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Kruspzk put the UAE side ahead just before the break and after Gleison drew Al Khaldiya level in the 65th minute, restored their advantage nine minutes later.
Walid Sabbar tested Al Wahda’s resolve in the 11th minute with an audacious effort from distance, forcing Facundo Insfran to make a low save.
Ala Zouhir almost delivered an instant response, firing narrowly wide from a similar range after being teed up by Adam Gnezda Cerin, before Khaldiya’s Oussama Shili flashed an effort from distance just past the right post following a corner in the 15th minute.
Al Wahda continued to probe, with Brahima Diarra seeing his effort from outside the area narrowly clearing the top right corner, with Zouhir trying his luck again in the 25th minute, but Khaldiya held firm.
The breakthrough finally arrived for Al Wahda in the 43rd minute when Christian Benteke nodded down Ricardo Silva ’s deflected cross into the box for Facundo Kruspzky, who chested the ball before volleying home a low strike into the bottom left corner.
Group A: Al Khaldiya SC (BHR) v Al Wahda FC (UAE)
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The breakthrough finally arrived for Al Wahda in the 43rd minute when Christian Benteke nodded down Ricardo Silva ’s deflected cross into the box for Facundo Kruspzky, who chested the ball before volleying home a low strike into the bottom left corner.
Al Khaldiya emerged from the break with renewed purpose, with Mohamed Al Romaihi firing narrowly wide, before Domagoj Drozdek tested Facundo Insfran from distance in the 51st minute.
The Bahrain side piled on the pressure but Al Wahda threw bodies in the way to repel a flurry of attempts from Al Romaihi, Oussama Shili, Abdelhak Assal.
Khaldiya’s persistence eventually paid off in the 65th minute with Gleison turning in Saif Eddine Bouhra’s cut-back from the left, capping a fine team transition.
Al Wahda retook the lead in the 74th minute when Lucas Pimenta’s header was parried by Silva into the path of Kruspzky, who reacted quickest to slam home the rebound to give the UAE their third consecutive victory.
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