End of 4th Week of Excellent-Division Football Tournament Ahli Sanaa On Top [Archives:1998/51/Sports]

With the conclusion of its 4th week, the Excellent-Division Football Tournament is now halted momentarily for the Holy Month of Ramadhan. This week’s matches were characterized by excitement and change of results. Some weak teams went up, while few supposedly strong ones went down.
Wahda of Aden team, just up from First to Excellent division, was able to defeat Wahda of Sanaa, Excellent-Division champion of 1997/98, 3-nil. Shoula team dropped from fourth to sixth position with six points after being defeated by Shaab of Mukallah 1-nil. The latter rose to fifth position with seven points.

In a match held in Aden last Wednesday, December 16, Ahli of Sanaa defeated Tilal of Aden 3-nil. It was Tilal’s third bitter defeat in as many weeks. Ahli’s harmonious and coordinated playing was faced by Tilal’s mediocre performance. Now Ahli of Sanaa stands at top of the football league with 12 points. Tilal dropped to 12th position with only three points, greatly angering its fans.
Hilal of Hodeidah defeated Tali’a of Taiz 2-nil; rising from 10th to 8th position and lowering Tali’a from 11th to 13th position.

Zohra defeated Majd 2-nil, jumping to 10th position with 4 points. Majd dropped with only one point to 14th position, bottom of the division.
Ittahd of Ibb achieved a no-score draw with Saqr of Taiz. So Ittahd dropped from 7th to 9th position with five points. Saqr went from 8th to 11th position with 4 points.
Halting the tournament during Ramadhan will be a good opportunity for all teams look back and take stock. The results so far indicate that this tournament will be full of surprises.
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