The leaders of Al-Ahly youth lost two valuable points and opened the door to competition for the title wide after stumbling with its host Al-Nasr 2-2 on Tuesday, in the opening of the twenty-third stage of the UAE Football League , which witnessed the relegation of Al Dhafra to the second division.

Three stages before the end of the tournament, Shabab Al-Ahly raised its tally to 50 points, 5 points ahead of Al-Wehda, who became second by defeating Al-Jazira 3-1, but Al-Ain Al-Third (44 points) could reduce the difference to 3 points if it beat Sharjah on Wednesday at the end of the tournament. stage.

Shabab Al-Ahly opened the scoring early, after Yahya Al-Ghassani received a ball to separate and hit the net of Al-Nasr goalkeeper Ahmed Shambih (9).

But the landowner equalized two minutes later through Ivory Coast's Abdullah Toure, who benefited from Ryan Mendes' pass from Cape Verde (12).

Shabab Al-Ahly regained the lead with a powerful shot from Argentine Federico Cartabia (65), before Moroccan Adel Taarabt prevented him from winning a wonderful back game (89), then the latter was sent off for receiving a second warning ((90 + 2).

Al Dhafra became the first to be relegated to the second division after losing to its host Khorfakkan with three goals scored by the Portuguese Elton Morty (2), the Brazilians Antonio Valmore (5) and Simon Cabral (86), against a goal by Abdullah Al-Rifai (90).

Al Dhafra's balance stopped in the last place at 8 points, to fall to the second division for the third time in its history after 2003 and 2005.
Dibba Al-Fujairah ignited the survival struggle by defeating its host, Al-Bataeh, with the goal of Khaled Mubarak in the 24th minute.

Dibba Al-Fujairah, the penultimate thirteenth, raised its tally to 15 points, 3 points ahead of the twelfth Al-Bataeh.

Al-Wehda rose to second place temporarily by defeating its guest, Al-Jazira, with three goals scored by Brazilian Joao Pedro (21), Tunisian Alaa Zuhair (26), and Argentine Facundo Kruspiski (53), against a goal by Ali Mabkhout (83).
Al-Wehda raised its tally to 45 points, and Al-Jazira remained sixth, with 40 points.