Al Gharafa beats Al Ain of the UAE 4-2 in the AFC Champions League for the Elite.. Video

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Team lost Al Ain UAE against its Qatari counterpart, Al-Gharafa, with a score of 4-2 in the match that brought them together at Al-Bayt Stadium, in the second round of the West Region matches in the Championship. AFC Champions League for the elite 2024-2025.


Joselo Barroso scored the lead goal for Al-Gharafa against Al-Ain in the 45th minute of the match. In the second half, the excitement increased and Joselo scored the second goal for Al-Gharafa in the 48th minute. Al-Ain responded with two goals through Kaku from a penalty kick in the 56th minute, and Sufyan Rahimi equalized in the 66th minute, but the owners The stadium decided the match with goals from Seydou Sanou, the third in the 72nd minute, and Yacine Brahimi in the 76th minute.


Al Ain’s formation against Qatar’s Al Gharafa was as follows:

Eye formation

Eye formation


Al Ain, the Emirati “defending champion”, led by its Argentine coach, Hernan Crespo, failed to achieve its first victory in the continental championship, in order to ensure the presence among the eight teams out of 12 that will compete with each other, so that 4 of them, in addition to 4 teams from the East region, qualify for the quarter-finals. It is located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the assembly system.


Al Gharafa vs Al Ain


Al Ain began its matches in the tournament with its new system with a 1-1 draw against Al Sadd of Qatar at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, leaving it with 7 matches remaining, including the Al Gharafa match.


This is the second time that the two teams have met, as they previously faced each other once in 2001, in the third round of the Gulf Club Champions League Championship, and Al Ain won with an unanswered goal at that time.


History of Al Ain’s matches against Qatari clubs


Al Ain had a strong record in its confrontations against Qatari clubs on 18 previous occasions, including 9 matches at home and the same away from home. The UAE champion won 6 matches, tied in 5 and lost 7.


The biggest victory achieved by Al Ain in Qatari stadiums was over Al Duhail of Qatar with a score of 5-0 in the group stage in 2014, in the match that brought them together in the third group. It also won 4-1 over Al Rayyan of Qatar in 2018, losing on 4 occasions and drawing 3 times.


Date of the Al-Ahly and Al-Ain match


The Al Ain team also hopes to obtain a strong morale boost before its clash against Al Hilal Saudi Arabia on Monday evening, October 21, at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, after which the expected confrontation against Al Ahly of Egypt in the 2024 Intercontinental Cup tournament.


Al-Ahly will host its brother, Al-Ain, from the Emirates, at Cairo Stadium next Tuesday, October 29, in an anticipated Arab Classico that will be held within a round called by FIFA: (Africa-Asia-Pacific Cup), while the winner between them will advance to the Challenge Cup round.


Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates qualified to face Al Ahly, following a landslide victory over its New Zealand counterpart, Auckland City, with a score of 6-2, in the match that was held between them, at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, at the opening of the first edition of the 2024 FIFA Confederations Cup, within the preliminary round competitions.


Intercontinental Cup


The winner of the match between Al Ain and Al Ahly will meet the winner of the match between the South American champion and the Mexican Pachuca, the North American champion, which will be held in the Qatari capital, Doha, on December 11.


The final match will be held on Wednesday, December 18, which marks the second anniversary of the Qatar 2022 World Cup final. The annual club tournament organized by FIFA will be held with a new system that includes stand-alone competitions that include confrontations between the champions of the six different continental confederations.

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