Wholesale absences ... and Caio’s chance to return to his job up front
Al Ain coach takes the most difficult test to choose the right squad
Al Ain coach, Portuguese Pedro Emmanuel.
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Salem Johar: Pedro is required to prove his capabilities as a coach in difficult times, and to assure everyone that he has the technical and tactical thinking.
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Al Ain coach, Portuguese Pedro Emmanuel, enters a real test of his technical capabilities to deal with the difficult circumstances surrounding the "leader" in the current period when he faces his host Al Wasl team next Friday, as he has to win only and nothing else, and rely on the very limited options of the players He has, in the absence of eight effective stars, from the squad due to injury or suspension.
During the 11 months in which the Portuguese coach, Pedro Emmanuel, supervised the leadership of the "leader", he did not settle on a fixed line-up, which gave him the opportunity to get acquainted with the level of all the main players and substitutes alike, which may help him in the meeting of the "Emperor" to choose from the substitutes alongside the players The reserve team, who used a group of them recently, especially in the Khorfakkan match in the second leg of the Arabian Gulf Cup, during which he was excluded from the competition.
The team loses the efforts of its most prominent striker, the Togolese international Laba Kodjo, due to the "Covid-19" protocol, and all of the Japanese Tsukasa Shiotani to stop the accumulation of yellow cards, and Brazilian Erik to be suspended due to a red card in the Khorfakkan match, and Kazakhstan, Islam Khan, to be suspended from the AFC.
Angolan Wilson also loses Eduardo to a posterior muscle injury, Muhammad Shaker due to a torn shoulder ligament injury, and Jamal is known for a fracture of the shin bone, and veteran Ismail Ahmed after undergoing a knee cartilage operation that will keep him out of action for three months.
For his part, the former captain of Al Ain team, Salem Jawhar, confirmed that coach Pedro, who stood at the level of a group of players in the past period, especially in the second leg of the Arab Gulf Cup when he paid a group of substitute players, is required to prove his abilities as a coach in difficult times, and that He assures everyone that he has the technical and tactical thought to push the assortment of players according to the tools available to him, due to the circumstances of absence due to injury or suspension.
He told "Emirates Today": "The Portuguese coach, in light of the circumstances the team is going through, should at least not lose," adding: "The pre-match conditions seem very difficult, but the coach must not lose at least, so a draw may be good." , But if victory definitely came, it would be a good thing, especially if we look at the absence affecting the squad.
The match will be a real opportunity for striker Caio Canedo to take over the leadership of the heart of the "boss" attack, a function that he continued to perform distinctively with his former team before moving to Al-Ain at the beginning of last year, as conditions will be ripe for him to clear the retreating appearance that he kept, especially that he had previously That he hoped to return to his primary job up front instead of playing on the sides.
Salem Gohar said that Caio has to prove himself in the Friday meeting, adding: "The opportunity is now before him and in the face of a team that knows all the details of its strengths and weaknesses."
The expected formation of Al Ain team in front of Al Wasl
The guard: Khaled Issa.
Defense from right to left: Raphael, Saeed Jumaa, Muhammad Hilal, Salem Abdullah.
Center from right to left: Bandar Al-Ahbabi, Yahya Nader, Ahmed Berman, Muhammad Abdul Rahman.
Attack: Hadid Fahd, Cayo Canedo.
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A month in which Pedro Emmanuel oversaw the leadership of Al Ain without settling on a fixed line-up.
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