The Qualifications of the Arab Club’s Championship Al Faisaly beat Al Jaish (2-0) and qualifies Al Aqsa drew with Nejmeh (3-3) in the final seconds of the match.

Al Faisaly (Jordan) qualified to the final round of the Arab Club’s Championship after its win over Al Jaish (Syria) 2-0 in the match, which was held yesterday; 23-05-2003 in Amman, thus the team conquered the first position in the standing of the fourth group.

The Second place is still undetermined where Al Jaish, Nejmeh and Al Aqsa are competing to win the second qualifying position. Therefore, Al Jaish will play against Al Aqsa and Nejmeh against Al Faisaly tomorrow, 25-05-2003 to determine who will qualify along with Al Faisaly.

Note that Nejmeh drew with Al Aqsa 3-3 in the match, which was held before the match of Al Faisaly and Al Jaish.

Nejmeh took a 2-0 lead at the first half by two goals for Mohammad Halawi at (10’) and (38’) but Al Aqsa succeeded to score two goals in the second half by Jamal Al Houli (54’ P) and Ahmed Abu Daher (83’).

Then Al Aqsa scored a third goal at (88’) but it was an own goal by Abd El Salam Al Souberki and that goal gave the 3-2 lead for Nejmeh. But at the dying seconds, Rafat Rabi’e managed to level the score to finish the match with a 3-3 draw. more

May 22, 2003