A statistical comparison of the three matches of Al Ain under the leadership of his new coach, Pedro Emmanuel, in front of Al Nasr, Khorfakkan and the Uzbek Bunyodkor, confirmed that the “leader” began to improve and regain part of his personality thanks to the mentality of the coach who got a golden opportunity to be a student of the well-known Portuguese coach, Jose Mourinho, The one who played Pedro under his leadership in Porto Portugal and crowned him in the UEFA Champions League in 2004, and the philosophy of possession of the ball and the balance between attack and defense has become one of the most prominent weapons that Al Ain relies on under new technical leadership, as the only goal of the match in a match The Asian qualifier for the AFC Champions League groups, yesterday, against Bunyodkor, which was scored by Saeed Juma, came from a team game and after 24 assists.

The statistic conducted by "Emirates Today" showed that the philosophy of controlling the ball is paying off. The victory in the semi-final of the Arab Gulf Cup was the beginning of the start towards applying the new philosophy, as the acquisition rate was only 48.7%, but the coach at that time had trained the team before Less than a week, as some players missed the preparations, and the number of passes reached 365, most of which were in the middle of the stadium, which explains the few opportunities that they got, which reached eight shots, including the team scored one goal.

The confrontation of Khor Fakkan in the 13th round of the Arab Gulf League was the true start of the coach, as he got the opportunity to get to know his players, which helped in raising the acquisition rate to 60.3% with 565 passes, which contributed to the high rate of attempts on goal for the victory match, as Players hit 13 on target with three goals.

In the Bunyodkor meeting, the "leader" accounted for 54.2% thanks to 427 assists, and although the goal came with the feet of defender Saeed Juma, Al Ain players were the most offensive attempts compared to their opponent, as they made 12 shots, including 5 on goal and 2 outside the penalty, and 3 saved by the goalkeeper. The Uzbek.

It was remarkable that the offensive approach to Al Ain was affected by the urgency in the Asian match for the Al-Nasr and Khorfakkan matches, due to the desire to settle the qualification in the original time, rather than extending to additional runs, which made the team depend on the long transmission, as the players sent 90 long passes in the Bunyodkor meeting from Time to buy, compared to 52 long passes in Al-Nasr in the Arab Gulf Cup semi-final, and 48 in Khorfakkan.

Pedro: Friday's goal is closer to our new way

Al Ain coach, Pedro said, “The goal that Saeed Juma scored in the window of Bunyodkor is the closest example of our new method that I wish to follow. Best.

He continued: "The goal did not come from a fixed or corner kick, but rather came through an organized sentence, which is important to us."

Al Shamsi: Connecting the players' names to the eye raises their prices

Al Ain manager Ahmed Al Shamsi said, “Linking the names of players to moving to Al Ain raises their prices.” Assuring Emirates Today that many of the names are presented to the club, but the decision will be in accordance with the work mechanism in the club.

He continued: "The efforts of the media are sometimes correct, and at other times are wrong, and we will decide the fate of the contracts during the coming days, and we have the opportunity to amend the Asian list a week before the start of the championship."

The statistics of the three matches of Pedro Emmanuel

Al Ain X Punyodkor

Acquisition: 54.2%

Passes: 427

Crossings: 18

Shots: 12

Distraction: 21

Alain X Khorfakkan

Acquisition: 60.3%

Passes: 565

Crossings: 18

Shots: 13

Distraction: 14

Eye X Victory

Acquisition: 48.7%

Passes: 356

Crossings: 13

Shots: 8

Distraction: 19

Al Ain under Pedro's leadership is on an upward level in terms of improved performance and results.