Far Island of the Pro League Cup

Sharjah qualifies for a third final with Al Ain in one season

Sharjah knew its way to the Al Jazira goal and came out with the result of qualifying. From the source

Sharjah team qualified to meet Al Ain in the final of the Pro League Cup «Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup» despite drawing with Al Jazira 2-2 in a dramatic match in the second leg of the final of the tournament held yesterday at Sharjah Stadium, taking advantage of its victory in the first leg with a clean goal scored by striker Osman Camara, knowing that the final match will be held on the 27th of this month at Al Nahyan Stadium in Al Wahda Club in Abu Dhabi, which is the second time that Sharjah qualifies for the final match In this tournament.

This is the third time this season that Sharjah has met Al Ain in a final match, after they recently met in the Super Cup final, which ended with Sharjah winning the championship title, as well as the final of the President's Cup, and also ending with Sharjah's victory.

The match witnessed cases of tension between the players of the two teams, as well as the referee of the meeting issued a red card to Sharjah coach Roman Cosmin «70».

Despite the progress of Al Jazira with the goal of leading the match through striker Ali Mabkhout «22» from a surprise shot from a quick attack of Al Jazeera, Sharjah returned and turned the table on Al Jazira before the end of the first half, and scored two quick goals, one of which was scored by Al Jazira player Mamadou Coulibaly by mistake in his own goal «46», and Brazilian Luan Pereira added the second goal for Sharjah «48» after the match referee Yahya Al-Mulla used video referee technology (VAR) to calculate the goal, while the substitute player in the island succeeded Brazilian Bruno de Oliveira '76' in scoring the equalizer.

The first half came quickly and was characterized by seriousness and excitement from both sides, and each party tried to control the course of play and superiority, and Al Jazira appeared in this half the most organized and possessing the ball, and this was translated into scoring the goal of progress in the match.

The second half witnessed more strength and excitement between the two parties, who sought to excel and win the card to qualify for the final match, before Sharjah settled the match in its favor.

Sharjah lacked in this match influential elements in its ranks, most notably Spanish striker Paco Alcácer and Brazilian Caio Lucas, and Cape Verdean striker George Djanini, while Al Jazira lacked key elements, including Khalfan Mubarak.