Four players pulled the carpet from under the feet of the league's most prominent forwards

Mabkhout and Tigali ... "zero goals" in two rounds

• Sebastian Tegali.

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• Ali Mabkhout.

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• Khaled Ismail: "Players are like teams. Their performance at the beginning of the season is not at the expected level."

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Al-Jazeera striker Ali Mabkhout and star of victory, Sebastian Tigali, was unable to visit the net in the first and second rounds of the Arab Gulf Football League, and scored "zero goals" as a negative number for the first time in several seasons, after four players pulled the rug from under their feet, despite That they were the top scorers in the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 league seasons.

Sharjah striker, Brazilian Williton Suarez, and his compatriot Bani Yas striker Joao Pedro, Al Dhafra player, Jordanian Yassin Al Bakhit, and Al Wahda striker, Slovenian Tim Matavz, top the scorers list with three goals each.

Mabkhout participated in the two matches of Al-Nasr and Al Dhafra completely, and came out with negative numbers, in addition to not scoring any goals according to the statistics issued by the Professional League, as he shot seven times against his rivals' goal, while only one ball was between the bar and the players, and Mabkhout gave 28 successful passes, without Any goal from her to score, while the percentage of dribbling that he presented in the two matches was zero, and he fell into the offside trap twice.

The Al-Jazira striker scored 146 goals in 210 league matches, after making his debut in the 2008-2009 season, scoring two goals that season.

Ali Mabkhout's scoring peak was in the 2016-2017 season, when he scored 33 goals, grabbing the league's top scorer title, as the first national player to top the scorers list.

On the other hand, Tigali also did not provide what was expected of him, after he played in the victory shirt this season against Al Jazeera and Khorfakkan, and the coaching staff had to replace him in the two matches.

Tigali's numbers were not better than his teammate in the national team in his league matches, as he shot seven times, including three between the crossbar and the posts, and gave 10 successful passes, without making any goals either, and he was unable to dribble without any fall into the offside trap .

Tigali hopes to break the number of Al Wasl legend, Fahd Khamis, who has for many years kept the historic goal of the UAE League, with 165 goals, while Tigali has 152 goals, out of 157 matches he played in the league, only 13 goals behind Fahd Khamis.

Tigali, who played seven seasons with Al-Wehda, was the top scorer in the tournament twice, the first 2015/2016, and the second 2017-2018.

For his part, the former international and club Al-Nasr player, Khaled Ismail, confirmed that it is too early to judge that the numbers of Mabkhout and Tigali in the first and second rounds are an indication of what the level of the players could be this season.

He told "Emirates Today": "Players like teams do not pay off at the beginning of the season at the expected level. Rather, they need at least four or five matches to raise their level of performance."

Ismail stressed that "Mabkhout and Tigali have a distinguished scoring record in recent years, and I am confident that they will return with the same strength of the past seasons."

Tigali's scoring record

Season 2013-2014 "runner-up" with 26 goals.

Season 2014-2015, "fifth place" with 15 goals.

The 2015-2016 season is "leader in the standings" with 26 goals.

Season 2016-2017 finished fourth with 19 goals.

Season 2017-2018 "runner-up" with 23 goals.

Season 2018-2019 "leader in the standings" with 26 goals.

Season 2019-2020 "runner-up" with 15 goals.

Scorecard for Makhoot

The 2008-2009 season is "two goals".

Season 2009 - 2010 «3 goals».

The 2010-2011 season is "two goals".

Season 2011-2012 «3 goals».

Season 2012-2013 «11 goals».

Season 2013-2014 «7 goals».

Season 2014-2015, "the fourth with 16 goals."

Season 2015-2016 “Runner-up with 23 goals”.

Season 2016-2017 «leaders with 33 goals».

Season 2017-2018 «the fifth with 13 goals».

Season 2018-2019 «runner-up with 21 goals».

The 2019-2020 season is the third with 13 goals.

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