Despite the loss of the Al-Shouala team from Shamsan by five goals to four, the Al-Shaalawi team completed the final round of the tournament along with Al-Tilal, Al-Wahda and Hassan Abyan. The defeat of Al-Shouala from Shamsan came in the meeting that brought them together this Thursday afternoon in the last round competitions. The first is the second football championship for veteran Aden club players over the age of 50. It is held with generous support and care by the management of the New Aden City Project, and its competitions are held. Coinciding with the national holidays of October and November on the city’s grassy fields during the period from the 19th of this October until the 29th of next November 2024.

Since the beginning of the match, there was a sense of friendliness and enthusiasm between the players of the two teams and mutual attacks, the events of which were exploited by Shamsan player Adnan Dhabala by scoring the first goal for his team, and immediately the score was equalized by Al-Shaala through its star player Mahmoud Shehnouta, followed by his teammate Maher Qasim with a second goal for Al-Shaala, then Hani Muhammad strengthened the score by scoring the goal. The third, but Shamsan star Hada Fadl reduced the score by scoring the second goal for his team, ending the first half with Al-Shoula leading. With a score of three goals to two goals.

In the second half of the match, Shamsan returned to the scoring tone and adjusted the score through his player Wahib Al-Haddad, so that the Shamsan players controlled the course of the game and intensified the coordinated attacks, and the scorer Jamil Maqtari was able to score the fourth goal, and his colleague Adnan Dhabala added the fifth goal from his personal effort when he launched the ball from Al-Khalaf passed the Al-Shouala players and confidently put it into the yellow net, so Al-Shouala’s top scorer, Mahmoud Shehnouta, returned to the scoring tone and reduced the score with a fourth goal. For his team, Al-Shoula was able to adjust the result through the penalty kick that was missed by its player Maher Qassem after the ball was blocked by Shamsan goalkeeper Adeeb Abdel Karim, so the wonderful match ended with the Shamsan team winning with a score of five goals to four.

The match was judged competently by referee Ahmed Al-Wahishi and monitored technically by Captain Saeed Abdul Karim. 

As a result of today’s match, Al-Tilal team leads its first group with 8 points, accompanied by Al-Shoula team, which came second with 7 points on goal difference from its competitor, Shamsan.

The golden square competitions for the four qualifying teams will begin on Monday afternoon, corresponding to November 25, with a match between (Al-Tilal and Hassan Abyan), while on Tuesday afternoon, corresponding to November 26, teams (Al-Wahda and Al-Shoula) will play. The winner of the two matches will play in the final of the tournament, which is scheduled to be held next Friday afternoon, corresponding to November 29, 2024 AD.