Al-Tilal team successfully completed its mission against Al-Minaa team with a well-deserved victory with a score of four goals to two in the match that was held this evening as part of the Aden Club Championship for veterans over the age of 50, which is organized with the support and sponsorship of the New Aden City Project and its competitions take place simultaneously with National holidays on the city’s grassy fields during the period from the 19th of this October until the 29th of next November 2024.
The Al-Tilal team qualified for the semi-finals after this victory, raising its score to 8 points at the top of the group, leaving the struggle for the ticket between the Al-Shoula and Shamsan teams. After Al-Minaa’s loss, Al-Minaa officially exited the competition from the first round.
A clear caution and reservation appeared from the first minutes of the start of the match on the part of both teams, and the conflict occurred early in order to control the maneuvering area in the middle of the field in preparation for creating a dangerous threat and then scratching the net by both sides.
Little by little, the players of Al-Minaa team began to show their identity in the match and control the midfield thanks to the movements and smooth transfer of time to his players, and these minutes caused concern for the Al-Tilal goalkeeper, who tried to stand as an impenetrable barrier in the face of Al-Samawi’s attacks, keeping his net from shaking.
The hills' offensive response came from time to time at the feet of the brilliant Fathi Al-Jaber, who greatly exhausted Al-Mina'a's defenses and disturbed the calm of the defenders. The next minutes came with happy news, when Al-Mina'a's net conceded for the first time in the match by Fathi Al-Jaber, who scored the first goal for his team.< /p>
After the goal, the Al-Minaa team players tried to forget the delay and launched various attacks from all fronts of the field in the hope of catching the result of the match before the end of the first half. However, the winds did not please the ships, with the team receiving a second blow before the end of the first half, and it came from Fathi Al-Jaber, who ended the first half. His team won by two goals.
The result of the first half cast a shadow on the performance of the Al-Minaa team at the start of the second half. Haste and urgency dominated the performance of the Al-Minaa players, and their balls challenged their concentration and proper finishing in the last third of their field. On the other hand, Al-Tilal tried to exploit the Al-Minaa players’ rush to attack by relying on counterattacks, one of which was Fawzi Badr made Al-Mina'a's task difficult in the match by scoring a third goal, which strengthened Al-Tilal's chances in the match.
The brilliance of Fathi Al Jaber and his strong presence in the match appeared in the coming minutes, bringing to mind a tape of past memories through the technical and skillful interludes that he excelled in drawing the details of on the green rectangle, and the hills of the port’s defenses as if he were a twenty-year-old young man, so a golden opportunity would arise before him to add to it. A fourth goal for his team complicated Al-Mina'a's mission in the match.
A fiery final five minutes witnessed a wake-up call on the part of the Al-Minaa team, which did not raise the flag of surrender, and launched an offensive campaign that resulted in a penalty kick, which Marwan Qarda reduced the score, raising the tone of the match on the part of the Al-Minaa team, which scored a second goal through Ibrahim Awad, who ignited it. The meeting.
The rest of the minutes passed between an attack here and another there and excitement on the part of both sides. No change occurred in terms of the result, and the match ended with Al-Tilal winning by four goals to two.
The meeting was moderated by referee Gamal Abdo and monitored technically by Captain Muhannad Khaled.
Tomorrow afternoon, within the championship competitions for the second group, the Aden team and the Lahj team will play.