05 - February 1st thru February 7th
1999, Vol IX
At
the End of the Fifth Week Excellent Football Tournament:
Sana'a-Ahli in the Leading
& Violence at
Ibb Competition
Yet again, Sana'a Al-Ahli Club continued its leading position in the
Excellent Football Tournament for the fifth week. After its strong victory
against Abyan-Hassan Club, which is known for its stubbornness and difficulty
of being defeated, Sana'a-Ahli inflicted on Hassan a hard decisive defeat
(3/0) in the contest played in Mortals' Stadium last Friday. It was clear
since the beginning of the game that both clubs were seeking for nothing
else than victory!
Sana'a-Ahli was clearly determined to carry out the match as the leading
team in the tournament, and found it necessary to overcome Hassan. Hassan
of Abyan is not the kind of club that could squander the results of contests
played in its own field and among its own supporters. The most tense moments
of the first half game were the ones full of caution, anticipation, and
probe. Hassan was not performing as it used to in front of its own fans.
It seemed that the absence of 3 front and back players effected its overall
performance.
Hassan seemed to be dispersed in defence, weak in attack, and with no
efficiency. Very few single attacks were led by Hassan's Jiab Ba-Shafei',
who was imposed by severe control by Ahli-Sanaa. In addition, some nice
tries were led by Hassan's Ra'ed Hamadah and his colleagues to penetrate
the Sana'a-Ahli defense line, which looked tenacious, solid, and strong
after the joining of Abdul-Rahman Sa'eed and Ahmed Sa'eed. During the first
half, the Ahli controlled the game completely and launched several dangerous
attacks on Hassan's net. The Ahli attacks confused Hassan's defense, and
opened many gaps. These attacks passed were organized mainly by Al-Qudeimi,
Al-Salemi and Al-Nunu and formed pressure on Hassan's goalkeeper Fawzi
Ba-Muheid, who defended his goal bravely. After continuous pressure, Abdul-Rahman
Sa'eed scored the first goal in Hassan's net. In the second half, the Sana'a
Ahli Ali Al-Nunu scored the second goal followed by a third one by Issam
Al-Dhubhani. Hence the victorious Sana'a Ahli became the tournament leader
after crushing Hassan (3/0) in one of the hottest games of the fifth week
excellent football tournament.
Aden's Al-Tilal club defeated Sana'a Al-Majd club (7/3):
After the result of (2/2) in the 1st half between Aden's Al-Tilal Club
and Sana'a-Al-Majd, the Aden's Tilal organized its team well and scored
5 more goals in the second half. Then Al-Majd managed to score its third
goal by a penalty kick. The game ended in favor of Aden's Al-Tilal (7/3)
to raise its points to 6, while unqualified Sanaa's Al-Majd remained in
the bottom of the list.
Ending the game between Ibb's Al-Sha'ab and Al-Shu'lah with firearms:
The Ibb-Sha'ab and Aden's Shu'lah in Al-Kibsi Stadium, ended with a
draw between the 2 teams. The ambitious Ibb's Al-Sha'ab's reputation was
saved by the goal scored by its luminous star Fikri Al-Hubeishi to end
the match in a draw status (1/1) after almost losing it. Unfortunately,
sad incidents of stone throwing and gun fire were witnessed between the
supporters of Ibb's Al-Sha'ab and its local rival Ibb's Al-Ittihad. Police
forces later intervened and stopped these violent fanatic acts quickly
before they could escalated.
Results of last week's football tournament contests:
a.Sana'a-Wahda defeated Taiz-Tale'ia (3/0)
b.Mukallah-Sha'ab defeated Taiz-Saqr (1/0)
c.Ibb's Al-Ittihad deafeated ah-Hilal (2/0)
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