Khalidiya Kings: 4-Goal Masterclass Sends Iraqi Air Force Crashing in AFC Champions League Showstopper

Waleed Abdullah

Bahrain’s football representative, Al Khalidiya Club, achieved a deserved victory against the <a href="https://www.newsdirectory3.com/indian-clubs-first-win-in-the-afc-champions-league/" title="Indian club's first win in the AFC Champions League“>Iraqi Air Force Club team, with a score of 4 goals in a match that brought the two teams together in a “Wednesday” fourth round match. AFC Champions League 2 Competition Group Stage Group.

Al-Khalidiya extended his control over the match and organized the right spread, exploiting space and opportunity and scoring, opening the scoring with a goal by international Kamil Al. -Aswad ended the first half with Al-Khalidiyyah ahead by a goal for Al-Qua Al-Jabia.

In the second half, Al-Khalidiya continued its advantage in the match with the improvement of Air Force’s performance, as Al-Khalidiya scored the second goal in the 52nd minute, signed by Iraqi professional Durgham Ismail before his colleague Kamil Al. – Aswad added the third goal in 56 minutes.

Al-Qua Al-Zawiya tried to get back into the match to reduce the difference, as it scored the first goal in the 79th minute through its player Alaa Abbas.

In the 90th minute, the match referee awarded a penalty kick in favor of Al-Khalidiyyah, which was successfully taken by Kamil Al-Aswad, who added his team’s fourth goal and his third individual goal of the clash.

The match ended with Al-Khalidiya winning 4 goals to one for Iraqi Air Force, Al-Khalidiya increased their score to 9 points, equal to the leaders, Saudi Al-Taoun team. The score increased to 9 points after a 4-0 win against Altin Asir team, while Air Force remained at its previous score with 6 points, Turkmen team Altin Asir had 0 points.