Sharjah won the qualification card for the final match in the “AFC Champions League 2”, for the first time in its history, at the expense of its Saudi counterpart by defeating it 2-0, in the return match that was held, the day before yesterday, at the Sharjah Stadium, amid a great brilliance of the golden goalkeeper Adel Al-Hosani and a high-level technical management from Romanian coach Olario Cosmin.
The first leg, which was held in Saudi Arabia, ended with the victory of the cooperation with a clean goal, which necessitated a victory for a double for Sharjah, whose players made a great effort that resulted in qualifying for the great final.
The goal of Sharjah came through both Osman Camara from a counterattack «90+4» and the substitute player Firas in Arabic from the “90+10” missile shot, which means that Sharjah resolved the qualification card for the final match within 10 minutes is the age of the suspended time that the Uzbek match referee Rustam is two children.
Although the Sharjah fans lost hope that his team could achieve to win after the match entered its critical minutes, and began to leave the stands, the scene was dramatically shifted after the “king” surprised everyone by scoring two quick goals to turn the stands in moments into an overwhelming Farah waterfalls among the masses who attended and supported the team strongly in the stands.
Although the beginning of Sharjah in the match was bad and its toys missed the focus and technical touches on the field in exchange for the control of cooperation on the reins of matters and took the initiative on the field, things turned during the last half of the first half in the interest of Sharjah, which began to restore his balance again and said his speech strongly in the deadly time.
Three basic technical factors emerged behind the victory of Sharjah and his qualification to the final match, represented in the successful interventions of the Sharjah coach, Romanian Olaario Cosmin, after the changes he made in the second half, especially with the entry of Firas in Al -Arabi and Jellyhmy Peru, to pressure Sharjah then strongly on the front of the cooperation team, which resulted in scoring the goals of winning in the decisive time of the match, as well as Fighting of the Sharjah players until the last moment of the match, and the lack of despair and surrender, especially by the players Othman Camara and Firas in Arabic, who have the goals of winning in the match, in addition to the response of the brilliant Sharjah goalkeeper, Adel Al -Hosani, for several opportunities to cooperate, including a penalty kick that was calculated for the benefit of the cooperation team «14» that Ashraf Al -Mahdii paid, after he committed the Sharjah defender Shaheen Abdul Rahman. Roger Martinez, inside the banned area, as Al -Hosani repelled the penalty kick, the most important turning point in the match in the interest of Sharjah, as the registration of the cooperation was a goal from a penalty that would be difficult for the Sharjah mission in the match, and this will increase psychological pressure on Sharjah players, especially since the team is late with a clean goal in the first leg.
For his part, Cosmin said in press statements after the match: “The goalkeeper Adel Al -Hosani tackled a penalty kick for the cooperation team in the first half, such as the most important turning point in the match in the interest of Sharjah, and that the team should not be satisfied with just reaching the final match, but rather to win the Asian title.”
In turn, the coach of the Saudi cooperation team, Mohamed Al -Abdali, said during the press conference after the match: “Sharjah deserved to qualify for the final match, and I apologize to the fans of the cooperation team, especially those who were in the stadium of the match because the team was unable to make them happy.”
Olaario Cosmin:
. Al -Hosani tackled the penalty kick in the first half the most important turning point in the match.
Muhammad Al -Abdali:
. Sharjah deserved to qualify for the final match, and I apologize to the fans of the cooperation team.
. Farah waterfalls poured into the stands from the Emirati fans after the goals of Camara and in Arabic in the last minutes.
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