6 players under 18 years old on the list of "Boss" in the Asian supplement
The eye is armed with young blood to open the Foolad Gate
Khaled Issa and Mohammed Busanda during the last exercises for Al Ain.
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Pedro Emmanuel
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Al Ain team will begin its AFC Champions League campaign at 19:50 today, when it faces its opponent, the Iranian team, Foolad, at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, in the qualifying preliminary round for the group stage, which is the 16th participation of "Leader" in his history in the competition in its modern form, which he won in 2003.
The "leader" completed his preparations for the confrontation today, under the leadership of his Portuguese coach Pedro Emmanuel, with the participation of a number of young players, who were summoned from the club's football academy to the Asian list, as Al Ain became one of the most popular clubs that include young players, and the average age of the team is 24 Years, and the Asian list witnesses the participation of 16 players under the age of 22, more than half of whom are six players under the age of 18, and they are: Muhammad Abbas, Khaled Al-Saadi, Issa Khalfan, Khaled Ali, Ahmed Al-Qutaish, and Khaled Al-Hassani.
The team hopes to pass the preliminary round stage, as it is the third time that the team starts its career from the supplement after the last version, when it faced Bunyodkor the Uzbek, and won it with a clean goal, while the first participation in the preliminary stage goes back to the 2018 version, when it faced the Bahraini Malikis, and qualified at his expense Two clean goals.
"Violet" is not going through its best conditions in the current season, as its fans fear that the declining local performance will be reflected on the outcome of today's match, which means that it left for the first time in its history from the preliminary round, and the team is currently in sixth place with 37 points, and is threatened with losing an opportunity. Finish the season in one of the qualifying spots for the Champions League next season.
Before tonight's confrontation, Al-Zaeem played 118 games in his previous 15 continental appearances, and won 47 matches, while he tied in 35 occasions, while he lost 36 confrontations, and his players scored 177 goals, and his net conceded 153 goals, a statistic that confirms the reason behind the superiority of «Violet» When it comes to external participation.
The winning team from today's match will qualify for Group D, hosted by the Saudi Al-Nasr club in the capital, Riyadh, and which includes alongside it the Qatari Al-Sadd and Al-Wehdat teams.
Pedro: The chances are equal
Al Ain team coach, Portuguese Pedro Emmanuel, said that the chances of qualifying for the group stage are equal between the two teams, and that he is well aware that his opponent is a good team, so they know what is required of them in order to win the outcome of today's match and qualify for the group stage, stressing that his team's players will advance Their best level in order to get a qualification ticket.
In the press conference, in response to a question about Foolad’s coach’s comment that there is no excellent team in the current stage of the competition, including Al Ain, he stressed that: “There is absolutely no comment on the statements of the opposing coach. We are well aware of what is required of us as I mentioned to you, especially. The current stage in which there is no other match to compensate, either we win or leave, so we are looking forward to winning and qualifying, with respect to the ambitions of the opposing team.
Al Ain numbers in the AFC Champions League
He played 118 games
He won 47
Equivalent to 35
He lost 36
His 177
It has 153
2003 Hero
2005 and 2016 runner-up
2014 semi-final
2004, 2006 and 2007 quarter-finals
2015 and 2018 round of 16
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