Muaither, who belongs to the second division, achieved a surprise by reaching the quarter-finals of the Amir Football Cup 2023, after surpassing Al-Ahly by three goals to one in the meeting that took place today, at Suhaim bin Hamad Stadium in the final price round. Muaither became the second team from the second division to reach the quarter-finals of the fifty-first edition of the tournament, after Al-Shahaniya, who qualified at the expense of Al-Wakra yesterday / Wednesday / with a penalty shootout (3-1) after a draw in normal time with a goal for the same. Al-Ahly, who won the first title in the championship among four trophies before, failed to pass the final price round, as it did in the previous version. George Kwasi opened the score for Muaither in the 43rd minute, then Jamal Hamad added the second goal in the 83rd minute, Aladdin Agray the third goal in the 90th minute plus 4, while Al-Ahly scored the only goal Nikola Vukevich in the 90th minute plus one minute. Al-Ahly started the match, attacking in search of an early lead, and threatened Muaither’s goal through striker Siko Omar Yansani, who almost scored from a powerful header, but goalkeeper Moayad Shannan pushed the ball away for a corner in the tenth minute, before the player himself returned to receive the Algerian cross from Sofiane Hani in front of the goal. However, he did not behave well, and he quickly hit in the 13th minute. With the second half of the first half, Muaither showed clear offensive effectiveness through counterattacks, taking advantage of the spaces in Al-Ahly’s defenses, so Aladdin Agray almost scored when he penetrated and hit a creeping ball that was removed by goalkeeper Marwan Sharif in the 29th minute, while Jamal Hamad’s shot topped the crossbar in the 34th minute, Before George Kwasi scored the first goal for his team, when he rose to the corner of the Iraqi Hammam Tariq, and headed it into the net in the 43rd minute, so the first half ended with Muaither advancing with a goal without a response. Al-Ahly felt very embarrassed, and attacked at the beginning of the second half, but without significant effect in light of the tight defenses of the Muaither players, who retreated to the back positions and relied on quick counterattacks, one of which almost resulted in a second goal when Moroccan Nabil Al-Zahr faced the goal, and hit a powerful ball that the goalkeeper pushed away. The 59th minute, while Aladdin Agray tried to deceive the goalkeeper with a far ball, but it just went over the crossbar in the 67th minute. Al-Ahly coach Nebosha Jovovic called on striker Abd al-Rashid Ibrahim to play alongside Siko Omar in the lead, and exercised a tight siege on Muaither’s goal to create several chances, the most dangerous of which was the ball that reached Sufyan Hani inside the area, but it bounced off the bottom of in the 78th minute, in return, Muaither continued the counter-attacks that yielded fruit. A double goal when Jamal Hamad took advantage of a rebound from the defense and fired it into the net in the 83rd minute, reinforcing his team’s progress. And in stoppage time, Nikola Vukevich reduced the score by scoring the first goal for Al-Ahly in the 90 + 1 minute, however, Aladdin Agray restored the two-goal difference after scoring the third for Muaither from a counterattack in the 90 + 4 minute, securing a seat for his team in the quarter-finals of the Prince Cup.
By Arab Desk
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