Al Jazira, the Pro League leaders, were humbled 5-1 by Sepahan in the Asian Champions League last night.
Ahmad Jashidian opened the scoring for the Iranian side in just the third minute and added a second in the 26th minute as Jazira went in at the break trailing 2-0.
And while Bare scored for the Abu Dhabi side nine minutes into the second half, Ibrahima Toure restored the home team's two-goal advantage two minutes later.
Fabio claimed their fourth goal in the 66th minute and Javad Kazwmian made it five just before the final whistle in the Group A game in Esfahan.
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Jamshidian was on target with a glancing header off a cross from Khosro Heidari and the midfielder doubled the lead with a shot from outside the area, which took a slight deflection off the Jazira defender Juma Abdulla's head before crashing into the back of the net.
Ali Kasheif, the Jazira goalkeeper, was kept busy throughout the first 45 minutes. He slipped and was left stranded for the first goal but had no chance of stopping the second.
Kasheif pulled off a few good saves, punching away a powerful shot from Fabio, the Brazilian midfielder, and pushing out a close-range shot from Jamshidian, who also missed a sitter, firing his shot straight at the goalkeeper in a one-on-one situation.
Sepahan were also unlucky when a Fabio effort crashed against the crossbar, and Kasheif did well to block the rebound from Toure, the Senegalese striker. Both Fabio and Toure were off target with only the goalkeeper to beat before the break.
But they put that right with two goals after Bare had pulled one back early in the second half. The Brazilian headed in a cross from Saleh Obaid to get Jazira back into the game but Sepahan were quick to respond with two more goals to take the game away from the visitors.
Toure was set up inside the area by Fabio and just had to tap the ball past Kasheif for Sepahan's third.
Fabio drilled home his goal from the edge of the box when a poor clearance from Mohammed Marzooq, the Jazira defender, fell into his path. Kazemian, a late substitute, completed the rout in added time.
Jazira had just one shot at the Sepahan goal in the first half and a couple after the break, otherwise it was one-way traffic.
Mahdi Rahmati, the Sepahan goalkeeper, did well to block a stinging shot from Ricardo Oliveira, the Brazilian striker, in the first half and pushed out a dipping free kick from Subait Khater early in the second half before Bare managed the Abu Dhabi club's solitary effort.
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Tributes from the UAE's personal finance community
• Sebastien Aguilar, who heads SimplyFI.org, a non-profit community where people learn to invest Bogleheads’ style
“It is thanks to Jack Bogle’s work that this community exists and thanks to his work that many investors now get the full benefits of long term, buy and hold stock market investing.
Compared to the industry, investing using the common sense approach of a Boglehead saves a lot in costs and guarantees higher returns than the average actively managed fund over the long term.
From a personal perspective, learning how to invest using Bogle’s approach was a turning point in my life. I quickly realised there was no point chasing returns and paying expensive advisers or platforms. Once money is taken care off, you can work on what truly matters, such as family, relationships or other projects. I owe Jack Bogle for that.”
• Sam Instone, director of financial advisory firm AES International
"Thought to have saved investors over a trillion dollars, Jack Bogle’s ideas truly changed the way the world invests. Shaped by his own personal experiences, his philosophy and basic rules for investors challenged the status quo of a self-interested global industry and eventually prevailed. Loathed by many big companies and commission-driven salespeople, he has transformed the way well-informed investors and professional advisers make decisions."
• Demos Kyprianou, a board member of SimplyFI.org
"Jack Bogle for me was a rebel, a revolutionary who changed the industry and gave the little guy like me, a chance. He was also a mentor who inspired me to take the leap and take control of my own finances."
• Steve Cronin, founder of DeadSimpleSaving.com
"Obsessed with reducing fees, Jack Bogle structured Vanguard to be owned by its clients – that way the priority would be fee minimisation for clients rather than profit maximisation for the company.
His real gift to us has been the ability to invest in the stock market (buy and hold for the long term) rather than be forced to speculate (try to make profits in the shorter term) or even worse have others speculate on our behalf.
Bogle has given countless investors the ability to get on with their life while growing their wealth in the background as fast as possible. The Financial Independence movement would barely exist without this."
• Zach Holz, who blogs about financial independence at The Happiest Teacher
"Jack Bogle was one of the greatest forces for wealth democratisation the world has ever seen. He allowed people a way to be free from the parasitical "financial advisers" whose only real concern are the fat fees they get from selling you over-complicated "products" that have caused millions of people all around the world real harm.”
• Tuan Phan, a board member of SimplyFI.org
"In an industry that’s synonymous with greed, Jack Bogle was a lone wolf, swimming against the tide. When others were incentivised to enrich themselves, he stood by the ‘fiduciary’ standard – something that is badly needed in the financial industry of the UAE."
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