Despite 14 shots, 550 assists, 8 corners and 70% possession.

Sharjah dominates the statistics and reaps a disappointing point

Sharjah has not won in its last 3 matches.

Photography: Eric Arazas

The Sharjah team issued the concern to its fans about its ability to retain the Arab Gulf League title, by falling into the trap of a 1-1 draw, outside its stadium the day before yesterday against Al Dhafra in the 17th round, due to its inability to regain the tone of victories, although the match statistics confirmed his superiority. Clear.

Over the past rounds, Sharjah's reliance has remained on a clear method of playing by controlling through possession, relying on his strength in the middle and attack, in addition to fixed balls and corners, which is the way that gave him superiority in front of clubs with an offensive approach, unlike teams that adopt the defensive method.

Al-Dhafra coach, Muhammad Qawid, said at the press conference that what he called the "open way" in which the "king" would play matches, said at the press conference that coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari continued to play with a fixed line-up and relied on one substitutions in Previous rounds.

He pointed out that the danger of the "king" lies in the Brazilian quartet: Igor, Suarez, Caillou and Perera, and said: "We, in turn, took advantage of their method by leaving them with possession, but only in their region, while we played defensively in our region."

The match statistics on the Professional League website revealed that, after the end of the match, Sharjah dominated the acquisition of 70.2% compared to 29.8% for Al Dhafra, and 14 shots for eight, and Sharjah's players passed 550 passes, while Al Dhafra players ’passes were less than half with only 222, and Sharjah got eight corners. Four of them were in stoppage time, compared to just three for Al Dhafra over the course of the match.

On the other hand, the coach of Sharjah, Abdulaziz Al-Anbari, admitted that the defensive way in which his opponent Al-Dhafra fought the meeting, which made their mission difficult, and said in the press conference: "Al-Dhafra's defensive style is difficult to match, and we hope that the level and results will be better in the coming period."

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