Al-Ittihad Kalba dramatically lost the last match of the championship in the company of Al-Aina (3-2), and Alexandru Sikaldeu led a good evolution of his team.

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Al-Ittihad Kalba, the dramatic defeat of Al-Ain

Al-Ittihad Kalba hosted Al-Ain in the 17th round of the United Arab Emirates Championship.

The formation, for which Alexandru Cikaldeu also plays, lost the duel in overtime, but the Romanian international scored and also gave an assist in this match.

The visitors opened the scoring thanks to Canedo (21st minute), while Alexandru Cicaldeu contributed to the equalizing goal with a superb assist from Al Fardan (47th minute).

Rahimi gave Al Ain the lead again (min. 81), but Alexandru Cikaldeu equalized with a shot from 11 meters (min. 90+4).

Unfortunately for his team, Al Ittihad Kalba conceded another goal in the 7th minute of added time when Laba scored the winner.

After 17 rounds played, Al-Ittihad Kalba is in 8th place with 24 points.