The Sanaa Unity team overthrew the defending champion, the Fahman team, and prevented them from qualifying for the semi-finals by beating them with two goals to one in the match that brought together the two teams on Monday at the May 22 Club Stadium in the final round of the second leg of the first division football league championship - Group Two - Amanat Al-Asimah gathering. .
With this victory, Sanaa’s unit strengthened its lead in the group after raising its score to 21 points, while Fahman’s score froze at 14 points in third place, bidding farewell to the league championship that it achieved last season.
The match was full of competition from the beginning of the first half, especially by Al-Wahda, for whom Abdul Majeed Sabara scored a goal that was disallowed due to offside, and then the crossbar responded to Mohamed Hashem’s shot from outside the area.
In the 24th minute, Al-Wahda player Mohammed Al-Batoul penetrated from deep and fired a shot from outside the area that hit one of Fahman’s defenders, deceiving Fahman’s goalkeeper, Ahmed Fawzi, and hitting the net as Al-Wahda’s first goal.
Slowly, Fahman began to enter the atmosphere of the match, and was close to scoring through a header from Salman Hamida that went over the crossbar, before Hamida provided a break from dribbling inside the area and fired a powerful shot that entered the net of Al-Wahda goalkeeper Louay Attia, announcing the tie in the 38th minute.
It was only three minutes until Al-Wahda player Mohammed Hashem returned, scoring the second goal for Al-Wahda, taking advantage of a pass from his colleague Radwan Al-Hubaishi, so the first half ended with Al-Wahda leading by two goals to one.
The second half was titled a half of missed opportunities, the most notable of which was for Al-Wahda, a shot by Sabara that went over the crossbar, and another from Asad Al-Din Al-Khayyat that went past the post, and a solo shot by substitute Qasim Al-Sharafi was saved by Fahman’s goalkeeper Ahmed Fawzi in two shots, and another solo shot by the other substitute, Aseel Fadl, failed to determine the goal coordinates by sending. His ball is out of the field.
While Fahman player Salman Hamida was the most prominent player of his team, when he came close to scoring an equalizer for Fahman from a scissor pass that passed close to the goal, and another opportunity from inside the area was saved by Al-Wahda goalkeeper Louay Attia with a ransom.
The changes made by the coaches, Amin Al-Sunaini from Al-Wahda, and Muhammad Hassan Al-Baadani from Fahman, did not cause any change in the result, so the match ended with Al-Wahda winning by two goals to one, amid the joy of its players in qualifying for the golden square as leaders of the group.
The meeting was moderated by Fahd Al-Sabahi in the arena, along with Harifi Abdullah, Ashraf Saleh, and Salem Rabie Rabaa. It was monitored administratively by Muhammad Taha, and by the referees, Muhammad Noman, and from the branch, Nabil Al-Maori.