UAE Pro League:
Qoddous off the mark in Kalba colors
Iranian internationals Saman Qoddous and Mahdi Qayedi combined for a couple of goals as Ittihad Kalba secured a 3-0 home victory over Al Bataeh in the UAE’s ADNOC Pro League.
Making his first appearance for the club since joining as a free transfer from Brentford in September, Qoddous found Qayedi on the edge of the box, before the wizard winger went past a defender and slotted home with a powerful left-footed effort midway through the first half – the Iranian’s third goal in four league outings this season.
Qayedi repaid his international teammate’s favor minutes later, as Qoddous collected his pass behind the box and fired a sublime strike into the bottom corner to open his Kalba account right before halftime.
Leandro Spadacio leite’s side-footed effort from inside the box in the additional time secured a second victory of the league campaign for the home side.
The result saw Ittihad move up to sixth in the table with seven points.