The fifth round of the Arab Gulf League came out strong and exciting, after more than one team announced his return strongly, along with the holders of the defending champion Sharjah, for the first time, losing two points with a draw against Hatta, and the loss of runner-up Shabab Al Ahli, also for the first time this season, while Al Ain swept away its guest Fujairah Seven, as Al Jazeera returned from afar, beat Al-Ittihad Kalba and reaped three precious points to come closer to the lead, and unity around the two goals late to win the four, and victory continued his positive results, Al Wasl tasted his first win.
Strong matches, and 30 goals in the seven games in the fifth round, to confirm that it was a highly offensive round, and strange in the round is that the teams that changed their coaches to achieve positive results, which confirms that the change has had a psychological impact on the players, but at the same time is not Technically because of time constraints.
This season is different from the last in an important point, which is the existence of successful deals, and prominent players who played a big role in the fifth round, while last season missed the stars and deals, and only appeared Sharjah Brazilian player Igor, but this season has shown more than one player in the performance of his team The likes of Al Ain's new Togolese top scorer, Spanish striker Negredo, Al Wahda captain Ismail Matar, and Sharjah's Igor, who helped make the difference, saved his team from last-minute loss to Hatta.
The tour also saw the return of a number of stars, such as Al Wasl: Wilton Suarez and Lima, in addition to the brilliance of Al Ain player Bandar Al Ahbabi, all of which made the difference in the fifth round, which saw a huge loss of Fujairah seven, and the failure of Ajman for the second game in a row, and continued Dazzling Hatta with a comprehensive ball, and Bani Yas tied with Khorfakkan in a strong match by both teams.
The UAE Today monitored a question on the social networking site Twitter about the public opinion of the most prominent players in the Arabian Gulf League: “We shared the opinion .. of the player who had an influential role in leading his team to achieve a positive result in the fifth round, and will have a crucial role in The remaining rounds? ».. Four players have been spotted had a significant role with their teams, namely: Ismail Matar, Brazilian Igor, Spanish Negredo, Togolese Lapa.
The audience reacted a lot with the vote, which was attended by more than 2,300 participants, where 64% of the participants expected that the scorer of the Togolese Al Ain Lapa, the star of the season, while 16% nominated Ismail Matar, Sharjah player, Brazilian Igor Cornado, in third place 15%, and Spain's Negredo 5%.
Technical analyst Khalid Obaid disagreed with the opinion of the public, in terms of the ranking of the prominent players in the round, where he confirmed that the Sharjah player, Brazilian Igor Cornado, comes at the forefront of the influential players in this round, after saving his team from the first loss this season, in the deadly time against Hatta After being two goals late, the team leveled and came back with a precious point that kept them top of the table. “I think that Al-Nasr player Negredo played a prominent role with Al-Nasr, he managed to score a great goal and saved his team from a certain goal to lead Al-Nasr to an important victory which is the second in a row. He also contributed to the victory over Al Wahda in the fourth round, and this season we see a large number of stars with a prominent role in various teams ». He added: «The level of the tournament in general is much better, and there is a development in the level after the end of the start and start, and I think that the tournament teams are now ready to search for the goal for which the tournament is being played, Al Ain returned with a big win from Fujairah, and Al Jazeera saved his position by winning hard "Al-Ahli's youth should review their calculations well. The team's level despite winning the last two games had to end with a defeat until the team regains its luster during the second round of last season." He continued: «The level of the leaders began to stabilize now, which will make the next matches stronger, especially the next round, which will see the face of Al Ain with Al Jazira, and even the teams behind the back offers strong games, such as Hatta, which embarrassed the big, and the distinguished players will play an important role in the upcoming games» .
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