Big Win for The Red Knights

AL Ahli win 4-1 against Al Jazira

The Red Knights are back into action on this match day 9 where they face off against Al Jazira in a bid to close the gap on league leaders Al Ain.

After an amazing competition in the AFC which unfortunately left the knights as runners up, they would come in today playing to prove that their spirit and endeavor will carry them on to take the title.

With the players well rallied after news of their comrade Ahmed Khalil winning player of the year in AFC competitions, the boys were out to shine, and the scoring didn’t take long where on the 22^nd minute Moussa Sow was tackled in the box to give Rodrigo Lima a chance the lead from the penalty spot, which he slotted in to give the reds the lead. However minutes before the half time whistle went, Al Jazira number 13 Khamis Esmail pulled one back from a free kick at the edge of the box to make it 1-1. The second half showed the difference between the two sides, Al Ahli scoring 3 times, firstly with a cross form Walid Abbas on the 48^th minute that ended up in the goal, followed by Lima who faked the keeper but was saved and left the ball to Ismael hammadi who slotted in off the inside of the goal post to make it 3-1 on the 57^th minute, and then finally the Maestro himself Everton Ribeiro, who helped set up two goals in the night, punted a beautiful edge of the box goal on the 78^th minute to end the game at 4-1. The players will hope to keep this momentum going into the away game at Al Ain on the 5^th where they could potentially go ahead in the league while still having 2 games in hand. We wish them all the best.