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MiddleeastFootball - Iranian prolific striker Farhad Majidi netted 7 minutes in each half to steer Al-Wasl to a solid 3-1 victory away to struggling Al-Emirates, the closing day of the 7th Week of league action here in the United Arab Emirates.
Majidi, who took his tally to nine goals in seven league outings, masterminded his side to the pole position of Group 2, one point adrift of early pace-setters Al-Ahly who crashed to a heavy 4-1 loss away to rampant Al-Wahda of Abu Dhabi.
The on-song star needed only 7 minutes to edge his side 1-0 up from a stupendous free-kick, before adding the second in the 52nd minute, a lovely chipped ball over the advanced keeper to punish a defensive blunder by the home side.
Countryman Alireza Vahidi made it 3-0 from a glancing header after 79 minutes, with fresh sub Bassem Abdullah claiming the consolation goal for the home side, three minutes from time.
Tuesday’s crackingl fixture, however, took place in capital Abu Dhabi where last season’s runners-up Al-Wahda saved for nearly 13.000 fans an impressive display before handing visitors Al-Ahly a 4-1 resounding defeat, as the winners are now only three points adrift of new leaders Al-Wasl.
Everything was settled after 33 minutes with the impressive hosts claiming three successive goals through Nasser Eissa 10, Mohamed Ben-Sharifa 12’ pen, and Abdulsalam Juma’a 33, Ali Karimi replying once for the visitors after 37 minutes, before conceding the fourth goal, eight minutes from time, through Saleh Al-Menhali.
The remaining featured match witnessed an expected 2-0 away victory for Al-Sha’ab over Al-Ittihad, the visitors netting both goals after the interval through Omran Mohamed Al-Jasmi 58 and Mohamed Srour 75.
UAE League Championship 2003-2004
1st Week (25/01/2004):
GROUP 1:
· Al-Nasr – Al-Ain: 0-5. Rodrigo Mendes (4’; 82’), Isaac Nassib (45’), Ali Al-Wahibi (89’), Mohamed Omar (90’).
· Sharjah – Al-Jazira: 0-2. Dario Gonzalez (30’; 37’ pen.).
· Al-Khaleej – Al-Shabab: 1-4. Renato Oliveira (14’).///// Walid Obaid (9’), Salem Saad (56’; 67’), Giraldo (82’).
2nd Week (31/01/2004):
· Al-Jazira – Al-Khaleej: 1-0. Edson Pesiera (56’).
· Al-Shabab – Al-Nasr: 1-3. Jadilson (57’).///// Salah Abbas (32’), Daniel Ouanseh (75’), Eissa Juma’a (90’).
· Al-Ain – Sharjah: 0-0.
3rd Week (05/02/2004):
· Al-Jazira – Al-Ain: 1-1. Edson Pesiera (17’).///// Rodrigo Mendes (79’).
· Sharjah – Al-Shabab: 1-2. Abdulrahman Fadhel (31’ og).///// Giraldo (23’), Jadilson (88’).
· Al-Khaleej – Al-Nasr: 2-1. Nabil Hamdan (12’), Loutfi Boubacar (62’).///// Admo Baba (54’).
4th Week (22/02/2004)
· Al-Shabab – Al-Jazira: 1-0. Giraldo (89’).
· Al-Khaleej – Al-Ain: 1-1. Talal Suleyman (34’).///// Obaid Hareb (30’).
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· Al-Nasr – Sharjah: 3-1. Daniel Oanseh (14’), Ali Abbas (20’), Mohamed Ibrahim (90’).///// Paulo Anderson (24’).
5th Week (27/02/3004):
· Al-Ain – Al-Shabab: 2-1. Mohamed Omar (7’), Sultan Rashed(88’).///// Salem Saad (32’).
· Al-Jazira – Al-Nasr: 2-1. Adib Obaid (8’), Edson Pesiera (65’).///// Eissa Juma’a (27’ pen.).
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· Sharjah – Al-Khaleej: 1-1. Salem Seif (46’).///// Loutfi Boubacar (90’).
6th Week (09/03/2004)
· Al-Shabab – Al-Khaleej: 3-1. Giraldo (18’ pen.; 40’), Salem Saad (30’).///// Renato Mura (71’).
· Al-Jazira – Sharjah: 3-3. Mohamed Al-Enazi (32’; 50’; 52’), ///// Saeed Al-Kas (17’), Othman Al-Assas (65’ pen.; 90’ pen.).
· Al-Ain – Al-Nasr: 2-0. Sbeit Khater (16’), Boubacar Sanogo (32’).
7th Week (15/03/2004):
· Al-Khaleej – Al-Jazira: 1-4. Juma’a Ali-Suleyman (66’).///// Mohamed Al-Enazi (6’), Dario Gonzalez (51’), Saleh Obaid (65’), Khalaf Salem (86’).
· Al-Nasr – Al-Shabab: 1-0. Mohamed Rabih (58’).
· Sharjah – Al-Ain: 1-2. Othman Al-Assas (85’).///// Rodrigo Mendes (42’), Boubacar Sanogo (52’).
Club Pl W D L Gf Ga Pts
1. Al-Ain 7 4 3 0 13 04 15
2. Al-Jazira 7 4 2 1 13 07 14
3. Al-Shabab 7 4 0 3 12 09 12
4. Al-Nasr 7 3 0 4 09 13 9
5. Al-Khaleej 7 1 2 4 07 15 5
6. Sharjah 7 0 3 4 07 13 3
Group 1 Top Scorers:
1. Giraldo (Al-Shabab)………………………………………………………………..5 goals.
2. Rodrigo Mendes (Al-Ain)…………………………………………………………4 goals.
3. Mohamed Al-Enazi (Al-Jazira)………………………………………….3 goals.
Edson Peseira (Al-Jazira)………………………………………………….3 goals.
