Al Sadd face again in the fourth round of the Champions League
Al Ain .. 3 points to keep hoping to qualify
Al Ain raises the winning slogan to complete the competition journey on a qualified card.
■ AFP
The meeting between the Al Ain and Al Sadd Qatari teams in the AFC Champions League is renewed, only three days after the match that brought them together in the third round of the tournament and ended in a 3-3 draw, as they meet at 19:00 pm today UAE time, in an attempt by the leader to win the first Three points support his position in Group D, which also includes the Saudi victory and Iran's Sabahan.
Al Ain has one point out of three matches, and the task will be difficult today due to the pressure of the matches and the fatigue that his players were subjected to in the last match, especially in the second half, after they made a great first run in the first official appearance of the team six months ago due to the stopping of Corona. .
Al Ain realizes that there is no substitute for victory because losing means farewell to the tournament by a large percentage, as the team will stand at only one point, while Al Sadd will reach the eighth point, waiting for the result of the victory, the group leader with seven points, at the conclusion of the first round of the fourth group stage competitions. .
Al-Ain succeeded during the first meeting in imposing his character in the first half, and the effects of the great stoppage he had been exposed to, at a time when Al-Sadd fought a large number of official matches after returning from the stoppage of Corona, and the coach relied on organized defense and the counterattack, which posed a great danger to Al-Sadd goal, with the best player Ainawi in the first match, Togolese Laba Kodjo.
Al Ain coach, Portuguese Pedro, was keen that the leader's training program came after the match in two phases, the first was with the participation of all players in the covered gymnasium attached to the team’s residence, and training was limited to training programs for loosening muscles and recovering from the great effort the team made in the first confrontation. The second session was attended by reserve players who did not enter the match list, and it was held at the training ground designated for the leader by the AFC.
Hamdallah is the best
The star of the Saudi Al-Nasr attack, Moroccan Abdul Razzaq Hamdallah, was kidnapped at the top of the best player list in the third round, after receiving a rating of 8.7. Uzbek Islam Khan came in eighth place with 7.6.
Kodjo and Youssef Jaber on the tour team
The AFC chose the third round team from the teams participating in the tournament, and players were selected from the three participating Emirati teams, namely: Al Ain team top scorer, Togolese Laba Kodjo, and left back for Al Ahly youth team Youssef Jaber.
Fourth group
Victory is 7 points.
Dam 5.
Sepahan 3.
Al Ain 1.
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