Leader Sport and Al Bayan impress
sharjah — Day four of the Sharjah Ramadan Football Championship (SRFC) has confirmed some of the teams taking part in the knock-out stages of the competition following a few fairly convincing results in the form of Leader Sport who netted 10 goals past Lenasi and Al Bayan who struck five against Sport 4 All with no reply.
SRFC, taking place at Sharjah Sports Club, is organised by Sharjah Sports Channel for the third year in a row under the patronage of Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, and runs until June 1.
Getting into the later stages of the group format, the first game of the day was between La Magica and Al Forsan and after a see-saw start, La Magica opened the scoring in the fifth minute through Khalfan Hasan.
It took a while for Al Forsan to come back, but after several drives forward, Hamad Ibrahim produced an equaliser for the teams to into the break at 1-1. The second half followed in much the same vein, with plenty of pressure from both sides, but it was Yahya Sayed who broke the deadlock for La Magica with a score in the seventh minute which left goalkeeper Hasan Ramadan rooted to the spot.
Four minutes later, Hamda Hokal came back with an equalizer for Al Forsan, but a late goal from Khalifa Ali gave La Magica the points for a well-deserved 3-2 win.
Title-holders Al Embrator were brought down to earth with a bump by SDI in the second match, with the Azerbaijani player Think Telis opening the scoring, followed by another in quick succession from team mate Taher Obaid, ending the first half with SDI in control at 2-0.
Mohamed Boladi finally put Embrator on the scoreboard but initial hopes of a recovery appeared to be scuppered thanks to a second score from Tellis to stretch the lead to a two-goal cushion.