The defending champion faces Fujairah in the quarter-finals tomorrow
Al Wasl seeks to repay the debt in front of Sharjah ... and Al-Ahly youth searches for themselves in the "cup"
Al-Wasl lost to Sharjah 1-2 in the league and is looking to replace it in the "Cup".
Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem
Al-Wasl seeks to pay back the debt to Sharjah when he meets with him, the day after tomorrow, in the quarter-finals of the Arab Gulf Cup, to compensate for his difficult loss in the league championship in lost time, while Al-Nasr appears the title holder against Fujairah, in order to search for the title that he He will also be coveted by the Shabab Al-Ahly team, which wants to crown after its chances of winning the league are remote.
Tomorrow evening, the quarter-finals matches of the Arabian Gulf Cup will start with its new system, which was adopted by the Professional League League this season to deal with the Corona pandemic, as the quarter-final matches are held with a back-and-forth system, after the first-phase matches were held with the same system as well, However, Al-Nassr and Sharjah were exempt from their presence in the first round of the tournament, being the defending champion, while Sharjah was the last crowned champion of the Arabian Gulf League before the last season was canceled.
And he will meet in the quarter-final matches of Khor Fakkan with Shabab Al-Ahly, Al-Nasr with Fujairah, Bani Yas with Al-Ittihad Kalba, and Sharjah with Al-Wasl, and the first-leg matches will be held tomorrow and the day after, while the return matches will be on the 25 and 26 of this month, so that the four teams that will advance to the semi-finals are decided. From the tournament.
The Professional League had adopted the current system due to the small number of matches, the pressure of the season, and the late start of the matches, which is an opportunity for the teams looking to achieve a local title to win this championship due to the small number of matches, and Al-Nasr, who is the title holder, is looking to reach the final match and achieve The second title in a row, and the third in its history since the professional era began.
The Al-Ahly youth team will be the most affected team in the tournament due to the absence of international players, as the national team includes four players from Al-Ahly youth, including two players in the defense line and two players in the midfield, and the second team comes Sharjah and Al-Wasl from the teams that will be affected, as the team includes three players from each A team, and certainly the tournament is a real opportunity for Al Ittihad Kalba and Baniyas, to reach the farthest point in this tournament.
The timing of the semi-finals of the Arabian Gulf Cup has not yet been approved by the Professional League, due to international links and second round matches of the league.
Ebeid: The tournament is an opportunity to get a title with the fewest matches
The technical analyst, Khaled Obaid, confirmed that the Arab Gulf Cup is always dominated by the major teams, and is a compensation for a season in which the team may move away from the league championship for any reason, and he told «Emirates Today»: «The quarter-finals will be an opportunity for many teams searching "On achieving a local title, with a few matches, and the teams always say that the tournament is not important, but at a certain stage it serves as a lifeline for many teams and technical equipment."
He added: “Such tournaments are always an opportunity for teams that are not candidates to win titles because of playing matches without any pressure, unlike the teams that are always nominated for tournaments, which face pressure from the masses and Sports Street to win any local title, and there are teams that focus only this season on The league championship is like the Al-Nasr team, so the matches will definitely be fun. ”
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