AFC Champions League Two
Adama Diallo’s 87th minute goal kept Al Wasl top of the group as they opened a three-point lead over Al Muharraq ahead of their reverse fixture on November 5.
The clash between the two teams on maximum points lived up to its billing with end-to-end action in the first half.
Elliot Simoes’s snapshot from the edge of the box in the sixth minute was saved by Al Wasl goalkeeper Khaled Aljneibi while an airborne Brahian Palacios steered wide from Tahnoon Alzaabi’s cross at the other end.
Elliot Simoes’s snapshot from the edge of the box in the sixth minute was saved by Al Wasl goalkeeper Khaled Aljneibi while an airborne Brahian Palacios steered wide from Tahnoon Alzaabi’s cross at the other end.
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Palacios then produced a pinpoint free-kick delivery which Soufiane Bouftini headed just over before Arthur Rezende fired straight at Aljenibi in the 20th minute after the Brazilian was afforded space just outside the Al Wasl box.
Alzaabi could have put the visitors ahead in the 36th minute but his shot lacked power after Ebrahim Lutfulla had tipped Siaka Sidibe’s cross straight at him, with Gervasio Olivera clearing the danger.
Alzaabi could have put the visitors ahead in the 36th minute but his shot lacked power after Ebrahim Lutfulla had tipped Siaka Sidibe’s cross straight at him, with Gervasio Olivera clearing the danger.
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Al Muharraq forced a save from Aljneibi a minute into the second half with a Hanan Wahab half-volley from range as the Bahrain side upped their intensity in search of a breakthrough.
Realising his team needed fresh impetus, Al Wasl head coach Luis Castro made a triple substitution in the 74th minute by sending on Salem Alazeezi, Ali Saleh and Nicolas Gimenez as the United Arab Emirates side looked for a late winner.
Realising his team needed fresh impetus, Al Wasl head coach Luis Castro made a triple substitution in the 74th minute by sending on Salem Alazeezi, Ali Saleh and Nicolas Gimenez as the United Arab Emirates side looked for a late winner.
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The changes sparked Al Wasl into life as they broke the deadlock in the 87th minute when Serginho sent Diallo through to smash past Lutfulla to claim all three points.
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