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Brilliant Al Jazira continue to impress

Al Jazira continued their good start to the season by defeating Sharjah 2-1 away in the Etisalat UAE Pro-League at the Al Sharjah Stadium late on Thursday night.

Jazira, who have finished runners-up for three years on the trot, had blanked Al Nasr at home at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in their season-opening game last week.

Abdullah Mousa scored in the sixth minute, while captain Ibrahim Diaky added the second in the 90^th minute, off a penalty.

Marcelinho scored for Al Sharjah off a penalty in the 57^th minute.

Jazira started well with Mousa putting them ahead off a Tony corner in the sixth minute. They could have added another in the 12^th minute but Tony’s bicycle kick just missed the goal.

Sharjah did not have much space to play with but Marcelinho came up with a try in the 26^th minute. But his long ranger just missed the post.

Sharjah earned a penalty in the 57^th minute after Salah Basheer fouled Mohammed Suroor. Marcelinho made no mistake with the penalty.

Argentine attacking midfielder Matias Emilio Delgado, started on the bench but was called in, in the 70^th minute.

The game seemed to heading for a draw but Sharjah’s Musa Hatab fouled substitute Abdulla Qasem in the 90^th minute. Referee Farid Ali pointed to the spot and Ibrahim Diaky scored the penalty.

In the other game of the night at the Bani Yas Stadium, Bani Yas blanked Al Dhafra 2-0. Andre Senghor scored in the 76^th minute and Fouzi Basheer added the second in the 87^th minute.

New Al Wahda coach

Meanwhile, Adenor Leonardo Bocchi, better known as ‘Tite,’ will replace Laszlo Boloni at Al Wahda, the club said. Boloni was sacked by defending champions Al Wahda after a string of poor results.

Tite recently coached Brazilian club Internacional. In the UAE, Tite previously coached Al Ain.

Teams: Sharjah: 22-Mahmoud al Maas, 18-Abdulaziz Sanqoor, 13-Mousa Hatab, 24-Fayaz Juma, 23-Adel Abdulkarim, 4-Essam Darwish, 28-Humaid Ahmed, 14-Sulaiman al Mohgani, 7-Nawaf Mubarak, 21-Robinho, 20-Marcelinho.

Substitutes: 90-Jassem Mohammed, 10-Mohammed Suroor, 6-Hasan Mohammed, 27-Mohammed Taimour, 80-Alghasmi Obaid, 34-Nasser Juma, 3-Yousuf Mousa.

Al Jazira: 55-Ali Khaseif, 23-Khaled Sabil, 3-Juma Abdulla, 15-Salah Basheer, 18-Abdulla Musa, 24-Subait Khater, 4-Yaser Matar, 10-Diaky Ibrahim, 77-Sultan Bargash, 14-Toni, 9-Bare

Substitutes: 36-Khalid Al Senani, 26-Salem Masood, 44-Ali Mabkhout, 22-Mathias Delgado, 17-Salah Obaid, 7-Ahmed Juma, 8-Abdulla Qassem

Bani Yas: 30-Ayoub Al Marzouqi, 26-Yousef Jaber, 24-Thamer Mohammed, 8-Mohammed Fawzi, 7-Haboush Saleh, 18-Saleh Hamad, 20-Eder Silveira, 5-Omar Abdulrahman, 11-Sultan al Ghaferi, 10-Fawzi Basheer, 9-Andre Senghor. Substitutes: 1-Mohammed Khalef, 4-Ahmed Ali, 5-Ali Massari, 15-Saqr Hammadi, 16-Fawaz Awana, 28-Fahad Feraish, 88-Hassan Zahran.

Al Dhafra: 1-Mohammed Hussain, 4-Ali Sultan, 6-Khairi al Hammadi, 14-Mohammed al Sayed, 99-Ali Saeed, 15-Yasir Matar, 16-Ahmed al Musabeh, 18-Mohammed Salem, 2-Abbas Lawal, 20-Adel Busulaiman, 28-Boris Kabi. Substitutes: 40-Tariq al Baloushi, 3-Ahmed Ibrahim, 7-Hamad al Hosani, 8-Tawfeeq Abdulrazaq, 11-Abdulla al Noobi, 21-Gharib Hareb, 24-Faisal al Hammadi.

james@khaleejtimes.com