Today, at 20:45, Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium will be the stage for the Arab Gulf Cup semi-final between Al Ain team and its guest Al-Nasr, in a meeting with memories of "beautiful time", and in a confrontation that cannot be divided by two, as the two sides search for victory to obtain Qualification card for the final match scheduled for next Friday.
This will be the first match for the new Al Ain coach, Portuguese Pedro Emmanuel, who hopes the start will be perfect with the Final Card.
On paper, the fortunes of both sides of the meeting appear to be largely equal. The owners of the land have made drastic changes to the technical staff, which resulted in a contract with Pedro Emmanuel, who is expected to improve the team under his leadership, especially with the return of absent confidence among the players, while, in contrast, «Dean lives »A state of stable results in the current period, which enabled him to achieve three consecutive victories in the league.
Al-Ain hopes to compensate for its loss of the last league summit against Al-Ahly youth 2-1 by winning today the cup over victory, and regaining its pride in front of its fans, but it is afraid of the obstinacy of victory, which was forced by a tie in their last meeting in the league with a score of 2-2, despite Al-Ain's lead in the result by 2 -zero.
Al-Ain will lose the services of four players due to their joining the Olympic team, namely Mohammed Shaker, Yahya Nader, Falah Walid, and Ali Eid, and this reality will force the new coach to choose the most prepared elements.
And the new coach of the purple team supervised six training sessions only, with the participation of all players, except for the Olympic players, and the first three teams who returned to training, on Tuesday evening.
Portuguese coach Pedro said at the press conference that he did not have much time to work and prepare the team, and explained: «In the past days, we worked hard, the important thing is that we will play the match out of qualification for the final match».
On the other side, Al-Nasr enters the meeting and sets his eye on returning to the final matches again after an absence for a long time, and the players realize that the task will not be easy at all, especially that their opponent will enter the meeting driven by his huge fan base and the high morale of his players, after the arrival of the new Portuguese coach, Pedro Emmanuel.
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