The match between Al-Ahli and Sharjah in the Arabian Gulf Super Cup saw the participation of eight foreign players, four players in each team, as the two coaches, Argentine Rodolfo Arwabarina and Abdul Aziz Al-Anbari, on foreign players in the difference, and give preference to both teams, but according to statistics and figures that Published by the official website of the Association of Professionals, foreign players were "out of service" in the Super Cup.
Al-Anbari brought in four foreign players - Italian Igor Kornado, Uzbek Otabek Shokurov, Cape Verde players Ryan Mendes and Ricardo Gomez - while Arwabarena began the game with three players - Swiss David Mariani, Moldovan Luganor Henrique and Brazilian Leonardo de Souza. In the second half, Argentine Federico Cartabia had to be replaced by Mariani in the 62nd minute.This match saw three foreign players missed their penalty shoot-out: Igor Cornado of Sharjah, Federico Cartabia and Luganor Henrique of Al Ahli.
The best foreign player in the Arabian Gulf League was Igor Kornado, the lowest of all players in the two teams, as the Italian player touched the ball 27 times, and passed it to his teammates 14 times, while the accuracy of his passes reached 42.9% as the weakest percentage of foreign players, and Kornado shot the ball once. She was heading towards the goal.
The best foreigners of Sharjah were the return from injury, Uzbek Otabek Shukurov, who touched the ball 35 times, and passed the ball 18 times, while the accuracy of his passes 88.9%, but did not hit any ball on the goal or outside, for his part despite the great inconvenience caused Cape Verde player Ricardo Gomez for Al-Ahli youth defenders, but the numbers of the player who joined during the summer transfer to Sharjah, was not enough to help the «King» scored the net «Dubai Knights», Gomez touched the ball 22 times, and passed nine times, and one shot outside His goal was 55.6%, and captain Ryan Mendes did not hit the ball. Gah goal or outside, touching the ball only 17 times, and dropped the ball 8 times, of which four passes are correct, the accuracy rate of 50%.
On the other hand, Moldovan Luganor Henrique emerged as the best foreign player in the youth of Al-Ahli, and in the game in general, by shooting the ball six times, including one shot towards the goal, and touched the ball 60 times, and passed 43 times, accurately 86%, also created two opportunities for his teammates in «Dubai Knights», while Swiss Mariani was the most prominent in terms of accuracy of passes by 93.3%, touching the ball 55 times and passed 45 times, and hit the ball twice outside the goal.
The newcomer from the unit, Brazilian Leonardo de Souza, touched the ball 77 times, and passed 61 times with an accuracy of 80.3%, and hit the ball twice outside the goal, and finally the percentage of accuracy of passes Argentine Federico Cartabia, who participated in the 62nd minute of the second half, 90.9% He touched the ball 31 times and passed it 22 times, and hit the ball twice outside the goal.