Al Wasl drew with their hosts Al Nasr 1-1 in the opening of the fifteenth round of the ADNOC Pro League.

Al Wasl entered the match with a lineup that included Mohammed Al Wali as goalkeeper, with the defensive quartet Pedro Malheiro, Soufiane Bouftini, Adryelson Silva, and Hugo Neto. The midfield five consisted of Fabio Lima, Siaka Sidibe, Renato Tapia, Nicolas Gimenez, and Ali Saleh, while Miguel Borja led the attack.

The first half began with pressure from Al Wasl in search of an opening goal, but Al Nasr took the lead through Jonatas Santos in the seventh minute.

Al Wasl responded with attempts to score, and in the eighteenth minute Nicolás Gimenez passed the ball to Ali Saleh, which was caught by Al Nasr goalkeeper Ahmed Shambih. In the twenty-second minute, Ali Saleh played a precise ball to Gimenez inside Al Nasr’s penalty area, which the goalkeeper caught.

Al Wasl’s attempts to reach Al Nasr’s goal continued, and in the forty-third minute Ali Saleh delivered a dangerous cross inside the penalty area that was cleared by the defense.

The Wasl pressure paid off with the equalizer in the fifty-second minute through Colombian Miguel Borja, following a well-taken corner by Nicolas Gimenez and a fine leap to head the ball into Al Nasr’s net.

Seeking to strengthen the attack, Al Wasl head coach Mr. Mesut Meral made substitutions, bringing on Serginho and Brahian Palacios in place of Ali Saleh and Fabio Lima. Abdulrahman Saleh and Renato Junior also came on as substitutes for Hugo Neto and Miguel Borja.

Al Wasl continued to threaten Al Nasr’s goal with quick attacks that lacked the final touch, while the crossbar denied Brayan Palacios a goal in the eighty-seventh minute after a powerful shot.

In the first minute of stoppage time, Al Wasl pushed for the winning goal, and Pedro Malheiro fired a strong shot from outside the penalty area that was saved by goalkeeper Shambih. Three minutes later, Gimenez took a direct free kick that went just wide of the post, as the match ended in a 1-1 draw.