Al Wasl achieved a victory over its guest Al Wahda by one goal to nil, in the opening of the eleventh round of the ADNOC Pro League.

Al Wasl entered the match with the following lineup: Khaled Al Senani in goal; in front of him the defensive quartet Hugo Neto, Adryelson Silva, Soufiane Bouftini and Pedro Malheiro. In midfield, Serginho, Nicolas Gimenez, Renato Tapia, Siaka Sidibe and Fabio Lima featured, while Ali Saleh led the attack.

Al Wasl began the match searching for the opening goal, as the players applied early pressure and advanced towards Al Wahda’s goal. In the twenty-fourth minute, Ali Saleh sent a dangerous cross into the penalty area, but Al Wahda’s defense managed to clear it. A minute later, Serginho attempted to penetrate the right side of Al Wahda’s penalty area, but the defense cleared the ball.

As the first half drew to a close, Nicolás Giménez led a quick counterattack in the forty-sixth minute, but it did not come to completion after an intervention by Al Wahda’s defense. One minute later, Giménez took a direct free kick, which was cleared by the defense and fell to Serginho, who struck powerfully from outside the penalty area, but Al Wahda’s goalkeeper caught the ball.

In the second half, Al Wasl’s attempts to score continued, and head coach Mesut Meral made substitutions, as Renato Tapia, Soufiane Bouftini and Ali Saleh left the pitch, while Matheus Saldanha, Gabriel Da Silva and Brahian Palacios came on.

Al Wasl continued its attempts to reach Al Wahda’s net, but without success, until substitute Brahian Palacios snatched the winning goal in the eighty-fifth minute from a long ball by Nicolas Gimenez, taking advantage of the Al Wahda goalkeeper coming off his line.

With this result, Al Wasl raised its tally to 21 points and moved temporarily into second place in the league standings, pending the completion of the round’s matches.