The second round of the Arabian Gulf League confirmed that the tournament will be different this season, both at the technical level and the public level, where it witnessed two heavy caliber summits and dismissals and goals wholesale, and «TiVo» and a sad audience, and another announces the boycott of his team after many promises to compete in The title, and perhaps the big promises made by the clubs, is the main reason for this atmosphere in the tournament.
Al Wahda succeeded in finishing the capital derby for his account, after beating Al Jazeera 3-2, at a difficult time when the game was heading for a draw, and Al Jazeera did not benefit from his big stars and his distinguished substitutes, despite the presence of big names like the talented «Amouri», the game was strong from All aspects, the most beautiful of which is the ability of Annabi to return always after the island's lead in the result, making the game quick and saw five goals.
In the same round, Al Wasl fans were on time, but the players were not. The team suffered a heavy loss in Zabeel before Al Ain, which precipitated their departure from the stadium before the end of the game.
In the second round, Shabab Al Ahli won five expected against Fujairah, Ajman continued its strong performances, and managed to beat Al Nasr 3-1, to increase the pain of victory.
The UAE Today monitored a question about the opinion of the public in the capital Derby, who united Al Jazeera with a question on the social networking site «Twitter»: «We shared the opinion .. Do you expect the unity to remain in the same level, which appeared in front of Al Jazeera, and competition in The title of the Arabian Gulf League, or does the capital derby always have different accounts? Two responses were spotted: "Yes, competitive," and "Derby is different and will not compete."
The majority of the respondents (63%), who reached 350, expected that Al Wahda will not compete in the title, and that the derby match has different circumstances, while 37% expected that Al Wahda will be able to compete in the Arabian Gulf League.
Khalid Al Obaid, a sports analyst and former Al-Nasr team manager, told Emirates Today: “Al-Wahda, as we used to in previous seasons, always offers a fluctuating level, except for the Arabian Gulf Cup games that it won before, but they are different from the league matches. The team made a big game against Al Jazeera, and these games are always fun and strong, and we hope that the team will provide a consistent level, and if they succeed in providing the same level that appeared in front of Al Jazeera will be a difficult number of competing teams, such as Al Ain and Sharjah and Al Ahli and Al Jazeera, which makes us wait for rounds Coming, to see how it will appear Team ». "Al Jazeera has a large number of stars, but it needs more time to adapt, and to restore the players to their real level, such as (Amouri) and Ali Mabkhout."
Regarding the dismissal of Kalba coach Viviani and Al Nasr's Brazilian coach Caillou, Obeid said: “The early dismissals after only two rounds are unhealthy, the loss brings a lot of problems, a new coach who has not started with the team will need a long time to prepare the team. The players must be recalculated from the start and give coaches plenty of room to show the required level. ”
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