Al Wasl team succeeded in overcoming Al Ain during the vote of the most popular clubs in the Arab Gulf League in a historical challenge in which more than 175,000 voters from inside and outside the UAE participated, given the size of the two teams on the local and Gulf arena, which greatly enriched the vote, and many fluctuations occurred During the voting stages, it reached 50% for each team before the Al Wasl fans decided the result by 59.2%, to hit Al Wasl's appointment today with Sharjah in the semi-final round of voting.
The «Emirates Today» has launched the challenge of the most popular clubs in the Arab Gulf League two weeks ago, and all championship teams participated in it according to their arrangement at the conclusion of round 19 of the Arab Gulf League, and succeeded in reaching the semi-finals of Al-Wahda, Al-Wasl, Sharjah, and Union Kalba surprised the challenge that excluded Al Ahly youth’s team, and the vote aims to support the “Stay at Home” initiative and adhere to the state’s precautionary measures to limit the spread of the new Corona virus, and the fans and a number of clubs have already interacted with the voting that will reach the final vote tomorrow and will continue for 48 hours.
In detail, 175963 participants participated in the vote on the social networking site “Twitter”, which lasted for an 18-hour time period. The audience and the athletes also interacted with them, given the great mass base that the two teams possess, and Al Wasl succeeded in winning 59.2% of the vote against 40.8% for Al Ain That had started well before Al Wasl quickly turned his late into a big win.
The former head of the media office at Al Wasl Club, Adel Darwish, affirmed that he hoped that this great mass challenge would be in the final stage due to the great mass base that the two sides possess, noting that exceeding the number of voters more than 175 thousand means that the two teams have a mass base locally and Gulf, This made the vote so challenging.
Darwish said to «Emirates Today»: «The voting initiative has already succeeded in enriching the sports street with many heated sports discussions between fans and athletes and in the groups of (WhatsApp). The goal is a sporting competition that the fans currently missed due to the pandemic of the Corona virus and the stopping of sporting activity. The initiative was successful, and it is natural that not all fans are satisfied with the vote, which is agreed upon in any vote, and the criticism that may be exposed to it is certainly a guide to success of the idea and initiative.
He continued: «Al-Wasl’s relationship with Al Ain is eternal and the two clubs benefited from this commendable cooperation greatly, but this does not mean that there is no competition between the two clubs and the fans, whether in football or any other games and this is a common matter, the beginning of cooperation between the two clubs was in 2003 when Al Ain used the player Farhad Majeedi, and it had a great impact on Al Ain’s reaching the first Asian title, and then the deals rolled after that, especially in the Gulf Championship for Al Wasl Team in 2010 ».
He added: “Al-Wasl received abnormal logistical support during this tournament from Al-Ain, with the presence of Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Khalid, Chairman of the Executive Committee in Al-Ain Club at that time, and Al-Ainawi pole Mohammed bin Thaaloub. With the Gulf title.
The former head of the media office at Al-Wasl Club praised the idea of voting, which reached an important stage, and said: “Certainly, it will not diminish the value of the two clubs or the masses, whether Al-Ain or Al-Wasl won.” Noting that the audience has a word and in any vote in the world there will be a ratio For the public during the voting, it is definitely best to have clear criteria for any vote in which there is an artistic and evaluation aspect.
175963
The audience vote lasted 18 hours
Al-Wasl received 59.2% of the vote,
Compared to 40.8% for the damn
2003
The beginning of cooperation between Al Ain and Al Wasl, when the leader used player Farhad Majeedi in the AFC Champions League.