Moataz Al-Shami (Dubai)
Al Ain lost two valuable points against its guest Bani Yas, after a 2-2 draw in the match that was held at Hazaa Bin Zayed Stadium at the end of the 11th round of the ADNOC Professional League, bringing Al Ain to point 18 in seventh place, and Bani Yas adds a point to its tally and reaches point 12, with which it climbed to the center The tenth.
The great attacking danger was absent from the two goals with the start of the first half, although the advantage from the start was for Al-Ain in the offensive part, so that the match turned from the 28th minute and witnessed exciting minutes, as Al-Ain took the initiative to score, through Andrey Yarmolenko; After Laba Kodjo took advantage of a defensive error from the guests, and passed the ball to Sufyan Rahimi, who in turn passed it in a distinctive way to the goal scorer; Rahimi became the most contributor with goals in the ADNOC Professional League this season (13, equal with Ali Mabkhout).
Bani Yas responded after that, in the 31st minute, by scoring the equalizer with a powerful shot from Nicolas Jimenez from the outskirts of the penalty area; Jimenez contributed 3 of the last 4 goals of Bani Yas against Al Ain in the Professional League (one goal and two assists).
Through friendly fire, Bani Yas scored the second goal in the 36th minute, after Al-Mahdi Al-Mubarak accidentally converted the cross into his own net, to become the tenth self-goal against Al-Ain in the Professional League, five of which were scored in December.
The preference tended to Bani Yas, and they appeared more in the defensive areas of Al Ain, and Khaled Issa, Al Ain goalkeeper, prevented a historic goal from the middle of the field for Bani Yas, so that the first half ended with the visitors advancing 2-1.
Al Ain started the second half by imposing an intense pressure method. To achieve the equalizer, and Laba Kodjo managed to equalize in the 54th minute from a penalty kick, so that the match proceeded in one offensive direction from Al Ain, and Bani Yas played heavily with the use of counter-attacks, and both sides missed successive opportunities, but nothing resulted in the confrontation ending. positive draw.
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