The UAE’s Sharjah were crowned champions of third edition of Qatar-UAE Super Cup after defeating Al Gharafa on penalties at the Thani Bin Jassim Stadium of Al Gharafa club on Thursday.

His Excellency Jassim bin Rashid Al Buainain, President of Qatar Football Association and Qatar Stars League (QSL), Mr. Hani Taleb Ballan, CEO of QSL, and Mr. Jamal Al Marri, Vice-Chairman of UAE Pro League, presented the cup to Sharjah and runners-up trophy to Al Gharafa.

The match, which ended 1-1 in regulation time, saw Al Gharafa lose 4-5 in penalty shoot-out, with Hyun Soo-Jang missing the last kick for The Cheetahs after what had been almost flawless kicks.

The high-intensity match saw both sides waste chances at goals in the first half.

Yacine Brahimi had a glorious opportunity to give Al Gharafa an early lead in the 10th minute after pouncing on the rebound from Joselu’s thunderous strike, but Sharjah goalkeeper Adel Al Hosani made a superb double-save to deny the Algerian international the opportunity.

Ferjani Sassi had his goal-bound header cleared on the line by Luan Pereira in the 61st minute, but the much-awaited opener eventually came three minutes later through Al Gharafa’s Florinel Coman who finished off a sublime exchange of passes initiated by Ayoub Al Oui inside Sharjah’s final third.

The lead, however, only lasted for nine minutes as Luan Pereira secured the equaliser for the Emirati side.

Joselu had a great opportunity of restoring Al Gharafa’s lead two minutes later, but the Spanish striker headed straight at Al Hosani from a swerving cross by Coman.

With scoring chances being few and far between from thereon, the match headed into the decisive spot kicks, which Sharjah ended up winning.