Al-Wahda team will arrive in Sharjah at the second round of the Arabian Gulf Football Cup, where Al-Annabi will be looking for a victory to secure his sixth point and consolidate the top of Group B. The champions of the Arabian Gulf League, after a surprise loss in the first round to Bani Yas 2-0, as well as in the shake of Sharjah in a shaky.
The game is the first official appearance of the league champion at home and in front of his fans in the new season tournaments, but the task will not be easy for the king in the absence of influential elements because of their participation in the national teams.
On the other hand, Al Wahda enters the match with an ambitious response from Sharjah, after Annabi was defeated in the last confrontation between the two teams last season, in May, when the King declared himself the champion of the Arabian Gulf League from the gates of his victory over Al Wahda 3-2. In a meeting within the 25th round of the tournament.
Sharjah coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari confirmed that the game is important for both sides, while expressing his aspirations that the king will appear better both mentally and technically than he appeared in the last round.
He said in a press statement: «The tournament is a little complicated under the imposition of its system to use the players who are missing the majority to join the team», pointing out that the public interest requires this, especially since the technical staff of Sharjah worked to bring three players and prepare them for their first match, taking into account Mind giving a chance to other players.
Al Wahda coach Maurice Stein said: "The task is difficult against champions Sharjah, but we are determined to achieve a good result and move forward at the top of the group, especially as all tournaments are important to us, and we look forward to achieving many titles for this season."
"The game is an opportunity for young players to show their abilities," he told reporters.
It is noteworthy that the game today is the sixth between the two teams since the start of the tournament in 2009, after recording the last five encounters, Sharjah achieved a victory over Annabi in the 2013 groups with a score of «1-0», before imposing the same draw on the outcome of the second confrontation in November 2014 «1 Unity succeeded in achieving its only victory over the King, which came in a result of «2-0» in December 2015, and then dominated the positive draw on the results of the fourth and fifth confrontations in the versions of 2016 and 2017, by «3-3» and «1- 1 »respectively.
Today's match is the sixth between the two teams in the history of their confrontations in the Cup.