Al Wasl seek to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Arab Championship, when they visit the Saudi Al Ittihad in the 16th round of the Mohammed VI Cup of Champions Clubs, at the ninth hour, at the stadium of King Abdullah Sports City «radioactive jewel» in Jeddah, after the «Emperor» He reached the quarter-finals of the last edition, called “Zayed Cup of Champions Clubs”, by surpassing Al-Ittihad in the round of 32 and Al-Ahly of Egypt in the final price.
Despite the loss of the «Panthers» in the first leg at home at Zabeel stadium, 2-2, but Al Wasl is betting on three positive indicators to support him to compensate for this loss, most notably the improvement of the results of «yellow» in the Arabian Gulf League championship, and win in the last two games on Al Dhafra has three goals against one goal and the same result on Hatta.
The second positive sign is the brilliance of the Brazilian, Wilton Suarez, scoring three goals in the same games, two goals against Al Dhafra, one goal against Hatta goal, in addition to scoring the goal of reaching Al Ittihad in the first leg, as the former Sharjah player regained part of his form that appeared Doing with «King» last season, and contributed to the team win the title of the Arabian Gulf League.
The third indicator is the significant decline in the results suffered by the Saudi Federation in the last period, where «Alti» lost the last four games played in the Saudi league, to Al Hazm 1-2, Al Wahda 1-0, Abha 1-2, and in the «Derby» Ahli 1-2, to drop «Tigers» to the 13th place in the list of the Saudi league standings.
Although Al Ittihad beat Al Wasl in the first leg 2-1 against Zabeel, the Emperor made a strong match, and was the best during the meeting, as the Tigers scored the goal in the deadly time, through the former Al Jazira player, Brazilian Romarinho, who scored Also the first target.
Al Wasl need to win by two goals in order to ensure qualification to the quarter-finals of the Arab Championship, or win more than the first leg, while the result of a draw or loss will be in the interest of the Saudi Federation.
The emperor is betting on his remarkable history against the Saudi Al Ittihad, which historically did not lose in Jeddah, by winning the Arab Champions League Championship in 1998 against the Tigers 1-0, while the two teams tied in the first round of the Zayed Cup Champions League in Last season a goal for each team.