Academic researcher and mathematical analyst, Dr. Musa Abbas, said that the best way to save time, effort and money - due to current health developments, is the result of interruption of football activity, since last March, due to the pandemic of the Corona virus, and the mystery surrounding its resumption in August, as well as interference with the season. Next, and the effects of that on the external entitlements of the first and Olympic teams - that the next season of the Arab Gulf League (2020-2021) be held, according to the two groups system.
Moussa Abbas told «Emirates Today» that it is possible to avoid the pressure of matches in the next season through the two groups system, so that each group includes seven teams, that a special league for each group be held for 12 weeks, and five teams from each group rise to compete with each other in the framework of 10 teams , In another league for nine weeks, bringing the league period to 21 weeks.
He said that the four teams that emerge from the race in the two groups league, hold a four-time championship to determine survival and relegation, and he said that this proposal is not new, and it was previously applied in the first league in the season of 73-74, from three groups, and was won by the Al-Uruba team.
Moussa Abbas added: “If the league competition is played within 21 weeks, we will have five more weeks remaining in the season, which can be used to hold other competitions, such as the President’s Cup and the Arab Gulf Cup. It will also support the clubs in the Asian calendar, and the opportunity will also be available. In front of the coaches of the national and Olympic teams to provide the optimum players.
It is noteworthy that the Football Association finally decided, in coordination with the Professional League, to return football activity in August.
Moussa Abbas pointed out that there is ambiguity in the international calendar related to the World Cup 2022 qualifiers and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, and the special competitions organized by the Asian Football Confederation.
He explained: «The Asian Confederation no longer requires the National Federations to play 30, 20 or 22 games in the season, so the Professional League can establish the league in the two groups system, given the exceptional circumstances that imposed this new reality.
He explained: "This proposal may open the door to teams that have not won the league to achieve this goal." He continued: "In my appreciation of establishing the league in this way, it will give the team coach the opportunity to prepare his players for the longest period possible, for a month and a half, and will save the league an important time."
He stressed that there is more than one flexible way the league could be set up next season, and to avoid the effects of the current conditions that caused it to be suspended.