Al-Arabi reached the final match of the Prince’s Football Cup after scoring a wide victory over Al-Sailiya with seven goals to one in the meeting that brought them together today, at Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium in the semi-finals of the fifty-first edition of the tournament.
Al-Arabi, the second most crowned champion in the cup on eight occasions, hit a date with Al-Sadd, which controls the tournament with eighteen titles, in the final match scheduled for May 12 at the Ahmed Bin Ali Al-Mondial Stadium, where Al-Sadd had qualified at the expense of Al-Shahaniya from the second division, with five goals for one. In their meeting on Monday. The Tunisian Youssef Al-Masakni scored three goals for Al-Arabi in the 13th, 45th and 90 + 4 minutes, the Brazilian Ravina Alcantara in the 31st minute from a penalty kick, Ahmed Suhail in the 70th minute, and the Syrian Omar Al-Soma scored two goals in the 72nd and 82nd minutes. Al Sailiya’s only goal was scored by Swede Sergio Carlos in the 85th minute.
Al-Arabi started the match perfectly by executing continuous attacks on the Al-Sailiya team, which settled for defense without being able to keep up with the fast pace of the Tunisian companions Youssef Al-Masakni, to start the threat early when the Brazilian Ravina Alcantara sent a cross that was met by the Syrian Omar Al-Soma with his head, which was controlled by the goalkeeper in the 6th minute before he Msakni’s shot passed over the crossbar in the ninth minute, and Al-Arabawi’s pressure resulted in the first goal when Hilal Muhammad penetrated and sent a cross that Youssef Msakni met with his head and turned it into the net in the 13th minute.
Al-Arabi continued to dominate the course amid a complete inability by Al-Sailiya to implement the offensive part, so Omar Al-Soma almost added a second goal, but he did not catch Yousef Al-Masakni’s pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute, while Ibrahim’s shot topped both goals in the 28th minute, before the troubles multiplied. Al-Sailiya made a mistake by defender Mohamed Diami against Ahmed Fathi inside the area, so the referee blew his whistle announcing a penalty kick that Ravina Alcantara successfully executed, scoring the second goal in the 31st minute. The thing was through several attempts to reduce the difference, without preventing the Al-Arabi team from continuing its attack, which became in the form of quick counterattacks that resulted in a third goal after Ibrahim Kalla penetrated and sent a cross that Youssef Al-Masakni turned into the net in the last minute of the first half, which ended with a clean triple that paved the way for Crossing over to the final.
Al-Sailiya coach Mirghani Al-Zain called on Swedish striker Carlos Strandberg and Ali Jasmi at the beginning of the second half, but to no avail in showing the required offensive efficiency, while Al-Arabi continued the effectiveness with ease of reaching his opponent’s areas, to score a fourth goal through Ravina Alcantara, but the referee canceled it due to offside in the 59th minute. While Omar Al-Somah almost scored a correct goal when he penetrated and hit a powerful ball that passed near the post in the 65th minute.
Al-Sailiya’s defense collapsed in front of Al-Arabi’s attacks, who scored a fourth goal in an ideal way through defender Ahmed Suhail, who executed a free ball that hit the far corner of goalkeeper Mohammed Abdel-Rahman’s goal in the 70th minute, before Omar Al-Soma completed the fifth after a sophisticated tactical sentence in the 72nd minute, then Al-Soma returned to score the goal. The second and sixth personal for Al-Arabi in the 82nd minute.
Swede Sergio Carlos scored Al Sailiya’s only goal with a powerful shot from inside the area in the 84th minute, but Msakni scored his third and seventh personal goal for his team in stoppage time (90 + 4), confirming the right to pass to the final match.
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