Al Faisaly of Jordan Retain AFC Cup 2006-11-04 09:19:39 Xinhua Al Faisaly of Jordan successfully defended their AFC Cup crown despite going down 4-2 to Bahrain's Muharraq in the second leg of the AFC Cup final on Friday as they emerged 5-4 aggregate winners thanks to their 3-0 first leg win in Amman.
*CRI Special: **World Soccer*<http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/2886/2006/09/28/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Jordanian side staved off a strong fight back from the 28-time Bahrain champions, with a last minute goal from substitute strike Siraj Al Tal ensuring Al Faisaly kept hold of the trophy they won by defeating Lebanon's Al Nejmeh 4-2 on aggregate in last year's final. After losing the first leg 3-0, Muharraq dispensed with the services of Carlos Elinho and the coaching void was filled by Khalifa Al Zayani who made several changes to the side that lost heavily in Amman. Ibrahim Al Mishkhas and Mahmoud Abdulrahman returned from suspension and Nigerian Fatai Babatunde made way for Faouzi Ayesh in the Muharraq midfield, while Al Faisaly's Iraq coach Adnan Hamd welcomed back the suspended duo of Moayad Salim and Khaled Saed, who came in for Siraj Al Tal and first leg goal scorer Hussein Odtallah respectively. The home side dominated the early exchanges and their dominance paid off in the 18th minute when they took the lead through 19-year-old striker Abdullah Omar, who charged into the right side of the area and fired the ball past Loai Al Amayreh from an acute angle. Muharraq should have doubled their lead shortly after but Al Amayreh did well to block a powerful shot from Nigerian striker Jaycee John. Al Faisaly gradually came into the game and leveled in the 35th minute when Iraqi defender Haider Abdulamer capitalized on a moment of confusion between Muharraq goalkeeper Ali Hassan and his defence. However, Muharraq regained their lead eight minutes into the second half when Leandson Dias slotted home after being set-up by Jaycee John, who touched Mahmood Abdulrahman pass into the path of the Brazilian attacker. Muharraq made it 3-1 on the night when Ibrahim Al Mishkhas headed home on the hour mark before Mahmood Abdulrahman leveled the tie on aggregate with a powerful right foot drive two minutes later. Leandson Dias almost swung the tie in Muharraq's favour in the 78th minute but his stinging 30-yarder was well saved by Al Amayreh. With Al Faisaly looking to have triumphed on away goals, substitute Siraj Al Tal made sure of the victory when he intercepted a weak headed back pass from Bahrain defender Ibrahim Al Mishkhas and nodded the ball past Muharraq keeper Ali Hassan to score the decisive goal. -- INTER TIAMO! Don't Forget To Visited: www.interclub.or.id ; www.crystal-liu.com ; www.crystalliuyifei.com ; www.edison-liu.com ; www.topica.com ; www.crystal-yifei.net ; www.chinaview.cn ; www.bloomberg.com ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ciao... CENTENARY... 9 March 2008!!! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] HAPUS BAGIAN EMAIL YG TIDAK PERLU SEBELUM ME-REPLY. ========================================================== Milis Tabloid BOLA Untuk KELUAR DARI MILIS INI. Kirim Mail kosong (tanpa subject) ke alamat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================== Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolaml/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolaml/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
