LaLiga, Shabab Al Ahli win
dubai — The first week of the Dubai Sports Council’s Football Academies Championship saw matches played across the emirate — Dubai Sports City, Al Wasl Club and Shabab Al Ahli Club.
While Al Wasl Club, Spanish Soccer Schools and Barca Academy all put in outstanding performances, the top matches of the week were played between du LaLiga HPC and Dubai City FC in the U18 category.
LaLiga HPC dominated a fullstrength Dubai City. The first goal came from a setpiece. Barbood Mazloumian crossed to Faris Nael who tapped the first goal neatly into the bottom corner in the 13th minute.
The second goal came when Sami Samera played a through ball of perfection to Lotfi who calmly finished the goal by chipping it over the keeper in the 27th minute.
The second half opened up with Mazloumian rocketing a screaming goal from outside of the penalty box that found the top hand corner of the goal in the 9th minute.
City FC fired back with a nicely played goal coming in from their left winger Carl Accad, who with a powerful shot found the back of the net, but it was a case of too little too late however as the match finished 3-1 to the du LaLiga HPC.
The U16 match-up of the week featured one of DSCAC’s new academies, Foxes Sport Academy against local side, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai Club at Dubai Sports City. The match ended with a tight finish, local side Shabab Al Ahli Dubai coming out on top when Omar Mohamad Qassim Sebaie scored in the 70th minute to finish the game 3-4 for Shabab Al Ahli Dubai.