Palacios and Laba ascend the 'leader' to the semi-finals of the Cup

«Al Ain» infects Shabab Alahli

  • Laba, Rahimi and Eric celebrate Al Ain's victory. From the source

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Al Ain qualified for the semi-finals of the President's Cup after defeating Shabab Al Ahli by two goals in the quarter-finals to face the winner of Bani Yas and Al Wasl in the Golden Square.

Al Ain scored the first goal from an organized attack that reached Moroccan Sofiane Rahimi, who played a cross and bounced off Majid Nasser, and was completed by Argentina's Mateus Palacios in goal (8).

Shabab Al Ahli dominated the center of the field, but without danger to the goal, while the most prominent opportunity was from a ball shot by Harib Abdullah and brilliantly removed by Khalid Issa to a corner kick, on the other hand, the counter-attacks of the «leader» posed a great danger to the goal of «Dubai Knights» and Majid Nasser saved his goal from the second goal twice in one minute when he saved a strong ball from Caio Canedo, and then from another shot from Palacios (37).

Al Ain relied on shooting from outside the penalty area and Majed shone again by saving a shot from Moroccan Mehdi Al Mubarak, while Croatian Tin Gidvaj missed a chance from a ball inside the penalty area that he headed over the crossbar in stoppage time.

The second half witnessed an advantage from Shabab Al-Ahli and Omar Khreibin missed a chance achieved from a complete solitary goal and shot a strong ball saved by Khaled Issa (60), and substitute Gustavo Silva missed a chance from inside the penalty area and shot the ball next to the post (67), while Youssef Jaber saved a dangerous opportunity from in front of the goal before Caio added the second goal for Al Ain (70).

In the 77th minute, Majid Nasser received a red card for receiving the second warning for obstructing Sofian Rahimi, and the referee awarded a penalty kick shot by Laba Kodjo in the goal, adding the second goal (81), so that the 'leader' controlled the match and maintained his advantage to end the match with victory and qualify for the golden square.