He beat Khorfakkan and equalized with the «leader» in the number of points

Al Wahda shoulder to shoulder with Al Ain to compete with Shabab Al Ahli

  • Joao Pedro delighted to score Al Wahda's first goal. From the source

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Al-Wahda team achieved a valuable victory over its host Khorfakkan with two clean goals, in the 24th round of the ADNOC Professional League, yesterday.

Al Wahda's balance became 48 points, the same as Al Ain's runner-up, and only three points behind leaders Shabab Al Ahli, while Khorfakkan's balance froze at 24 points in tenth place.

The match witnessed technical superiority and clear possession of Al-Annabi in most periods of the confrontation, and the first attempt of Al-Wahda was through Brazilian Joao Pedro, who shot a ball while inside the penalty area, passed next to the post, and the first half appeared without many offensive opportunities, with Al-Wahda focusing on fixed balls, one of which resulted in scoring the first goal through the header of Argentine Facundo Daniel in the 10th minute, taking advantage of a ball that arrived from a corner played by Suhail Al-Mansouri, and the player almost

himself to score a new goal, had it not been for the fact that his powerful ball hit the defenders while he was inside the penalty '14'.

The Brazilian Dudu's shot, which passed next to the post in the 23rd minute, was the first attempt of Khorfakkan, before his Portuguese colleague Felipe missed the opportunity for a goal achieved, after he shot a ball and arrived inside the penalty area unattended, but he shot the ball out unexpectedly in the 33rd minute.

Suhail Al-Mansouri shot a beautiful header just above the crossbar in the 41st minute, after handling Argentine Facundo Daniel, and the Algerian Mehdi bin Obaid's header in the minute (45 + 3) was the last offensive attempt of Khorfakkan in the first half, and it went over the crossbar.

The international referee Nawaf Al-Zeyoudi awarded a penalty kick to Al-Wahda team, after the ball touched the hand of Khorfakkan player Masoud Suleiman, to be saved by substitute Sebastian Tigali, and shot it to the right of the goalkeeper wonderfully, scoring the second goal in the 71st minute, and Argentine Daniel almost scored a new goal for Al-Wahda, had it not been for the fact that he shot the ball prepared for him by Abdullah Hamad next to the 83rd post.

After five minutes of injury time that saw ineffective attacking attempts, the match ended in a precious victory for Al Wahda.