Sharjah, the holder of the Arab Gulf League title, faced many problems that made him retreat from the lead that he occupied since the beginning of the current season to fifth place, and the team began to move away from the competition in the title after the difference between him and Al-Ahly youth leaders until round 19 reached eight points, but that It does not mean the difficulty of the team returning to its previous luster and the top of the league in the event the competition returns again after the suspension period has ended, provided that four important steps are taken, to address the individual defensive mistakes that the team paid dearly and find solutions to the issue of lack of focus during the matches, especially in the quarter of an hour And, well, in the last period of the match, besides the speedy recovery of the injured players in the forefront of the Brazilian professional team, Igor Corona, and his recovery to his previous level, as well as the recovery of Saif Rashid and Salem Sultan, in addition to activating the midfield to support the attack line more effectively, knowing that the Football Association He issued a decision in coordination with the Professional League to suspend football activities for a period of four weeks, starting on the 15th of this month as a precautionary measure due to the new Corona virus (Covid 19), while the former international player in the national team and Sharjah Club confirmed legal advisor Salem Hadid that the period of stopping the role An opportunity for all the teams and to Sharjah's breathtaking, especially for Sharjah, which is in desperate need of re-arranging his papers and ranks again, addressing the imbalance points and negatives. Sam Hadid told «Emirates Today» that he «is required from the technical staff of the team, led by Abdulaziz Al-Anbari, to take the league’s pausing period to identify the weaknesses and negatives that were necessary for the team in the past period and address them, especially at the level of individual defensive errors that the team paid for in many matches from During the registration of some players in their own goals in several matches, including the team’s match against Al-Wahda in the 12th round, in which the team's defender Abdullah Ghanem scored a goal in his goal, and thus gave the match points to Al-Wahda after the match ended with Sharjah losing two goals to one ».
Salem Hadid added, "Restoring a player the size of Igor to his true level, which he was known last season and through which he led Sharjah to win the league title in a way that merits, gives the team great weight as an important and influential player in the team, so the player needs during the layoff period of strengthening exercises as well as special exercises By restoring the sensitivity of dealing with the ball during the matches, and an important issue that requires radical treatment is the lack of focus during the first quarter of the matches, as well as during the last quarter of an hour in the games, and the coach Al-Anbari must focus on the presence of strong support from the midfield Forwards do not even have the team attack line alone in front without any support as it has to happen in a lot of games ».
The problem of the lack of focus in the team remained a great obsession, and he lost several points because of him, for example the Al-Wahda match in round 12, where the team received an early goal in the 21st minute, and in the 27th minute, defender Abdullah Ghanem also scored a goal in his net, as well as in the Khorfakkan match in round 14 Which ended in the last 2-1 victory, Sharjah advanced with a 12th lead by Shukurov, but Sharjah lost its focus after that and lost the result of the match, as well as in the Al Ain match in Round 16 which ended in a 1-1 draw, Sharjah advanced with a first goal in the second minute Through his player Kayo Lucas, but Sharjah lost its focus in the last quarter of an hour on The match ended, Al Ain scored the equalizer «86», depriving Sharjah of the full match points.
Sharjah occupies the fifth place with 35 points equal with the fourth-ranked unit, as the loss suffered by Sharjah in front of Al Dhafra in the 11th round of the league represented three goals against a goal, which is the first loss, the starting point of the team's retreat and its loss of the lead and the beginning of the series Bleeding points, then lost after Sharjah also played its matches against Al-Wahda in round 12 with two goals versus one goal and in front of Shabab Al-Ahly in round 13 with three goals against two goals and in front of Khorfakkan in round 14 with two goals against a goal, before Sharjah regained its balance and beat the Kalba Union with three goals against a goal in round 15, while it tied with Eye 1-1 in Round 16, defeated Al Wasl 2-1 in Round 17, tied with Hatta 1-1 in Round 18, and beat Fujairah 3- 0 in Round 19.
The 4 steps that can take Sharjah back to the summit after the pause
1- Dealing with the defensive problems that the team paid dearly by losing important points.
2- Healing injured players, especially the team icon Igor and restoring it to its true level.
3- Finding solutions to the problem of lack of focus in the team in the first and last quarter of an hour in games.
4- Activating the midfield to support the attack more effectively.
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Point owned by Sharjah and is ranked fifth in the league.
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Points of difference between Sharjah and Al-Ahly youth top the league standings.