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hapless Al Nasr

DUBAI — Argentine forward Jose Sand scored a brace as Al Ain scored a 3-0 win over Al Nasr away in the Etisalat UAE Pro-League at the Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai late on Friday night.

The match was played in the backdrop of Al Ain and UAE goalkeeper Yousuf Abdulrahman’s terrible car crash. Yousuf Abdulrahman was seriously injured in a car crash when he was on his way to training on the eve of the game. It has been reported that Yousuf Abdulrahman suffered a broken jaw, collarbone and cheekbones.

After a goalless first half, Jose Sand put Al Ain ahead in the 51^st minute and substitute Abdulaziz Fayez added the second in the 86^th minute. Jose Sand rounded it off in the second minute of added time.

In the other game of the night at the Dubai Club Stadium, Al Shabab defeated promoted club Dubai FC 2-0. Julio Cesar Du Naceminto scored in the 65^th minute and Diarra Lamine added the second in the 82^nd minute.

Teams:

Al Nasr: 4-Helal Saeed, 5-Ali Abbas, 7-Linardo Lima, 8-Humaid Abbas, 10-Ismael Bangoura, 11-Carlos Tenorio, 16-Mohammed Ali, 22-Mahmoud Hassan, 30-Ismael Rabea (Gk), 32-Amer Mubarak, 41-Bader Yaqoot.

Substitutes: 50-Abdulla Moosa, 2-Masoud Hassan, 9-Mohammed Malallah, 14-Abdulla Ahmed, 17-Mohammed Ibrahim, 20-Abdulla Mubarak, 28-Fahad Sabil

Al Ain: 30-Abdulla Sultan, 4-Musallem Fayez, 7-Ali al Wehaibi, 9-Jose Sand, 10-Omar Abdulrahman, 11-Saif Mohammed, 13-Rami Yaslam, 14-Mohammed Fayez, 19-Mohnad Salem, 20-Mohammed Abdulrahman, 21-Fawzi Fayez. Substitutes: 50-Abdulrazzaq Mohammed, 2-Abdulaziz Fayez, 8-Ahmed al Shamsi, 15-Khaled Abdulrahman, 23-Shehab Ahmed, 44-Fares Juma, 70-Bandar Mohammed.

Dubai FC: 1-Abdulla Jamal, 2-Ahmed Malallah, 3-Mohammed Ali, 4-Sami Anbar, 9-Faisal Abdulrahman, 21-Jasim Muvarak, 22-Hassan Mohammed, 23-Mohammed Jamal, 86-Yazid Kaissi, 11-Rachid Tiberkanin, 16-Michael N’dri. Substitutes: 77-Jamal Abdulla Alii, 33-Juma Khater, 7-Ali Hassan, 8-Haitham Rabie, 15-Mohammed Ali Hussain, 17-Mohammed Ibrahim, 24-Ibrahim Eid.

Al Shabab: 31-Salem Abdulla, 3-Abdulla Darwish, 5-Walid Abbas, 29-Essam Dhahi, 15-Dawood Ali, 19-Mohammed Ahmed, 21-Adel Abdulla, 26-Abdulaziz Husain, 27-Julio Cesar, 9-Lamine Diarra, 10-Carlos Villanueva. Substitutes: 1-Hasssan al Sharif, 2-Eisa Mohammed, 7-Ali Mohammed, 11-Suroor Salem, 12-Nasser Yousuf, 14-Mohammed Naser, 20-Nasser Masood.

james@khaleejtimes.com