The Brazilian midfielder, Igor Cornado, confirmed that maintaining the title of the Arab Gulf Football League for the second year in a row is a major goal for the "king" that cannot be relinquished at all, while they will look at later in order to determine their goal in the AFC Champions League which is taking part. The team is in it for the first time after many years' absence, as it holds the league title next to Al-Ahly, Al-Ain and Al-Wahda clubs.

Cornado told «Emirates Today»: «Sharjah is still a competitor for more than one championship, we are currently leading the league and we want to maintain this lead and at the same time we will start the journey of the President’s Cup during the current month, for sure, maintaining the league title is an important goal for us, With regard to the AFC Champions League, we will determine the goal of participating in this tournament later ».

Tomorrow, eyes will turn towards the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, which will host the AFC Champions League draw for the AFC Champions League. The UAE will be represented in the current edition of the tournament by Sharjah as the champion of the League and Al-Ahly Youth (runner-up), and the two teams will participate directly from the group stage, while each From the eye and loneliness of the preliminary round.

Igor Cornado said: “We will be required to strive harder, because the Asian Championship will be a difficult competition, we must think about it later, we have to be careful in all the tournaments we participate in, every tournament is important for us and we want to go away, the league is important for everyone in the club, but The Champions League, we will consider it later ».

Cornado, who won the Golden Ball Award for Best Foreign Player in the League last season, continued his speech by saying: “Our team participates in this continental championship for the first time in many years. Our squad includes a group of young players, but with that we will be required to provide the best possible performance, For the time being, I think that preserving the Arab Gulf League title is our goal. ”

The Sharjah star admitted that its team was not the best party in the quarter-finals match of the Arab Gulf Cup competition, and that Al Ain deserved to win and get the qualification card, and said: «In that match Al Ain was the best party, they deserved to win and qualify for the semi-finals at our expense, We are currently out of competition for this championship, but we have an important championship, the Arab Gulf League. ”

Igor Cornado scored during the Al Ain goal of his penalty kick, his sixth in the net of the «leader».

Avoid mistakes

Igor Cornado commented on the exit of Sharjah from the Arab Gulf Cup, and said: "It is true that we got out of the tournament, but we have to focus well and avoid the mistakes that we made so that we are not affected in the league competition that we want to continue at the top of the ranking."

He continued: «We have performed in the same tournament well this year, compared to last season, certainly we wanted to continue to the farthest point, but next season we will work to go to the farthest point».