Khaled Obaid: The three most stable teams are at the top of the league ... and the fans confirm:

Distinguished administrative work behind Bani Yas' competition for the "shield"

Pedro celebrates with his team-mates in Baniyas after scoring the winning goal over Al-Nassr.

Photography: Eric Arazas

Round 20 of the Arabian Gulf League ended without producing major changes at the front level, as Al-Jazira continued to maintain its lead, after a difficult victory over Hatta with a goal free of charge, six rounds before the end of the competition, while Bani Yas continued to glow and preserve On the runway, on the other hand, Sharjah returned to the track of victories after rounds of forgetting.

What was striking in this round was the end of Bani Yas’s ambition to approach the lead and compete in the league, after he won in the last five minutes of the match between the two teams, in contrast to the high expectations that put victory in victory, but he paid a dear price for defensive mistakes at the end of the match, which cost the team Two goals at a time of fatalism, to continue his revival of Bani Yas alone in the competition Al Jazira, where the difference between them is only two points, while the pressure of Sharjah also continued, four points behind the leadership.

The awakening of Bani Yas is not a result of coincidence, but rather the result of a distinguished administrative work in attracting a distinguished coach and players with expert eyes, in addition to not relying on the only star, so the team has become a single block, and this has proven this by overthrowing great teams this season, and continuing to compete in the league title until the rounds The last of the lifetime of the competition.

Emirates Today asked a question about the public’s opinion of the Bani Yas team, and what it reached, on the newspaper’s Twitter account: We shared the opinion .. What is the secret of Bani Yas’s superiority in the Arab Gulf League despite not having strong names?

Four answers were recorded: the administrative work, the coach's playing style, the quality of the national players, and the scorer Pedro.

During the vote, in which 226 people participated, 41.5% of the participants agreed on the distinguished administrative work, compared to 30.4% for the coach's playing style, while 14.6% chose the quality of the national players, and 13.5% saw him as the top scorer, Pedro.

On the other hand, Sharjah returned to victories thanks to the brilliance of Brazilian Igor, and the kidnapping of the match from the beginning did not give the space to Khorfakkan, despite leaving the possession of his guest.

The victory kept the defending champion's chances of competing in the league title despite the difficult task, especially as he will face big teams in the coming period, most notably a heavy-caliber confrontation against Shabab Al-Ahly that will determine a lot for coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari's team.

As for the bottom struggle, his cards were mixed, as Fujairah failed to win against Al Wasl to tie in the last minutes, while Ajman succeeded in getting a point from Al-Ahly youth that may be at least morally important for the team in the next difficult period, while Hatta is still suffering in last place, and is still The chance is ripe if he manages to win 3 or 4 wins in the next matches, which is very difficult.

Celestial victory deserved

Technical analyst Khaled Obaid affirmed that the Bani Yas team has deserved the victories it is achieving, indicating that it is the result of continued distinguished administrative and technical work. He told «Emirates Today»: “Bani Yas is a distinguished and stable team with consistent performance and results, and the truth is that many factors made the team appear. In this way, it includes maintaining the foreign players and the technical staff, which is a natural situation for the two teams who are settled on all technical and administrative matters (Al-Jazira and Baniyas), and therefore they are currently competing in the league title.

He added, "It can be said that the first three teams deserve to be present and compete because they have not witnessed any technical or administrative change except for the addition of the island to the Dutch Coase, in addition to a distinguished technical and administrative work from Bani Yas, away from pressures and social networking sites."

He continued: “I expect Bani Yas to be a strong competitor for Al Jazeera in the league title, especially with six matches remaining, and if Al Jazeera does not succeed in maintaining its positive results, Bani Yas will jump to the fore. As for the 20th round, the results were expected, except for Al Ain’s victory with a great result over Unit".

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