Sharjah's confrontation with Shabab Al-Ahly is the "third" among the coaches

The public expects Al-Anbari to beat Mahdi in the Super Cup tomorrow

• Sharjah coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari.

  Emirates today

• Al-Ahly youth coach Mahdi Ali.

  Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem

• Majid Al Falasi: "Mahdi Ali's imprint began to appear on the team's performance."

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Sharjah coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari has decided the poll for the best citizen coach in the country at the present time, after he outperformed Al-Ahly Youth coach Mahdi Ali during a poll conducted by "Emirates Today" on "Twitter", as Al-Anbari got 66.5% of the votes that participated in the referendum, which reached The number of votes is 400, compared to Mahdi Ali receiving 33.5% of the vote.

The referendum comes before the upcoming confrontation that brings together the champions of the Arab Gulf League 2019 Sharjah with the champion of the President's Cup 2019, Shabab Al-Ahly, in the Arabian Gulf Super Cup, tomorrow at eight o'clock at Al Maktoum Stadium in Al Nasr Club in Dubai, in the first tournament of the current season.

The Super Cup confrontation is the third match in which Mahdi Ali meets against Abdulaziz Al-Anbari, as the first confrontation between coaches in the 2017-2018 season witnessed Al-Anbari's superiority, after Sharjah defeated Shabab Al-Ahly in a dramatic way in the 16th round of the Arab Gulf League with a goal below In exchange for Rashid Stadium, when the Brazilian Vander Vieira scored the winning goal for "the king" in the second minute of stoppage time from a penalty kick, while "the engineer" responded to Al-Anbari and led Al-Ahly youth to victory in the same season in the quarter-finals of the President's Cup with a goal without response Croatian Eric Ante scored in the 81st minute at Rashid bin Saeed Stadium in Ajman Club.

The two teams will face the Super Cup for the second time in a row, after Sharjah won the title for the 2019 edition, by beating Shabab Al-Ahly with a penalty shootout 4-3 after the two teams drew without goals, despite the "king" playing the match with ten players after Hussein Saleh was sent off in the 32nd minute. While the Professional League decided to repeat the confrontation of the two teams, following the cancellation of the results of last season due to the impact of the emerging Corona virus pandemic, and the opportunity becomes great for both teams to achieve an important title that gives the winner a moral boost in the second half of the season.

On the other hand, the two teams' confrontation this season in the first round of the league witnessed Al-Ahly's youth tied with Sharjah at the latter's stadium with a goal for each team, after "the king" advanced with the goal of Italian Igor Kornado from a penalty kick in the 30th minute, and Youssef Jaber scored the equalizer in the 69th minute. At the meeting during which the "Dubai Knights" led the Spanish coach, Gerard Zargosa.

Al-Falasi: Al-Anbari beats on paper only before Mahdi Ali

The former sports analyst and administrator of Al Wasl team, Majed Al Falasi, confirmed that the result of the Arab Gulf Super Cup match, which will bring together Sharjah with Al-Ahly youth tomorrow, will not definitively determine the identity of the best national coach in the country, indicating that there is no doubt that both Abdulaziz Al-Anbari and Mahdi Ali are the best currently In the state at the level of citizens coaches.

Al Falasi told "Emirates Today" that Al-Anbari beats on paper only in front of Mahdi Ali, explaining: “Al-Anbari leads Sharjah for the third consecutive season and achieves great results with the team and makes strong performances. As for Mahdi Ali, he missed the last period of training, while it is not a standard for it to be completed. The evaluation of (the engineer) in the event of Al-Ahly youth's loss, especially since the coach took over the task a short time ago, and the team suffers from several problems at the technical level and players' injuries.

He added: “It cannot be blamed on Mehdi Ali, and I see that his fingerprint has begun to appear on the team’s performance, and I think that Al-Ahly youth returned from the big door when they achieved victory over victory in the 13th round of the league, especially that (the general) is competing for the title, despite that. (Dubai Knights) performed very well and won the match, to get an important morale boost before going into the Super Cup and the second half of the season.

Majid Al Falasi indicated that the two teams have equal chances to win the Super Cup, and said: “Sharjah is characterized by stability in level and results, and at the same time it is matched by the great development in the performance of Al-Ahly youth, especially with the return of Argentine Federico Cartabia, and the restoration of Brazilian Carlos Eduardo to his level in the past matches Therefore, I see that the chances are equal between the two teams.

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