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Khorfakkan and Fujairah shared the spoils in an entertaining 2-2 draw, at Khaled Bin Mohamed Stadium in matchweek 16 of the Arabian Gulf League on Friday.
Both teams started the game evenly, as they shared position in the opening 20 minutes. Khorfakkan, however, were awarded a penalty kick in the 29th minute as Ahmed Suleiman stepped on Fahad Hadeed’s foot inside the box. Dodo converted from the spot to make it 1-0.
Six minutes later Fernando Gabriel leveled things up for Fujairah. The Brazilian received Jefferson’s pass and finished the ball into the top corner with a composed left footed strike.
The Eagles restored their lead in the 44th minute, as Hadeed went up the right flank and sent an accurate cross towards Ramon Lopes, who left the goalkeeper helpless with a towering header.
Khorfakkan continued to be the better side in the second half and in the 56th minute they wasted a marvelous chance to score the third of the night. Lopes went on a one-on-one situation with Abdullah Al Tamimi, but the striker’s shot cannoned off the post.
Against the run of play, Fujairah managed to net the equaliser just two minutes later through Abdullah Al Junaibi. Gabriel turned from scorer to producer as his out-swinging corner kick cross was headed brilliantly by the defender to make it 2-2.
Four minutes ahead of the fulltime whistle, Lopes set up the ball to Dodo near the edge of the box, however, the midfielder’s first time shot missed the target by a narrow margin.
Following the draw, Khorfakkan remain rock bottom with nine points ahead of their difficult clash against Al Jazira. Meanwhile, Fujairah occupy the 13th spot with 12 points and will host Kalba in the next matchweek.
07/02/2020
Location: Sharjah – UAE
