Al Ain team, at 8:45 pm today, receives its guest Al Nasr in the opening of the fourth round of the Arabian Gulf Cup at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, in a game during which «Al Zaeem», who occupy and run Group A with four points, to achieve their second victory, in addition to making available The opportunity for a number of players returning from injury is to find out their readiness, especially the Brazilian Caio.

Croatian coach Ivan Liko will have the chance to give a number of young players back to injury, including Caillou, Mohamed Ahmed and Mohamed Fayez. "Mohamed Ahmed has been out of action for nine months, but he has shown improvement over the past weeks and is ready to play," Lecco told the press conference.

"We are also delighted that Caillou is back in training after a three-week absence. As for Mohamed Fayez, he also took part in the training, and we rely on his skill and experience to help the team."

Regarding the position of the rest of the injured, he said: "Ryan hands over the injured and needs more time to recover, and will not play the game of victory, but for Mohamed Gamal, we hope to recover soon."

In contrast, Al Nasr enter the game in fourth place with four points, and «Al Ameed» to win in order to get a moral boost from the cup to overcome his sorrows, after two consecutive defeats in the last two rounds of the league, against Ajman and Al Dhafra.

In the second match, also today, at 06:15 pm, Ajman will be the guest of Bani Yas, in a confrontation entered by the hosts in the absence of five of his players, because they joined the national teams, forcing the team coach, German Winfried Schaefer, to pay the elements of the team back .

Bani Yas, second in Group B with four points, are looking for their second win, while Ajman are seeking their first victory.

Bani Yas will miss Hassan Al-Muharrami, who joins the national team, as well as Khalid Al-Dhanhani, Khalid Al-Balushi, Khalid Al-Hashimi and Mohammed Al-Hammadi who joined the Olympic camp in Singapore.

"We will look for players to make up for the absence of the internationals," Schaefer said at the press conference. "Ajman coach Ayman Ramadi stressed the importance of the game to correct the orange course in the cup."

Khorfakkan and Kalba are looking for their first win of the season

Khorfakkan and Ittihad Kalba are looking for their first win of the new season, after disappointing league and cup results. Kalba have two points from two draws and one loss, while Kalba are without balance after two matches.

The match is also important to prepare both teams for the resumption of the league competition. Kalba is missing five players: Jordanian Yassin Al-Bakhit, Togolese Malaba, Hungarian Gogac, Olympic duo Hamdan Al-Baroud and Majid Al-Mahrizi, while goalkeeper Yusuf Al-Zaabi returns after recovering from injury. Mohammed Fadel - Sharjah

Verslain is surprised at the timing of the recall of the Olympic players

The Dutch coach, Verselin, was surprised by the timing of the recall of the Olympic team players, at a time when the cup is an opportunity for many of them to play. "These players are usually on the bench and the cup is their chance to play," he told the news conference. "We lost Al Dhafra match and the atmosphere was negative, but we have to look at the positives, which should be used more to achieve a good result against Al Ain," he said. On the other hand, Versline denied any personal dispute with Brigadier General Mahmoud Khamis, and said that his early replacement in the meeting Al Dhafra was for technical reasons. Mohammed Abu Ismail - Dubai

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Points for victory and eye

In the group order

The first cup.

Moath Kampal - Al Ain