Muharraq Club emerge champions with masterful display against FC Nasaf

Manama, November 5 (BNA) Al-Muharraq FC won the AFC Cup for the second time in its history, after its 3-0 victory over Muharraq, the 2011 champion in the final, to win the 2021 edition at Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa Stadium. Muharraq Stadium on Friday

After winning the AFC Cup for the last time in 2008, Al Muharraq joined Kuwait SC, Iraq Air Force Club (3) and Al Faisaly of Jordan (2) as the only clubs to win multiple AFC Cup titles. They also book their place in the 2022 AFC Champions League, the AFC reports.

In front of a large crowd at home, the Bahraini team came out with a flyer and just three minutes into the match, Jordanian importer Mahmoud Al-Mardi curled a stunning curl from outside the area and close to the wing, sending goalkeeper Omidjon Irgachev away. A guard and far from his line to put Muharraq in the lead.

Nasaf immediately sought to restore parity, with a move embodied in the center of the goal causing Sherzod Nasrolaev to cross into the area, where Huseyin Nurshaev met the high ball with his heel, attempting a scorpion kick that eventually missed the goal before Nasrallah was eventually reported as Offside.

Marko Stanojevic missed a good opportunity to equalize a little before the half-hour mark, pounced on the rebounding ball and went to power, Walid El-Hayyam stopped his shot after Opec Bozorov managed to enter the area, before Bakhrom Abdul Rahimov’s shot. She was saved by the goalkeeper which led to a chance for Stanojevic.

The peppy Bozorov started where he left off in the first half once the second half of play ended, cutting inside from the right and taking two players before firing a shot into the net that was comfortably handled by Muharraq goalkeeper Syed Muhammed. Jafar.

Sokrup Nurolife shook the crossbar after cutting from the inside of the wing, and shot past Jafar, who managed to get his fingertips off the shot to turn it over to the crossbar, with Stanojevic fumbling in the resulting rebound. Dilshod Saytov missed a similar opportunity a few minutes later, even though his shot was low.

Away from the playing track, Hussein Jamil found space on the right flank less than two minutes after entering as a substitute, and received a beautiful pass from Nour Al Rawabdeh, to take it out as he ran free on goal before entering it. Add his team’s second goal of the night, making it 2-0 with a quarter of an hour left.

Brazilian Flavio Cefrizan finished the match 10 minutes before the end of the match. After receiving the ball from Jamil, he dribbled inside the area before cutting Ergashev to score three goals for good.