Al Wahda confirm their place in Arabian Gulf Cup final four with crushing win over Al Ain

Sport360 staff 00:45 17/02/2018
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  • Al Wahda confirmed their place as the fourth and last Arabian Gulf Cup semi-finalists in style after thrashing rivals Al Ain 5-1 at Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi to take the aggregate score to 7-2.

    For Al Wahda Mourad Batna opened the scoring on eight minutes with Tareq Ahmed adding another in the first half.

    Sebastian Tagliabue, Mohamed Alshehhi and Mohamed Alkaberi added second half strikes while Ahmed kalil scored for Al Ain.

    Al Wasl joined Al Wahda in the last four with a 1-0 victory over Al Nasr with Caio Canedo’s goal proving the difference over two-legs.

    Shabab Al Ahli Dubai renewed their superiority over Hatta in their second leg with a 2-0 win at Rashid Stadium to add to their substantial 3-0 advantage from the first leg, completing a 5-1 aggregate win against the Hurricane to become this season’s first semi-finalists.

    As expected, the first leg result overshadowed the game performance, and the scoresheet remained blank for the first 45 minutes, with some shy attempts from Shabab Al Ahli, who dominated the first half but without any serious threats.

    After his latest injury, Makhete Diop returned to the scoresheet putting his team in front, when he diverted Ante Erceg’s pass into the net ten minutes after the break.

    Hatta’s response was instant as Ahmed Khameis’ cheeky lob deceived goalkeeper Majed Naser to even the score in the 52nd minute.

    Erecg doubled the score for his side ten minutes before the final whistle to add to his side’s lead from the first leg and confirm their semi-final berth.

    In the other quarter-final AGL champions Al Jazira failed to overturn a 3-1 deficit to Dibba Al Fujairah, going down 1-0.

    Yassen Mahmoud rounded Ali Khaseif after just seven minutes to score the only goal.

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