Dario Gonzalez (Al-Jazira)……………………………………………..3 goals.
Othman Al-Assas (Sharjah)………………………………………………..3 goals.
4. Salem Saad (Al-Shabab)………………………………………………………..2 goals.
Boubacar Sanogo (Al-Ain)…………………………………………………..2 goals.
Loutfi Boubacar (Al-Khaleej)………………………………………..2 goals.
Jadilson (Al-Shabab)……………………………………………………………..2 goals.
GROUP 2:
· Al-Wahda – Al-Sha’ab: 1-1. Ismail Matar (72’).///// Walid Abdullah (88’).
· Al-Ittihad – Al-Wasl: 0-0.
· Al-Emirates – Al-Ahly: 1-5. Carlos Germain (55’).///// Salem Khamis (8’; 66’ pen.), Darko Metrovic (33’; 44’), Hassan Ali Ibrahim (78’).
2nd Week (31/01/2004):
· Al-Sha’ab – Al-Ittihad: 2-1. Angelo Cassiano (76’), Rashed Al-Dossari (88’).///// Salah Al-Khleifi (29’).
· Al-Wasl – Al-Emirates: 2-0. Farhad Majidi (11’), Ahmed Fayrouz (88’).
· Al-Ahly – Al-Wahda: 2-0. Salem Khamis (19’), Ali Karimi (56’).
3rd Week (05/02/2004):
· Al-Ittihad – Al-Emirates: 2-0. Sheikh Diop (23’; 36’).
· Al-Sha’ab – Al-Ahly: 1-2. Angelo Cassiano (12’).///// Salem Khamis (45’), Hassan Ali Ibrahim (78’).
· Al-Wahda – Al-Wasl: 2-1. Salah Hussein (22’ og), Abdulsalam Juma’a (67’).///// Farhad Majidi (79’).
4th Week (23/02/2004)
· Al-Ittihad – Al-Ahly: 0-3. Darko Metrovic (77’; 90’), Mohamed Juma’a (90’).
· Al-Wasl – Al-Sha’ab: 1-0. Farhad Majidi (66’).
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· Al-Emirates – Al-Wahda: 0-2. Nasser Eissa (2’), Abiadon (71’).
5th Week (27/02/3004):
· Al-Sha’ab – Al-Emirates: 5-3. Angelo Cassiano (44’ pen.), Saif Mohamed (54’), Mohamed Srour (76’; 79’).///// Ricardo Silva (33’; 66’), Carlos Germain (88’ pen.).
· Al-Ahly – Al-Wasl: 0-4. Farhad Majidi (24’), Ahmed Fayrouz (66’), Obaid Jamman (88’), Alireza Vahidi (90’).
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· Al-Wahda – Al-Ittihad: 2-3. Nasser Eissa (10’), Fahad Massoud (34’).///// Ibrahim Mohamed (66’), Salah Al-Khleifi (71’), Sheikh Diop (90’).
6th Week (09/03/2004)
· Al-Wasl – Al-Ittihad: 4-1. Alireza Vahidi (6’), Farhad Majidi (20’ pen.; 64’; 76’).///// Majed Abdullah (83’).
· Al-Sha’ab – Al-Wahda: 0-2. Saleh Hamad (63’), Abdulrahim Juma’a (74’).
· Al-Ahly – Al-Emirates: 6-0. Darko Metrovic (15’; 29’; 39’; 67’), Ali Karimi (31’; 89’).
7th Week (16/03/2004):
· Al-Ittihad – Al-Sha’ab: 0-2. Omran Mohamed Al-Jasmi (58’), Mohamed Srour (75’).
· Al-Emirates – Al-Wasl: 1-3. Bassem Abdullah (87’).///// Farhad Majidi (7’; 52’), Alireza Vahidi (79’).
· Al-Wahda – Al-Ahly: 4-1. Nasser Eissa (10’), Mohamed Ben-Sharifa (12’ pen.), Abdulsalam Juma’a (33’), Saleh Al-Menhali (82’).///// Ali Karimi (37’).
Club Pl W D L Gf Ga Pts
1. Al-Wasl 7 5 1 1 15 04 16
2. Al-Ahly 7 5 0 2 19 10 15
3. Al-Wahda 7 4 1 2 13 08 13
4. Al-Sha’ab 7 3 1 3 11 10 10
5. Al-Ittihad 7 2 1 4 07 13 7
6. Al-Emirates 7 0 0 7 05 25 0
Group 2 Top Scorers:
1. Farhad Majidi (Al-Wasl)……………………………………………………..9 goals.
2. Darko Metrovic (Al-Ahly)…………………………………………………..8 goals.
3. Salem Khamis (Al-Ahly)………………………………………………………..4 goals.
Ali Karimi (Al-Ahly)……………………………………………………………..4 goals.
4. Angelo Cassiano (Al-Sha’ab)……………………………………..……3 goals.
Sheikh Diop (Al-Ittihad)…………………………………………………..3 goals.
Mohamed Srour (Al-Ahly)……………………………………………………..3 goals.
Alireza Vahidi (Al-Wasl)…………………………………………………..3 goals.
5. Carlos Germain (Al-Ahly)…………………………………………………..2 goals.
Ricardo Silva (Al-Emirates)…………………………………………..2 goals.
Ahmed Fayrouz (Al-Wasl)……………………………………………………..2 goals. |
