Al Ahli, Al Nasr on top in beach soccer league

Al Ahli and Al Nasr will have everything to play for in the third and final week of qualifying in the Dubai zone in the inaugural season of the UAE Beach Soccer League being played at the Al Mamzar Beach Park. Portuguese international Madjer scored four to help Al Ahli to a 7-2 drubbing of Dubai Club, while Al Nasr kept pace with the leaders – on goal difference – with a fluent 4-2 win over Hatta Club. Next Saturday’s third and final round will see some tough matches with Al Ahli taking on Al Nasr to decide the group winner, while the second match between Al Shabab and Hatta Club – both tied with six points each - will decide the third qualifier to go through for the main round of the UAE Beach Soccer League to be held at the same venue the following week. On the other hand, Al Wasl and Dubai Club are literally out of the competition as they are stuck at the wrong end of the standings with no points to their credit. Al Ahli, who have signed four international professional beach soccer players once again had Madjer display his scoring skills when he secured a hat-trick to take his tournament tally to 15 goals and help his team to a 6-3 win over Al Wasl. One more star who shone bright was former UAE skipper Bakhit Saad as the veteran Al Shabab football striker pumped in a hat-trick to help Hatta Club to an emphatic 8-3 win over Dubai Club. Saturday will be the final week for the Dubai round of qualifiers with the top three teams going through to the eight-team main competition that will be held at the same venue from April 11-23. The three Dubai teams will take on five teams from Fujiarah and Sharjah who have already qualified to the main competition last month. Al Ahli bt Dubai Club 7-2, Al Nasr bt Hatta Club 4-2, Al Shabab bt Al Wasl 2-1, Al Ahli bt Al Wasl 6-3, Al Nasr bt Al Shabab 5-4, Hatta Club bt Dubai Club 8-3