www.thepeninsulaqatar.com PAGE | 22 PAGE | 23 Barcelona face New dad Cook tough test from returns to break Guardiola’s City England record WEDNESDAY 19 OCTOBER 2016 • 18 MOHARRAM 1438 thepeninsulaqatar @peninsulaqatar @peninsula_qatar Motors in driving seat despite Al Ain hold El Jaish, reach final bribery storm both sides fought hard,” he said. “We swooped in on a loose ball but his Romarinho’s brace were following the game-plan set by shot from the left flank went ago- SEOUL: Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors our coach. It was an exciting game, nizingly close to the Al Ain goalpost hope to ride out a bribery storm goes in vain as UAE no doubt,” he said. in the 27th minute. and reach the AFC Champions side wins 5-3 on El Jaish’s Mohammed Abdul- Seven minutes later, El Jaish’s League final when they take a 4-1 raab said: “We tried our best. Their tall goalkeeper Abubacar produced lead into their semi-final second aggregate to qualify first goal had a big impact on us. We three back-to-back saves to keep his leg against FC Seoul. for the title match played like a quality side. We made a team in the hunt. The K-League leaders were mistake later in the second half and On two occasions, Al Ain’s Danilo slapped with a nine-point they scored the equaliser. Aspirlla took aim at the goal and deduction and a 100 million won “We had made mistakes in the each time Abubacar produced div- ($88,000) fine last month after By Rizwan Rehmat first leg and that cost us and that’s ing stops to keep the visitors from one of their scouts was convicted The Peninsula why we had to stretch ourselves,” scoring. of bribing referees. he said. Seconds into the second It recalled dark days for “I’d say hard luck to our fans,” half, Romarinho fired a power- Korean football, after a match-fix- the midfielder added. ful long-range that was quickly ing scandal in 2011 ended with a DOHA: Al Ain of the UAE yesterday In a game wits, El Jaish applied punched away by Al Ain goal- series of jail terms, bans and fines, produced a goal in the dying seconds pressure in the first half through keeper Ahmed. and one player’s alleged suicide. of injury time to hold Qatar’s El Jaish their star striker Romarinho. Al Ain took the lead in the match But Jeonbuk will be confident to a thrilling 2-2 draw in the second In the 17th minute, Romarinho when Amer found the back of the El of reaching their third Asian final leg of their AFC Champions League curled in a beautiful direct free-kick Jaish net in the 57th minute. after scorers Leonardo, Ricardo semi-final. that beat the Al Ain wall but goal- In the 68th minute, Ramarinho’s Lopes and Kim Shin-Wook com- Al Ain, who won the first leg 3-1 keeper Ismael Ahmed punched the hard work paid off as the Brazilian bined to devastating effect in the last month, have now reached the ball away for a corner. fired a goal for the home side from first leg. final of the AFC Champions League A few seconds later, Romarinho the edge of the Al Ain box, shooting The winners of today’s all- with a 5-3 aggregate score. chose to go solo after a quick burst past goalkeeper Ahmed. Korean clash will play UAE’s Al Twins Omar Abdulrahman (57) into the Al Ain box but his power- In the 80th minute, the tireless Ain or Qatari outfit El Jaish, who and Mohamed Abdulrahman (90 + ful shot was once again blocked by Romarinho gave El Jaish the lead. will try to overturn a 3-1 deficit 5) scored the goals for Al Ain who goalkeeper Ahmed. After picking up a pass from Sey- in their second leg on Tuesday in were followed to the match venue by El Jaish defenders complimented dou Keita, Romarinho fired a bullet Doha. a huge contingent of club fans. their strikers by withholding the from the edge of the Al Ain box to “Our players have been El Jaish’s superb show was only pressure created by Al Ain forwards score his team’s second goal. impressive all season and I will possible due to the twin strikes of in the following few minutes. The ball hit the back of the net continue to have faith in them,” Romarinho (67 and 81) and goal- In the 25th minute, Romarinho with Al Ain ’keeper Ahmed in no said Jeonbuk coach Choi Kang- keeper Khalifa Abubacar who was brought down inside the Al Ain position to stop the powerful shot. Hee, according to the Asian produced a series of tough saves at box but Saudi Arabia referee Fahad In the dying seconds, Al Ain’s Football