Athletes confirmed that the completion of the Arab Gulf League competition for the current season is considered the most appropriate decision for all clubs, despite the difficulties facing the competition, due to the difficulty of conducting the matches in August, in light of the high temperatures in this period of the year, as well as the clubs ceasing training and matches A long period of time may have made it difficult for her to prepare well for the league.
They told «Emirates Today» that there are six logical reasons that make completing the league the best choice for all clubs, explaining that recent statements by the President of the Federation, Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, about the possibility of contracting with a company specialized in reducing temperatures inside the stadiums using modern technologies, will contribute to Helping to establish matches in this period, in addition to the gradual return of economic life in the country, and they pointed out that completing the competition achieves justice in the competition for the title, and defining the champion through results and matches and not by an administrative decision, in addition to not wasting the efforts of clubs in the current season The fifth reason is the precautionary measures that are followed in the country, which will help to establish matches without risk for the players and all those involved in organizing the competition, and the last logical reasons, take advantage of the model for the return of European leagues, despite the spread of Corona virus on a large scale in «Continent The old man ».
The 6 reasons
1- Using technology to reduce stadium temperatures during the summer.
2- The gradual return of economic life in the country.
3- Completing the competition achieves justice for all clubs.
4- Not to waste the clubs effort in a full season.
5- Precautionary measures against the Corona virus taken in the country.
6- Take advantage of the form for completing European leagues.
Hassan Ibrahim: Return ends problems
The national team player and Al-Ahly youth and the former Wasl, Hassan Ali Ibrahim, said that completing the remaining seven rounds of the Arab Gulf League competition is the best and best option, pointing out that the return of the competition will contribute to ending all problems expected to occur if the league is canceled, whether in the current order, The title was given to youth leaders Al-Ahly, or all results were generally canceled.
He said that there are not many options for determining the fate of the current version, and he explained: «In the event of canceling the league, Al-Ahly youth should be crowned directly with the title, because it is at the top of the ranking, while the second option is to complete the competition, which will contribute to ending all problems that may occur in the event of cancellation.
He added: "The return of the league will achieve justice, and the decision will be on the field, whether for the title or the landing struggle and determining the qualifying centers for Asia, while we will avoid problems, especially with the opposition of many clubs to the decision to cancel the league, whether by identifying the champion or not."
He pointed out that completing the league requires giving the clubs the opportunity to establish an appropriate preparation period, and he said: “The only obstacle I see is the stopping of competitions for a long period of up to three months now, which has not happened before, so clubs should be given a good opportunity to establish a preparation period, Especially since the matches, if held, will be in the summer period ».
Reda Abdel-Hadi: It's easy to complete 7 rounds
The former Al-Jazira player, the international, Reda Abdel-Hadi, said that the current indicators regarding low rates of corona virus infection, high healing cases among the injured, and sports councils sterilization of stadiums, are a positive incentive to complete the league championship in August.
He added: «Completing the remaining seven rounds will not take much of the agenda for the next season, especially that some adjustments can be made to the Arab Gulf Cup system in the new season, to take place the knockout system from its beginning as an exceptional measure, and then the tournaments will return after that in the coming seasons To its natural form. ”
He pointed out, "I think that completing the competition will achieve many gains, the most important of which is preserving the achievements made by the league at the level of Asia, as it is a class of the elite, in addition to the marketing and organizational matters through which it achieved several gains in the past years."
Abdel Hadi continued: “It is very easy to come up with an administrative decision to cancel the season, but I imagine that the consequences of the decision will appear after that, in terms of the confusion about who is the league champion, the right of amateur league teams to complete the process of ups and downs, and the expected controversy in determining the mechanism of the teams participating in AFC Champions League next version, and I imagine that the situation is still in our hands to avoid such things and complete the league ».