Arabian Gulf League (AGL): Sharjah Defeats Fujairah 4-2 On Opening Night of New Season in the Emirates

posted on: Oct 29, 2020

By: David DeMaria/Arab America Contributing Writer

On Friday night Sharjah FC, last season’s Arabian Gulf League champs, opened a new campaign to defend their title against Fujairah FC.

Brazilian forward Welliton scored the first goal of the match for Sharjah in the 21^st minute.

In the 37^th minute, Swedish forward Samuel Armenteros tied the match 1-1 netting a goal for Fujairah.

In the second half, Tunisian midfielder Firas Ben Larbi scored a goal to give Fujairah a 2-1 lead.

The match was knotted at 2 until the 90^th minute when Brazilian midfielder Igor Coronado knocked in a goal to give Sharjah a 3-2 lead.

Brazilian midfielder Caio put the match away for Sharjah, scoring a goal on a penalty kick 8 minutes into stoppage time.

In other matches around the league, Al Wahda dominated Hatta 6-0, Al Dhafra downed Ajman 4-1, and Bani Yas knocked off Al Wasl 4-`1.

In Saturday’s action, Shabab Al Ahli Dubai will travel to Kalba, while Al Ain takes on Khor Fakkan in the two early matches. Al Nasr will host Al Jazira in a late night match at Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai.