UAE's Sharjah were crowned champions of the third edition of Qatar-UAE Super Cup after defeating Al Gharafa on penalties at the Thani Bin Jassim Stadium.
The match, which ended 1-1 in regulation time, saw Al Gharafa losing 5-4 during the penalty shootout, with Hyun Soo Jang missing the last kick for The Cheetahs after what had been an almost flawless kicks.
The high-intensity match saw both sides wasting 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's 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 10 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 the Emirati side ended up winning.
