The positivity of "the king" surpasses the numbers of the island

Sharjah makes the best start in its history in the professional league

Kosanovic and Kornado in a fight for the ball.

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The Sharjah team continued its dazzling start in the Arab Gulf League, after it achieved a precious victory on the island with a goal without response, scored by Italian Igor Kornado, the day before yesterday, in the fifth round, at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, to achieve the full mark, winning the first five rounds of The league competition for the first time since the launch of the professional league in the 2008-2009 season.

Sharjah achieved its best start in the past two seasons by winning the first four rounds, as it won in the 2018-2019 season against: Al Dhafra, Al Nasr, Shabab Al Ahly and Fujairah, while it tied in the fifth round with Al Jazeera. As for the last season, whose results were canceled, he achieved «King »Beating each of: Khor Fakkan, Ittihad Kalba, Al Ain and Al Wasl, before tying with Hatta in the fifth round.

On the other hand, the title holders ’start to the current season is the best in several aspects, most notably the victory in five matches each from Fujairah, Al-Wahda, Al-Ain, Al-Dhafra and Al-Jazeera, while the most important thing is that Al-Malik has achieved very important victories over three direct competitors for the title. The league, by beating Al Ain and Al Jazeera in their own home, and winning over Al Wahda, despite the progress of «Annabi» in the first half with a goal without a response.

Although Sharjah achieved a difficult victory on the island with a goal from a penalty kick scored by the star of the team, Italian Igor Cornado, but the national coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari gave a lesson to Al-Jazira coach Marcel Kaiser in defensive organization, despite the control of the players of the island on the midfield, as the percentage reached The acquisition is 66% for the landowner compared to 34% for Sharjah, and Al Jazeera outperforms in the number of passes by 535 passes compared to 283 by the players of «King», with an accuracy rate of 84% for Al Jazeera and 74% for Sharjah, although Al Jazira shot 13 balls during the match compared to nine balls shot by Sharjah However, “The King” excelled in the accuracy of the shots, as his players hit six shots towards the goal, compared to only three shots that were taken by Al-Jazira players towards the goal. Sharjah also outperformed in the defensive aspects by deporting the ball 25 times for the fastest times in which the players of Al-Jazira removed the ball from in front of the goal.

For his part, the coach of Sharjah, Abdulaziz Al-Anbari, expressed his happiness with the victory achieved by "the king", explaining in a press conference: "We started the match well, but the performance declined after we scored the goal. We hoped to keep the ball more."

He added: “I congratulate the players of my team for the victory, especially since the match was not easy for the two teams, and there is no doubt that the Sharjah goalkeeper, Adel Al Hosani, shined greatly, and contributed to the team's preservation of its progress and victory, and I hope that we will continue in the same manner in the matches. Coming ».

Al Jazira coach: I am angry at the referee

Al-Jazira coach, Dutch Marcel Kaiser, said that he was angry at the performance of the international referee, Mohammed Abdullah Hassan, for his team’s match against Sharjah, stressing that Al Jazira had played a good match and controlled the course of the game, but at the same time he indicated that the referee could not be controlled.

He explained in a press conference: "I am very angry at the referee, and I prefer not to talk about it for fear of not controlling my feelings. In general, I am proud of the players' performance, and we were the best in all aspects, offensive and defensive, but we were not successful in scoring goals."

• Sharjah won the first five matches of the season over: Fujairah, Al Wahda, Al Ain, Al Dhafra and Al Jazeera.

• The accuracy of the shots towards the goal .. 6 for Sharjah and 3 for Al Jazeera.

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