Al Ain’s defensive line and goalkeeping mistakes have shaken the team’s image this season, and it has achieved a negative number by conceding 44 goals in 32 games in all competitions of the season so far in the Arab Gulf League, the Arab Gulf Cup, the President’s Cup, and the AFC Champions League.

Al Ain scored in the league 21 goals, exceeding the number of goals it received in the entire 2016-2017 season (18 goals only), which is the lowest season in which the leader received goals in the era of professionals, followed by the 2014-2015 season in which he received only 19 goals, which puts signs A question about the decline in the level of the international goalkeeper Khaled Issa, one of the main pillars of the team in the past seasons.

Al Ain defense fragility not only appeared in the league, but also extended to the AFC Champions League, as it received six goals in two games, scored one goal, and conceded 10 times in the President’s Cup in eight games until the semi-finals, and seven other goals in three games he played In the President’s Cup until he reached the final match of the competition.

Al Ain, along with three coaches who succeeded in training this season, were unable to reform its defensive system, despite the fact that the team managed to rise in the second round, qualify for the President’s Cup final, and enter a party in the league championship competition, even if it shrinks with its loss in the round 19 after losing from the island 1-2.

Al Ain owns 37 points in the runners-up in the league standings list, behind leaders Al-Ahly youth by six points.

Al Ain has suffered this season with deals from players who only featured the Togolese Laba Kudjo, who tops the league's top scorer with 18 goals, while Caio did not provide the level that was expected, while he was a player in Al Wasl, in addition to the Algerian Abdul Rahman Meziane, at a time looking forward It contains Al Ainawi to get the best return from the Hungarian Gokak and the Kazakh Islam Islam Khan.

The leader’s troubles in this season were added to the arbitration decisions that his supporters expressed their anger at in quite a few matches, most notably against Al Jazeera back and forth, and because of these mistakes the team lost five points in the two games, in addition to errors complained about against Bani Yas and Sharjah, which Make the club reservations in more than one occasion on the decisions of the beeper.

Al-Ain’s obvious problem this season appeared in its results at its home stadium. In the league, it played nine matches, won only four, drew in three games, lost two, while won away from its court in seven games, tied in a match, and lost two, to collect 15 points on His stadium versus 22 points outside his stadium, which he repeated in the group stage of the Arab Gulf Cup, as he won a match, and he drew in two, while he collected outside his stadium seven points.

The same scene was repeated in the AFC Champions League, with the loss of Iranian Sepahan Isfahan and the Saudi victory at home.

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