Al-Wasl inaugurates the era of Rui Vitoria with a difficult victory over Al-Bataeh

Al-Wasl team achieved a difficult victory over its guest, Al-Bataeh, with a score of 1-0, in the confrontation that brought together the two teams this evening at Zabeel Stadium, within the seventeenth round of the professional football league, so that its new coach, the Portuguese Rui Vitoria, achieved his first victory in his local career with the “Emperor”, after taking over the technical leadership, succeeding the Turkish coach, Miral Masoud.

Nicolas Jimenez scored the only goal of the match in the 34th minute, giving his team three valuable points, raising Al Wasl’s tally to 29 points, regaining fourth place, one point behind Al Wahda, which is in third place. On the other hand, Al Bataeh’s tally froze at 13 points in twelfth place, continuing its suffering in the struggle for survival.

The match was managed efficiently by referee Rawda Al Mansouri, who issued a direct red card to Al Wasl player Ali Saleh in the 74th minute, after he used the elbow during a challenge with Al Batayeh player Aziz Janif, and another in the 84th minute to Al Batayeh striker Alvaro de Alivera after his reckless intervention on the foot of Sergio Pereira.