Al Ain

Quarterfinals

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Al Ain beat Esperance Sportive de Tunis

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3 – 0

FT · Sat, Dec 15

Match Details

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium (Al Ain) · 21,333 fans View tournament bracket →

Recap

Al Ain put three goals past Esperance to book Club World Cup semi-final

Host side Al Ain upset African champions Esperance of Tunisia 3-0 on Saturday to reach the semi-finals of the Club World Cup.

Recap via ESPN

Commentary

90'+5'Second Half ends, ES Tunis 0, Al Ain 3.
90'+5'Match ends, ES Tunis 0, Al Ain 3.
90'+5'Attempt blocked. Sameh Derbali (ES Tunis) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
90'+1'Foul by Marcus Berg (Al Ain).
90'+1'Chamseddine Dhaouadi (ES Tunis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'Tsukasa Shiotani (Al Ain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90'Foul by Anice Badri (ES Tunis).
90'Attempt missed. Taha Khenissi (ES Tunis) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sameh Derbali with a cross.
89'Sameh Derbali (ES Tunis) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
89'Foul by Caio (Al Ain).
86'Offside, ES Tunis. Fousseny Coulibaly tries a through ball, but Sameh Derbali is caught offside.
86'Foul by Mohamed Ahmad (Al Ain).

Line Score

	1	2	T
AlN	2	1	3
EST	0	0	0

Match Leaders

Al Ain

MG Mohamed Gharib · 1Goals
HE Hussein El Shahat · 3Total Shots
KE Khalid Eisa · 1Saves
AB Ahmed Barman Ali · 26Accurate Passes

Esperance Sportive de Tunis

YB Youcef Belaïli · 4Total Shots
MB Moez Ben Cherifia · 3Saves
CD Chamseddine Dhaouadi · 56Accurate Passes

Key Events

85'Substitution, Al Ain. Yahia Nader replaces Tongo Doumbia.

80'Substitution, Al Ain. Marcus Berg replaces Bandar Al Ahbabi.

70'Substitution, ES Tunis. Ali Machani replaces Khalil Chammam.

69'Youcef Belaïli (ES Tunis) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

67'Substitution, Al Ain. Amer Abdulrahman replaces Rayan Yslam.

64'Substitution, ES Tunis. Adem Rjaeibi replaces Franck Kom.

60'Goal! ES Tunis 0, Al Ain 3. Bandar Al Ahbabi (Al Ain) right footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Caio.

45'Substitution, ES Tunis. Mohamed Meskini replaces Ghilane Chaalali.

16'Goal! ES Tunis 0, Al Ain 2. Hussein El Shahat (Al Ain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rayan Yslam following a fast break.

2'Goal! ES Tunis 0, Al Ain 1. Mohamed Ahmad (Al Ain) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Rayan Yslam with a cross following a corner.