Salmeen performs the lead salute to the “Colonel”

Shabab Al-Ahly maintained the top of the ADNOC Professional League standings by defeating Khorfakkan by three goals to one, yesterday, in the opening of the 20th round matches at Rashid Stadium in Dubai, to raise the “Dubai Knights” score to 45 points, while the “Eagles” score stopped at 21 points, Al-Ahly youth also benefited from the loss of Al-Ain, the runner-up, against Al-Nasr with a goal to zero.

Shabab Al-Ahly dominated the first half, after Khorfakkan coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari relied on counter-attacks and focused on controlling the “Dubai Knights” attack line, which contributed to neither team creating opportunities in the first 15 minutes of the match, while the Syrian Omar Khribin (Colonel) scored. , the first goal of an organized attack led by Brazilian Cesar and passed the ball to Uzbek Ganiyev, who played a perfect cross and Khribin met it with a beautiful shot into the goal (17).

Shabab Al-Ahly continued and missed two chances achieved in one minute when Federico Cartabia hit a ball from inside the penalty area that touched Khorfakkan defender Rosic and bounced off the crossbar into a corner kick (26), and in the same minute Ganeev hit a powerful ball that passed next to the post.

In the 43rd minute, Brazilian Yuri Cesar got a penalty kick after he was fouled by Khorfakkan striker Felipe, and Kartabia skillfully hit the penalty kick, adding the second goal (45).

As for the second half, Khorfakkan’s performance improved, and Felipe scored a goal in the 50th minute, but the referee canceled the goal for offside after using video technology, while Algerian Mahdi Obaid hit a powerful ball that passed near the post (66), before “Dodo” scored the first goal with a wonderful shot. It hit the crossbar and entered the goal (77), and Salmeen Khamis responded by scoring the third goal after he followed a rebound from the “Al-Nusour” defense in the 82nd minute, so the match ended with the victory of Shabab Al-Ahly.