Murad Al-Masry (Abu Dhabi)
Al Ain came back from behind with an “exciting remontada”, thanks to Laba Kodjo’s “hat-trick”, to beat Al Jazira 3-1, in the match that was held at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, within the “tenth round” of the “ADNOC Professional League”, to raise the “leader”. » Its score is “18 points”, and it advances to fifth place, and “Abu Dhabi Pride”’s score freezes at “17 points”, and it falls to sixth place.
Al Jazira took the lead with a goal scored by Nabil Fekir in the 52nd minute, and Al Ain responded with three goals scored by the “sniper” Laba Kodjo in the 63rd, 69th and 85th minutes.
Al Jazira were the most dangerous during the course of the first half, and came close to opening the scoring, after Mohamed Elneny shot a strong ball from outside the area, which bounced off the crossbar in the 26th minute. Al Jazira came back to waste a clear opportunity, when Nabil Fekir faced the goal, and shot a shot that was blocked by goalkeeper Khaled Issa. In the 29th minute, Al Ain responded before the end of the half with a shot from Sufyan Rahimi from outside the area, which was successfully saved by goalkeeper Ali Khaseef in the 37th minute.
Al Jazeera translated its advantage at the beginning of the second half, after an organized attack concluded by Melo with a pass that reached Nabil Fekir’s head, who deposited it into the net, announcing the first goal in the 52nd minute.
Al Ain’s awakening came after a shot from Sufyan Rahimi bounced off Al Jazira’s defenders and reached Laba, who was positioned in front of the goal. He did not hesitate to head it into the net in the 63rd minute.
Al Ain turned the score around with a second goal from Laba, also with a header from a Kaku cross in the 69th minute, and Laba completed Al Ain’s advantage with a new header, after a cross from Bandar Al Ahbabi in the 85th minute.
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