Al Dhafra First Team football supervisor Salim Hassan Al Hilali said that the team has overcome difficult conditions, especially the lack of play, and managed to win against Ajman in the fourth round of the Arabian Gulf League.
He revealed that the good results achieved by Al Dhafra, at the beginning of the season, due to the stability at the level of the technical staff contributed to achieve the harmony and understanding required between the players.
He also confirmed that the club's move to renew the contract of the star, Brazilian striker Joao Pedro, in order to invest in the player, the way the club deals with the former players, Senegalese Makiti Diop and Syrian Omar Khribin.
Speaking to Dubai Sports Channel, he explained: “The move to renew Joao Pedro's investment contract in the first place. Since the external camp, he started talking about the importance of extending the contract of this player after he showed a good level. "The second is for the league, and then comes the move, and that's what happened after the player shined."
`` Pedro did well with his Saudi team Al Fateh and was one of the stars in 2017, but the injury he suffered the following year clearly affected him, and has now regained his level, which has appeared in previous rounds, so the club management preferred to renew the contract The player for a long time, so as to benefit from investment in the manner of Senegalese Makiti Diop and Syrian Omar Khribin ».
On the other hand, Al Dhafra suffered early because the referee, Abdullah Al-Ajil, was sent off for striker Joao Pedro, with a red card since the 30th minute, due to a violent intervention against the Ajman player, Mali Hamed Doumbia. After a goalless draw, defender Mohammed Saif snatched the only goal of the match in the 86th minute to give his team three precious points that raised their score to seven points equally with Ajman.
Al Hilali said: “Al Dhafra went through difficult conditions in the meeting, after playing an hour for 10 players, after Pedro was sent off for intervening against the Ajman player Doumbia.” He pointed out that in such games, the performance does not matter as much as getting the three points. "Decompress the players."
He explained: «We got the points of the whole game, although the performance was not good, but in the end we achieved the most important, everyone inside the club is working collectively and make a double effort, last season and specifically after the league arrived for the fourth round, we were without any point, but in "This season the situation is different. We currently have seven points, which is certainly positive."
He said that Al Dhafra's recent brilliance was due to stability and stressed that the contracts signed during the summer transfer period were an addition to the team, adding that the players were able to implement the style of Serbian coach Razovic well. He stressed that in the end what is important is to achieve the three points.
Al Dhafra renewed the contract of Brazilian striker Pedro in order to invest in the way of his former stars Makiti Diop and Omar Khraibin.
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Points so far for both Al Dhafra and Ajman, after four rounds of the league.