Confederation (AFC) the Lekhwiya Stadium. Almirda called ‘play-on’ much to the Omar fired one home to get the vis- website. Al Ain’s Omar, the goal hero, was surprise of the home fans. itors a draw and a ticket to the AFC “We have confidence for the thrilled to see his side reach the final. Two minutes later, Al Ain goal- Champions League final. second leg.” “I want to take this opportunity keeper Ahmed rushed out 40 yards In today’s second semi-final, Jeonbuk won the title in 2006 to say congratulations to our travel- to block Romarinho and succeeded Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors hope to and they have hit form in this ling fans and fans back home,” Omar, in reaching the ball before the El reach the AFC Champions League year’s latter stages, smashing five Al Ain’s Mohnad Salem (19) vies for the ball with El Jaish’s Hamza Sanhaji who scored the second goal, said. Jaish forward could deflect the ball final when they take a 4-1 lead into past Shanghai SIPG to reach the “We came here to win but I would towards the net. their semi-final second leg against during their AFC semi-final second leg match at the Abdullah Bin Khalifa semis before their four-goal spree say the 2-2 draw is a fair result since El Jaish defender Murad Naji FC Seoul. Stadium in Doha, yesterday. against Seoul. It leaves Seoul dangerman Adriano teetering on 12 goals for the competition, one away from equalling the record set by Coach Ancelotti dismisses talk of ‘crisis’ at Bayern Munich Guangzhou Evergrande’s Muriqui in their 2013 title run. But the club from the Korean capital aren’t giving up hope just AFP German league games since losing for the Eindhoven match and admit- made that clear, but I don’t want to the Frankfurt game that the attitude yet, and with home advantage 1-0 at Atletico Madrid three weeks ted his team’s attitude in Frankfurt punish the players -- I just want them wasn’t good, but we have to change they will draw on memories of ago and are three games without a was poor. But the Italian dismissed to understand. our behaviour, not switch around some heavy wins in the group win. any talk of a ‘crisis’ amongst the “It’s too early for the word ‘crisis’, players.” stage. BERLIN: Bayern Munich are deter- The Bundesliga leader’s 2-2 draw Bavarian giants, which has been which I am now hearing, we haven’t Ancelotti has insisted the players “We know that we need to mined to break their mini winless at 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt on mentioned in the German media. won our last three games, but we still sleep in the team hotel ahead of the score many goals to get the win,” streak on Wednesday against PSV Saturday was branded ‘unacceptable’ “I have to be myself and I must played well. Eindhoven match. said Seoul coach Hwang Sun- Eindhoven in the Champions League, by Munich’s chairman Karl-Heinz be tougher from time to time,” “We aren’t magicians and we “I already said before the season Hong. “We will have to be clinical with head coach Carlo Ancelotti dis- Rummenigge, even with the team said Ancelotti in yesterday’s press will have a different attitude against that we would gather in a hotel before and aggressive going forward... missing any talk of a ‘crisis’. two points clear. conference. Eindhoven. special games. Tomorrow is a special There is still football to be played Bayern have drawn both of their Ancelotti had threatened changes “I wasn’t happy in Frankfurt, I “Everyone has trained. I said after game,” he said. in this tie.” AFC U-19 Asian Cup: Qatar prepare for key Japan test The Peninsula a single run from one of our players could bench in the second half, my team-mates gave change things and that’s what happened,” Qatar’s Abdulrasheed me a lot of confidence and support and this he said. Umar celebrates his was the only reason that I could score the “We’ve had lots of bad luck in the past goal against Yemen in goal,” he told the-AFC.com. MANAMA, Bahrain: Oscar Cano is not going with injuries and also in the last match the AFC -19 Asian Cup “Yemen is a good team and they have to waste any time. The Qatar coach was against Iran, so perhaps this is football in Bahrain on Monday. some individually talented players. We knew thrilled to see his team beat Yemen in a 2016 giving some of the luck back, luck that that it will not be an easy game and we will AFC U-19 Asian Cup match on Monday and Yemen didn’t have.