{"id":2052,"date":"2026-01-02T20:59:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/?p=2052"},"modified":"2026-02-11T21:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:19:10","slug":"al-dhafra-secure-dramatic-3-2-win-against-khorfakkan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/al-dhafra-secure-dramatic-3-2-win-against-khorfakkan\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Dhafra Secure Dramatic 3\u20132 Win Against Khorfakkan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Al Dhafra claimed a dramatic and well-deserved 3\u20132 victory<\/strong> over hosts Khorfakkan<\/strong> in the match played on Friday evening<\/strong> at Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi Stadium<\/strong> in Khorfakkan City, as part of Round 11 of the ADNOC Pro League<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Al Dhafra started the match strongly, imposing their style from the opening minutes in search of an early goal. Their organized wing attacks paid off in the 19th minute<\/strong>, when Khalil Ibrahim<\/strong> delivered a cross that was mistakenly deflected into the net by a Khorfakkan defender for an own goal.<\/p>\n

After taking the lead, Al Dhafra dropped slightly to protect their advantage, allowing Khorfakkan to increase pressure and create several dangerous chances. However, Al Dhafra\u2019s defense and goalkeeper stood firm before the hosts equalized in the 27th minute<\/strong>, sending the match into halftime level at 1\u20131<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

At the start of the second half, Al Dhafra were forced into an early substitution due to injury, with Al-Sousi<\/strong> replaced by Rangel<\/strong>. Just one minute later, Al Dhafra struck again to score their second goal<\/strong>, giving the team a significant psychological boost that was reflected in their composed and organized performance.<\/p>\n

Despite persistent attempts by Khorfakkan to get back into the game, Al Dhafra maintained their structure and discipline. Head coach made a second substitution in the 74th minute<\/strong>, introducing Rayan Yasslam<\/strong> in place of Khalil Ibrahim<\/strong>. Rayan made an immediate impact, scoring Al Dhafra\u2019s third goal in the 80th minute<\/strong> with a spectacular overhead kick that electrified the stadium atmosphere.<\/p>\n

Khorfakkan pulled one back in the 86th minute<\/strong> from a penalty kick, but the remaining minutes saw no further change in the scoreline, as the referee signaled the end of the match with Al Dhafra sealing a 3\u20132 victory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

With this win, Al Dhafra raised their tally to 15 points<\/strong>, moving up to seventh place<\/strong>, while Khorfakkan remain on 11 points<\/strong> in tenth position<\/strong>, pending the completion of Round 11 fixtures.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Al Dhafra<\/strong>, and best wishes for continued success in the upcoming rounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Al Dhafra claimed a dramatic and well-deserved 3\u20132 victory over hosts Khorfakkan in the match played on Friday evening at Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi Stadium in Khorfakkan City, as part of Round 11 of the ADNOC Pro League. Al Dhafra started the match strongly, imposing their style from the opening minutes in search of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-1"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2053,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2052\/revisions\/2053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dfsc.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}