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Al Wasl bid farewell to the President's Cup with a 3-2 loss from Sharjah

• 23 Feb, 2022

With a large crowd of the two teams the match was launched Al Wasl and Sharjah in the second leg of the semi-finals of the President's Cup at Sharjah Stadium, the emperor entered the meeting conservatively and closed the spaces in front of the strikers of the owners of the land, the defensive system was successful in preventing any real danger on the goal keeper Mohammed Ali in the first 30 minutes.

In the last 15 minutes of the first half, Al Wasl began to swap Sharjah attacks through Ali Saleh "Golden Boy", which was a major inconvenience to the opponent's defenses, in the time counted in the added time, which was estimated by the referee of the meeting 7 minutes, the goalkeeper Mohammed Ali was injured and came out of the field, and participated in his place Ibrahim Issa.

The second half started an exciting start after the referee awarded a penalty on Youssef Al Muhairi, on the grounds of touching the ball by hand, amid a wide objection from the public and the technical staff, but Sharjah player Caio Lucas wasted the ball in the 48th minute to remain the result negative draw, after which the emperor launched a quick counterattack reached the "golden boy" in the penalty area, forcing the defender of the owners to block him to prevent him from scoring, and the referee counts a penalty scored by Brazilian Gilberto Oliveira in the 52nd minute.

In the 58th minute Ramiro took advantage of a huge defensive error from the Sharjah defender and kicked the ball into the penalty area and passed a cross to the next from the back Habush Saleh, who did not hesitate to shake the net of adel al-Housani for the second time in six minutes.

The game was confined to the centre of the field for 15 minutes between the two teams, before Sharjah returned and reduced the difference from Osman Kamara's shot from outside the penalty area in the 77th minute, after which Odier Hillman made a second switch with the entry of Natan Felipe instead of Habush Saleh in the 78th minute to maintain the victory.

In the 90th minute, Caio scored the equaliser for Sharjah, taking advantage of an error in the defensive positioning of the Emperor's defenders, before returning and adding the same player a third goal one minute later from a powerful header to the left of goalkeeper Ibrahim Issa, ending the match with a 3-2 loss.

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