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Al Ain Club inaugurated its journey in the AFC Champions League Elite football tournament with a perfect kick off, as the team has managed to claim victory over its guest Saudi Al Nassr, scoring 4 goals with no response. This 4-0 victory came today, on Tuesday night, on the green pitch of Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, and with this victory \u201cThe Boss\u201d managed to claim the first three points through its continental journey.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Ainawi victory night brought together the big result and the brilliant numbers, as Al Houssine Rahimi, who is the international Moroccan forward player for Al Ain first football team, managed to score two goals while wearing the kit of Al Ain Club through the competition race of AFC Champions League Elite football tournament. While his brother, Soufiane Rahimi, who is the international Moroccan forward player for Al Ain first football team, assumed the sole lead on the historical top scorers list for \u201cThe Boss\u201d through the competition race of the continental tournament, by reaching his 19th personal goal, while the Giorgos Giakoumakis, who is the international Greek forward player for Al Ain first football team, managed to start his scoring record with the team. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A powerful kick off<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Al Ain Club showed its apparent desire to strike on the forward line of play from match\u2019s kick off, they were also about to open scoring after only three minutes of match\u2019s kick off, when Al Houssine Rahimi, who is the team\u2019s Moroccan forward player, managed to deliver a powerful shot that went off the competing team\u2019s bar, which was the first dangerous scoring attempt on the guest team’s net.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n On the minute of 25, \u201cThe Boss\u201d transformed its advantage into match’s first goal, when the team\u2019s Moroccan forward player, Al Houssine Rahimi, managed to take advantage of a mistake committed by returning the ball to Nawaf Dhahi Faisal Al Suwaiti Al Aqidi, who is the Saudi goalkeeper for Al Nassr Club, on which he rushed and delivered a shot from a difficult corner which dwelled in the competing team\u2019s net, announcing the scoring of the first goal for Al Ain Club, and his first goal with the team through the competition race of AFC Champions League football tournament.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Al Ain Club maintained its balanced performance after scoring the leading goal, they have also managed to maintain their powerful presence on the forward line of play with a brilliant discipline on the defensive line of play. At the same time, Khalid Eisa Mohammed Bilal Saeed Al Mesmari, who is the goalkeeper for Al Ain first football team, was present to intervene once duty calls him to act, by saving a dangerous header delivered to score the competing team\u2019s first goal, so he managed to maintain his team\u2019s lead and his net clean of goals up until the finish of match\u2019s first half.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Al Houssine signs his name on the duo of goals<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Al Ain Club entered match\u2019s second half with a high concentration, they were also successful in minimizing the spaces of play in front of the competing team\u2019s key players on the forward line of play, with reliance on the speed of transformations and taking advantage of open spaces through the final third of the pitch.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n On the minute of 63, the Moroccan forward player, Al Houssine Rahimi, came back to sign his name once more, when he took advantage of an accurate cross ball that was delivered by Alejandro Sebasti\u00e1n Romero Gamarra, nicknamed Kaku, who is the international Paraguayan attacking midfielder for Al Ain first football team, and delivered a direct shot that dwelled in the competing team’s net, so he scored his second personal goal and singed his name on the first duo of goals scored by him wearing the kit of Al Ain Club through the competition race of AFC Champions League Elite football tournament, when, through the same match, he opened his scoring record with \u201cThe Boss\u201d through the Asian tournament.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Soufiane… The number 19 and the sole lead on the top scorers list for Al Ain Club<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n After only 9 minutes, time has come to witness the setting of a new historical record that holds the signature of Soufiane Rahimi, who is the Moroccan forward player for Al Ain first football team, who managed to take advantage of an accurate pass that went deep through the defenses of Al Nassr Club, while he was moving behind the competing team\u2019s defenders before confidently putting the ball in the competing team\u2019s net on the minute of 72, while VAR technology assistant referee emphasized over the accuracy of the goal.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Moroccan forward player, Soufiane Rahimi, raised his aggregate of scored goals through the competition race of AFC Champions League Elite football tournament into 19 goals, assuming the sole lead on the top scorers list of Al Ain Club through the continental tournament, as well as shaking off the previous partnership on the 18 goals set record with the team\u2019s previous stars Omar Abdulrahman Ahmed Al Raaki Al Amoudi, who was the international Saudi attacking midfielder for Al Ain first football team, in addition to Asamoah Gyan, who was the Ghanian forward player for Al Ain first football team.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Giorgos Giakoumakis opens his continental record of goals<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Despite assuming the lead with three goals, Al Ain Club was successful in maintaining its powerful presence on the forward line of play up until match\u2019s final minutes, they have also managed to take advantage of the open spaces left by the competing team while they were searching for a return into the match, when the Moroccan forward player, Soufiane Rahimi, led a fast counter attack on the minute of 85 and passed a ball that placed the Greek forward player, Giorgos Giakoumakis, in a direct encounter with the competing team\u2019s goalkeeper, then the Greek forward player calmly placed the ball in the competing team\u2019s net, so he scored his team\u2019s fourth goal in this match and opened his goal scoring record with the kit of \u201cThe Boss\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n On the other side of the match, Al Ain Club managed to maintain its rigorousness on the defensive line of play up until the final whistle, while the goalkeeper of Al Ain Club, Khalid Eisa, maintained his distinguished presence in front of the scoring attempts that reached his goal, the most notable of which is saving a ball by Cristiano Ronaldo, who is the international Portuguese forward player for Al Nassr Club, so his team was successful in finishing the match with a big victory and a clean sheet.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n With a 4-0 victory, match three points, and new personal records, Al Ain Club managed to finish its first test through the competition race of AFC Champions League Elite football tournament with a perfect aggregate, and starts its continental journey with a brilliant victory that emphasized over the powerful start for \u201cThe Boss\u201d through the Asian tournament.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Al Ain Club inaugurated its journey in the AFC Champions League Elite football tournament with a perfect kick off, as the team has managed to claim victory over its guest Saudi Al Nassr, scoring 4 goals with no response. 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