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Al Ain face Al Suwaiq of Oman in the second round of the international championship

 

A number of local teams are currently preparing for the competitions of the upcoming season at the local and external levels by organizing friendly tournaments with the participation of a number of outstanding Arab and Gulf clubs so that they can come out with multi-technical benefits and be fully ready before the 2011/2012 season kicks off. Among these clubs are Al Ain, Bani Yas Al Nasr and Al Jazira, while Al Shabab are participating in Al Riyadh International Championship which is held on Prince Faisal Bin Fahd's Stadium, under the auspices of Prince Nawaf Bin Faisal.

Al Ain's International Football Tournament is organized under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor, First Deputy Chairman of Al Ain Club and First Deputy Chairman of the Honorary Board. The championship matches are taking place on Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain Club and it was inaugurated on last Saturday with Al Ain and Al Riffa of Bahrain playing the opener. The hosts came from behind to beat the visiting team 6-1.
Hussein Essa put the losers into the lead in the 17th minute, but Al Ain leveled the score off a penalty kick through their new signing Saudi player Yasir Al Gahtani, former striker of the Saudi club Al Hilal.  Mohammad Mal Allah added the second goal minutes before the end of the first session.

 The home team added four more goals in the second half via Hadaf Al Amri, , Hilal Saeed, Rami Yaslam and Salem Abdullah who was back to pitch after recovering from an injury that kept him away for one and a half season.

In the second round match played on Sunday August 14th, Al Shabab of Saudi Arabia overcame Al Suwaiq of Oman 2-1 to collect their first three points, the same tally of Al Ain who are on top of the table on goal difference.

The participating teams will come back to competition today after a one-day rest to play their second round match.  Al Ain will face Al Suwaiq and Al Shabab will meet Al Rifaa on Wednesday. The tournament will be concluded on next Friday August 19th with two matches with Al Rifaa taking on Al Suwaiq and the hosts playing Al Shabab and the results of the two matches will decide the champions of the third edition.