Three teams officially qualified for the quarter-finals of the Arabian Gulf Football Cup, namely: Al Ain, Shabab Al Ahli and Al Wahda, after winning the fifth round match of the championship, to repeat the three teams in the elimination rounds, having also reached it, last season, With a group of outstanding young players, while the rest of the teams are still struggling to climb, and all the tournament teams are still arithmetically guaranteed to qualify to the second round, given the difference in points in the table, and even the team of Kalba, who have one point from four games, may succeed in Boarding if he wins th meetings Qublan and the loss of other teams.
Al Ain beat Al Dhafra 2-0 and Al Ahli defeated Al Ittihad Kalba and Al Wahda beat Ajman to reach 10 points in the first and second sets, while Al Ain and Al Wahda maintained their unbeaten record in the tournament after four group matches. .
The Emirates Today monitored the most prominent four scenes of the fifth round of the championship, led by weak public presence, especially since the summit of the tour between Al-Nasr and Al-Jazeera was attended by about 250 fans only.
Focal and Regicamp
Al Wasl managed to return to the competition for a place in the quarter-finals after beating Bani Yas 2-0 to reach the sixth point in the ranking of the second group, after the team was threatened to bid farewell from the group stage.
The Romanian coach, Rijekamp, confirms the improvement of the team recently, winning two league games, tied with Al Wahda in Abu Dhabi, before beating Bani Yas in the Arabian Gulf Cup.
Lack of goals
The fifth round saw seven goals scored in all five matches, the lowest scoring round this season in the Arabian Gulf Cup.
Al Wahda player Abdullah Anwar remained the top scorer in the tournament despite his absence in the recent period of injury, with five goals, equal to the Bani Yas player, the Spanish Pedro Conde, followed by Al-Ahli youth player Mohammed Juma, and Al Wasl Fabio Lima, and each There are four goals.
Absence of the public
The Arabian Gulf Cup is still suffering from public reluctance and the lack of interest on the part of the clubs in marketing their games, which caused the absence of the public almost completely from the championship games without any presence and negligence to pay attention to them.
This round witnessed a summit between Al-Nasr and Al-Jazira which ended with a negative result, and the mass attendance did not exceed 250 fans, including officials of the two teams and the coaches present.
The return of Lima
Al Wasl player, Brazilian Lima, confirmed his strong return to scoring and his level of well-known, after scoring the emperor's goals against Bani Yas, to lead the team to win and reach the fourth goal, and a good level in the ranks of the tournament's top scorer.
The player's five goals in his last five games have been confirmed by his return, proving the Brazilian's high technical value enjoyed last season, and is seeking to continue the same performances this season.