1
Goals: Benil Malaba “50”.
Starting Lineup: Jamal Abdullah, Mohammed Sabeel, Nasser Abdul Hadi, Ahmed Jeshak, Roland Varga, Wilder Cartagena, Benil Malaba, Fahd Sabeel, Abdul Salam Mohammed, Omar Khadim and Robert Zulj.
Substitutions: Ramirez replaced Robert Zulge “46” – Lintrust replaced Ronald Varga “46” – Ahmed Amer replaced Benil Malaba exits “57” – Habib Al Fardan replaced Wilder Cartagena “62”.
Yellow Cards: Roland Varga (27) – Brian Ramirez (60)
Red Cards: none.
Shots: 11
Shot on goal: 4
Shots inside the box: 8
Shot out of the box: 3
Corners: 3
Offside: 2
Possession: 43%
Match Officials
The match was managed by Omar Mohammed Al Ali, “Match Referee” assisted by Sabt Obaid, “First Assistant Referee”, Amer Abdullah Hassan, “Second Assistant Referee”, Khaled Al Mulla, “Fourth Official”, Yahiya Al Mulla, “Video Referee”, Ahmed Hassan Al Hammadi, “Video Assistant Referee”, Eisa Darwish, “Referees Assessor” and Fahd Al Hosani “Match Commissioner”.
