Al Dhafra player João Pedro was cleared of deliberate injury in the match against the two teams in the fourth round of the Arabian Gulf Football League.
Doumbia suffered a double fracture of the foot, following a joint ball with Joao Pedro, which called for surgical intervention to put the screws to break the fracture, and the player will be out for about four months because of that injury.
"I cannot accuse Pedro of deliberately injuring me," the financial player told Emirates Today. "He did not happen. He just tried to pay recklessly despite a number of crowds inside the box and I was the victim of his behavior. The Al Dhafra striker came to the hospital to apologize. I tried to relieve him of guilt, and I told him that the injury survived by God for evil is greater and we came out friends after this situation ».
He added: 'What relieved me of the injury was the great sympathy I found from top players in the UAE league, such as Sharjah Brazilian player Igor Cornado and others who contacted to confirm their support for me in addition to the officials in Al Ain and Al Dhafra Clubs as well as the management of Ajman Club. For a moment until I got out of the operating room, all this support gave me the moral boost to return quickly to the stadiums. ”
Doumbia stressed that «return to the stadiums will take four months, according to the medical team confirmed, as I will after two months to remove the iron nails and begin the stage of qualification and physiotherapy and during February I will return as strong as I was».
The player confirmed that he had not decided definitively if he would go through rehabilitation and physiotherapy inside or outside the country.
As for how he received Ajman's loss from Al Dhafra after suffering an injury in that game, Dumbia said: «I imagine it is a psychological loss in the first place, I saw first-hand how the players collapsed after they saw ankle separation from the foot, they are of the severity of the injury could not stand where "I was in it. What happened to me undoubtedly affected the players' morale and mind. I can't talk about the game because I didn't watch it. They just told me that we were the best party and we missed several chances to win.
As for the difference between his experience with Al Ain and Ajman, the Malian player said: «There is no difference between any club played for him and another, including Al Ain and Ajman, except by name only, I am a professional player my task with all the teams that played them to help them achieve positive results as a player "But I've never felt that there is a club different from the other."
Doumbia had a professional career, most notably in Ligue 1, Chateauroux, Stade Rennes and Toulouse, and in England at Wolverhampton. He then played for Al Ain last season and moved to Ajman on a two-year contract early this summer. Four league games.
Regarding his assessment of Ajman team during his short period with Orange, he said: “If we evaluate Ajman's appearance in the four games in the league, we will find that the team has provided a remarkable performance in terms of results and performance together, with the exception of the last match against Al Dhafra, and if we succeed in winning it we will become the runners-up At the moment, but the team is able to remedy this loss in the future, and I expect a strong appearance of orange in Thursday's game against Al Wahda ».
As for whether he is expected to be affected by the injury, he said: "Orange is a first-class team that is not affected at all by the absence of any player.
- Dumbia suffered a double fracture of the foot following a joint ball with Joao Pedro.
- Players and administrators from the league clubs contacted the financial player and supported him morally.