Round 18 of the Arab Gulf League confirmed the strange decline of the youth level of Al-Ahly under the leadership of Argentine coach Arobarina, who fans have always sung in last season, after achieving the title of the President’s Cup and the Arab Gulf Cup, and was the only competitor to Sharjah in the title. During the current season, the team lost the cup titles that it won last season, in addition to the negative participation in the AFC Champions League and the loss in the first two rounds, and the difference between it and Al Ain became second only to three points, after the difference between him and his closest competitors was nine full points.
For his part, Al-Ain managed to reduce the difference and put pressure on Al-Ahly youth thanks to the struggler Jamal Maarouf, who managed to score a goal and get a penalty to save the team from the Fujairah challenge, which in turn became in danger after the continued deterioration of the results.
Victory, as usual this season, hinders the big teams, but lost more points in front of non-competing teams, which made it difficult to reach the big square, and the Hatta team defeated the defending champions Sharjah back and forth even in the presence of the Brazilian Igor, to confirm Sharjah that it is difficult to preserve the title In light of the awakening of the bottom teams and the achievement of positive results, as Khorfakkan became the star of the second round, the team that collected only four points in the first round, and everyone expected the speed of its decline, did not lose in the second round until now, and collected 11 points in the last five games.
Al-Wasl succeeded in stopping the Al-Dhafra train and slightly blocking it, to assure the "emperor" that his struggle was not with the lead teams.
And the Arab Gulf League continued in its strange results and lack of clarity of vision, so the competition has so far between five teams: Al-Ahly Youth, Al-Ain, Al-Jazirah, Al-Wahda and Sharjah, as Al-Ahly youth is away from Sharjah with eight points, and there are still difficult confrontations for the leader, which means more Of mystery in the remainder of the life of the league.
«Emirates Today» asked the audience on the social networking site «Twitter» about his opinion on what happened in the 18th round: “We shared the opinion ... Will Al-Ain succeed in grabbing the top spot in the Arab Gulf League with Al-Ahly youth continuing to lose points, or is there another competitor Might succeed in kidnapping the summit? Three responses were monitored: “Al-Ain will reach the top”, “Al-Jazirah is still in competition”, “Al-Ahly youth will come back with strength.”
During the vote, in which 430 participants participated, 61.1% affirmed Al Ain’s ability to reach the top spot, while 28.3% affirmed that Al Ahly youth will return strongly, and 10.6% expected Al Jazeera’s ability to continue to compete in the title.
For his part, sports analyst Khaled Obaid stressed that the leadership is still in the hands of Al-Ahly youth despite the continued loss of points, as it is still the best on the level of results, and he indicated that Al-Ain needs more work if it wants to compete in the league title and said: «Al-Ahly youth He lost two points in front of Al-Nasr because of coach Araparina's changes in the second half, which gave preference to victory, especially on the right side where Ismail Al-Hammadi was making a great effort, but the victory succeeded in exploiting mistakes and achieving parity.
He added: «Al-Jazeera needs a lot of things to compete in the title, but the team must do more in the coming period, and that the coach work during the stopping period to secure and install the defensive side, so the championship is still on the field, and only one game may change the form of competition and change the identity The wrestlers are on top.
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