The construction phase does not exempt Al Ain from competing for titles

Athletes: Treating administrative and technical errors is the first step to restoring "the leader's prestige"

• Al Ain collected only 37 points in the league after 23 rounds.

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Athletes have confirmed the ability of the Al Ain football team to regain its local and continental prestige as of next season, provided that they benefit from the lesson of administrative and technical errors that occurred in the current season, and caused the team to lose its prestige by leaving the local competitions early, along with the Asian farewell from the preliminary round for the first time. In the history of the club, they stressed the importance of correcting those mistakes on the ground through early work from now on all sensitive files, including the administrative ones, which were clearly reflected on the technical side.

They told «Emirates Today» that large teams like Al Ain need a major construction process, and that this process should not be a stumbling block in the way of achieving titles, stressing that construction does not exempt the team and does not justify it not to compete in all titles, and they stressed the team’s ability to Recover.

Al-Zaeem is ranked sixth in the Arab Gulf League’s ranking table with 37 points after 23 rounds. He suffers from the possibility of missing the Asian competition in the next season if he fails to occupy one of the first four places, as he needs to win the three remaining rounds in the league and lose His rivals are in the Asian seats to save face in one of the worst seasons in its history so far.

For his part, former Al Ain player, Salem Jawhar, who raised the AFC Champions League title to the team in 2003, said that the entire work system in the club needs to be changed, foremost among which is Portuguese coach Pedro Emmanuel, in addition to the academy and making changes in the players' elements by contracting with national players of the same level. He is distinguished alongside foreigners in important positions such as the Playmaking Center and the Left Front.

Gohar pointed out that the need to build a strong team for the coming years does not exempt players from competing in tournaments, and said: “Building needs patience, but as for the eye, it must build and compete at the same time, because it is a large team, and there are other clubs that are currently doing this work, such as Al Jazeera, which depends. Young players at the same time top the table of the competition ».

Salem Gohar added: “In my opinion, the administration did not help the team by contracting high-level players, nor did it go out to face the fans and the media, there are many aspects that need clarification, such as contracting with the player Mohamed Jamal at the beginning of the season from Al-Jazira, and he did not participate and return. The club is on loan, and is currently offering good levels. ”

And the former Al Ain team captain added: “There are other files, such as the academy, that need more work, how can players not continue in Al Ain Academy and leave the club and shine in other clubs, such as the Palestinian Ahmed Shehdeh, who moved to Bani Yas?

The academy should provide the team with distinguished players, not the other clubs.

In turn, the lecturer and analyst at the Asian Football Confederation, Abdullah Hassan, confirmed that an eye-sized club needs to regain its place on the map of competitors in titles, and to set up an early plan containing important answers in the forefront of which are the types of titles that the competition needs, especially as it distracts its focus in the competition. In all titles, sympathy for the great work the team needs.

Abdullah Hassan stressed the need to pay attention to work in the academy, and said: “Currently the goal is for the team to return to the competition map, but the most important goal is continuity in the competition, which can only be achieved in the presence of a strong academy that supports the first team with ready-made elements, not as we saw in the current season, When coach Pedro needed the help of players, and he found that they need more work before involving them in matches.

For his part, the technical analyst at Dubai Sports Channel, Muhammad Matar Ghorab, confirmed that Al Ain needs to start from a new stage (referring to the new season) after the team's exit from all local and Asian competitions, and said that the current season has three matches remaining in the Arab Gulf League, which are not The team is doing something good, because the work needs a whole new start.

He said that an eye-sized club should always be at the forefront, and that he expects the team to regain its position in the next season, and added: “Al-Ain, with its capabilities and motives, is able to correct the situation through the great work that awaits it after the end of the season in many files that do not "Doubt is a piece of information for the club's senior management."

• Al Ain bid farewell to the AFC Champions League from the preliminary round for the first time in its history.

• The team is in sixth place in the league, and is threatened with missing the Asian competition next season.

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