At Zabeel Stadium .. Al -Wahda refuses to waive the third place

The Al-Wahda team maintained the third place in the ADNOC Professional Football League table with a 2-2 draw against its host Al-Wasl at the top of the 21st round, which brought the two teams, on Saturday, at the Zabeel Stadium.
“Al -Annabi” avoided a loss that would cost him to retreat from his qualifying position for external participation in the next season, as his players showed a clear insistence on returning in the result, to succeed in seizing a precious point that raised the team’s balance to 36 points. On the other hand, the “Emperor” rose to fourth with 34 points.
Al -Wasl had opened the scoring by his Brazilian striker Joao Pedro, who followed a rebound from goalkeeper Mohamed Al Shamsi, and deposited it in the 20th minute, giving his team the advantage.
Before the end of the first half, Pedro returned to add the second goal for him and his team in the 45th minute, after receiving a cross inside the penalty area, he tied it skillfully, and hit it with his right foot to settle in the net.
The guests reduced the difference through Vibe Philip in the 45th+2 minute, with a powerful shot from inside the penalty area, taking advantage of his teammate Omar Khreibin pass, the goal that ended in the first half.
In the second session, the players of the two teams mastered wasting a number of dangerous opportunities, before alternative Junicalo de Oliveira could score the equalizer in the 86th minute, just one minute after entering, taking advantage of the cross of his teammate Vibe Philip, to hit an elaborate ball from inside the penalty area embraced the net.