After two rounds of the group stage of the AFC Champions League, Al Ain team repeated its second worst start in the history of its participation in the competition, after it suffered two defeats at home against Sepahan 0-4, then against Saudi victory 1-2 the day before yesterday, but what "The Leader" gives a dose of optimism that the team lost the first and second rounds in the same phase with the 2016 version, but he said his word after that and reached the final match.

Repeating the same scenario does not seem difficult to reach for the purple team, which crowned the title of the competition in 2003, as the phenomenon of "the leader" achieving positive results outside his homeland was repeated in most recent versions, which keeps the spark of hope for the Portuguese coach, Emmanuel Pedro, and his players, to make up for points. The six wasted, and adhering to the opportunity to reach the round of 16, which imposes on Al Ain the necessity of winning its next four matches.

Al-Ain had in 2016 opened the championship with a loss from the army back and forth, but then won away from home in three games and drew twice, on the way to the final match, and it was also repeated with a lower level in the 2017 edition, where he won away from home two games, drew twice and reached a quarter The final, and the same thing in 2018 and reached the round of 16, while in the previous version he drew twice outside the ground and was deposited from the first round.

Al-Ain will receive Al-Sadd in the next round at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, on the third of March, provided that it will run the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds outside its stadium, at a time when the team will be required to win in all the remaining meetings, to raise its score to 12 full points, and qualify for the final price Without the need for the results of other teams. Al Ain coach, Portuguese Pedro Emmanuel, adhered to the fortunes of his team, and said in a press statement: "Everything is possible, and mathematically the leader has four points, while we are in the last position without balance, and this can be compensated."

He continued: «We are in the group of death, and in my estimation each team can win, whether it is playing inside or outside the stadium, and we will see what we can offer against the dam, and what he said to his players after the game, he explained:« I said that we are disappointed, especially as we play On our court and among our fans, we deserved better than the result that ended the match.

For his part, Saudi Al-Nasr coach Roy Vitoria said that they deserved to win, stressing that it is still too early to talk about qualification accounts, given that there are four games in which everything can change, he said, pointing in a press statement that his team needed To achieve victory.

The Portuguese coach acknowledged that the group in which his team is located, next to Al Ain, Sabhan and Al Sadd, is very difficult, and he said: It is good that we have won this game, although it was very difficult, but it is good that we maintained our stability despite receiving an early goal, cohesion and we were able to return And we won.

Khaled Issa apologizes to the fans

Al Ain team goalkeeper Khaled Issa apologized for the catastrophic mistake he made and caused his team to lose 1-2 in front of the Saudi victory. The player posted through his account on Twitter a message he sent to the fans of Al Ain in particular, and the Emirates in general, and said: He did, the football game is mistakes, and always apologizing for the men’s slogan, my message to the UAE fans and the loyal eye, I apologize for the mistake made by me and I hope you accept the apology ».

Al Ain results out of its court in the last 4 editions:

2016: Three wins, two draws, and the final.

2017: Two wins and two draws, reaching the quarter-finals.

2018: Two wins, two draws, and the last 16.

2019: Two draws away from home and bid farewell to the competition from the first round.