Al Zeer, XCAT and Fohood teams start on winning note

Al Zeer, XCAT, Fohood Jumeirah and Fohood Zabeel emerged winners on the opening day of the futsal competition at the 3rd Nad Al Sheba (NAS) Ramadan Sports Tournament on Saturday night.

Defending champions Fohood Zabeel secured a 4-0 win over Forsan Al Ittihad, Al Zeer smashed six past Al Nojoom for a 6-2 win, XCAT got the better of Al Bahri 4-1 and Fohood Jumeirah had a tennis set score of 6-0 against the Al Aseefa Falcons.

Fohood Zabeel were impressive in their opening win. Led by their star player Ricardo Filipe da Silva alias Ricardinho, the defending champions struggled to find the goal past a resolute Forsan Al Ittihad defence. But they finally managed when Rafael Lira scored the first goal and Sabry Jamil got the second for a 2-0 lead at half-time.

Rafael Lira’s second goal made it 3-0 early in the second half and Ricardinho got his name on the sheet to put the match out of reach for Forsan Al Ittihad.

Morocco’s Kareem Bali was the controlling force as XCAT showed poise and understanding in their 4-1 win against Al Bahri. Karim Bali was impressive in his ball touch with two goals and teammates Adil Zouthane and Yousuf Al Dhanhani added one each for XCAT. Mohammad Khay scored Al Bahri’s lone goal towards the end of the match.

Al Zeer started the night’s proceedings with a 6-2 thumping of Al Nojoom. Ali Mohammed Ghuloom and Hussain Tayebibigoli scored two goals each, while Talib Mohammed Alfzari and Jaber Saffar got one each for Al Zeer. Al Nojoom’s goals came from Ibrahim Kamal and Mohammed Allouch.

Fohood Jumeirah’s thrashing of the Al Aseefa Falcons was aided by two goals each from Tariq Aman, Franklin Douglas Cavalante and Morales di Oliveira Faria.

Meanwhile, favourites Juani Mieres and Sanyo Gutierrez and Juan Martin Diaz and Maxi Sanchez will meet in the Padel Tennis final.

Mieres and Gutierrez worked their way past Jordi Munoz and Aday Santana 7-6, 6-2, while Diaz and Sanchez defeated Adrian Allemandi and Miguel Lamperti 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to set a meeting in the final of the international padel tennis competition.

In the wheelchair basketball competition being held at the Dubai Club for Special Needs, Dubai Municipality and Hamdan Heritage Centre recorded their second win of the event.

Dubai Municipality defeated Dubai Ambulance 35-20, while the Hamdan Heritage Centre powered their way past Dubai Police 44-8.

In the two other matches, Dubai Club for Special Needs got their campaign off to a winning start with a 22-6 win over Dubai Duty Free, while Union Co-Operative Society also commenced with a 19-15 win over Dubai Sports Channel.

Held under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Sports Council (DSC), this year’s tournament is being held in six different sports disciplines including Futsal, Volleyball, a 10km road run, a 70km cycling race, wheelchair basketball and archery.

Results

Wheelchair Basketball:

Dubai Municipality bt Dubai Ambulance 35-20

Hamdan Heritage Centre bt Dubai Police 44-8

Dubai Club for Special Needs bt  Dubai Duty Free 26-16

Union Co-Operative Society bt Dubai Sports Channel 19-15

Futsal:

Al Zeer bt Al Nojoom 6-2

Fohood Zabeel bt Forsan Al Ittihad 4-0

XCAT bt Al Bahri 4-1

Fohood Jumeirah bt Al Aseefa Falcons 6-0

Padel Tennis:

(Semi-finals) Juan Martin Diaz/Maxi Sanchez bt Adrian Allemandi/Miguel Lamperti 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Sanyo Gutierrez/Juani Mieres bt Jordi Munoz/Aday Santana 7-6, 6-2.

(Third place qualifying) Martin Di Nenno/Franco Stupaczuk bt Alejandro Ruiz/Matias Marina6-3, 6-4; Fernando Poggi/Jaime Bergareche bt Uriel Botello/Javier Concepcion 6-3, 7-5.

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