The victory over Al Ain paves the way for "Abu Dhabi Pride" to the third title

"Al-Akhtaboot" and "The Scoring Defender" bring the island close to touching the league shield

Al Jazira players celebrate the second goal scored by Kosanovic.

Photography: Eric Arazas

Al-Jazira is close to winning the Arab Gulf League title for the third time in its history, after it won two goals without a response, the day before yesterday, in the 25th round at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, to maintain the top of the ranking list after raising its tally to 54 points ahead of Bani Yas, who is ranked second with 53 points, while Al Ain's score stopped at 38 points, in sixth place.

Al-Jazirah owes its credit to his goalkeeper Ali Khasif, who was the turning point in the match, when "Al-Akhtaboot" responded to a penalty kick by Togolese Laba Kodjo in the 78th minute, as the result indicated the progress of "Abu Dhabi's pride" with the goal scored by Ali Mabkhout in the first half, before That the "top scorer", the Serbian Milos Kosanovic, continue to shine and score the second and sixth goal in the current season from a direct free kick in the 81st minute, to settle the match in favor of "Abu Dhabi's pride" with two unanswered goals. The Serbian player scored seven goals this season, all of which came from direct free kicks, with one goal in the goal of Al-Ittihad Kalba in the Arabian Gulf Cup competition, and four goals in the league against each of: Hatta, Ittihad Kalba, Shabab Al-Ahly and Al-Ain, and two goals in Al Wasl goal in the same way.Al-Jazira team has the advantage of winning the league title without the need for Baniyas to stumble in front of Al-Wahda in the 26th round. “Abu Dhabi's pride” is enough to win over Khor Fakkan in the same round for Al Jazira to win the league title for the third time in its history. For his part, Al-Jazira coach, Dutchman Marcel Kaiser, praised the performance of the "Abu Dhabi Pride" players in front of Al Ain, stressing that his team deserved to win over the "leader", and said in a press conference: "We performed very well and we deserve to win after we created a large number of opportunities that were enough." To achieve a greater result than the match ended with Al-Jazira winning with two goals without a response. He added: “After we wasted a large number of opportunities, we needed to confront Ali Khasif for the penalty kick that Al Ain got, before we strengthened our progress by adding the second goal through Milos Kosanovic, and I am very happy with the players’ performance and fighting spirit in performance, especially that we won in A very difficult game ».For his part, Al-Jazira coach, Dutchman Marcel Kaiser, praised the performance of the "Abu Dhabi Pride" players in front of Al Ain, stressing that his team deserved to win over the "leader", and said in a press conference: "We performed very well and we deserve to win after we created a large number of opportunities that were enough." To achieve a greater result than the match ended with Al-Jazira winning with two goals without a response. He added: “After we wasted a large number of opportunities, we needed to confront Ali Khasif for the penalty kick that Al Ain got, before we strengthened our progress by adding the second goal through Milos Kosanovic, and I am very happy with the players’ performance and fighting spirit in performance, especially that we won in A very difficult game ».For his part, Al-Jazira coach, Dutchman Marcel Kaiser, praised the performance of the "Abu Dhabi Pride" players in front of Al Ain, stressing that his team deserved to win over the "leader", and said in a press conference: "We performed very well and we deserve to win after we created a large number of opportunities that were enough." To achieve a greater result than the match ended with Al-Jazira winning with two goals without a response. He added: “After we wasted a large number of opportunities, we needed to confront Ali Khasif for the penalty kick that Al Ain got, before we strengthened our progress by adding the second goal through Milos Kosanovic, and I am very happy with the players’ performance and fighting spirit in performance, especially that we won in A very difficult game »."We performed very well and deserve to win after creating a large number of chances that were enough to achieve a result greater than the match that ended with the victory of Al-Jazira with two goals without a response." He added: “After we wasted a large number of opportunities, we needed to confront Ali Khasif for the penalty kick that Al Ain got, before we strengthened our progress by adding the second goal through Milos Kosanovic, and I am very happy with the players’ performance and fighting spirit in performance, especially that we won in A very difficult game »."We performed very well and deserve to win after creating a large number of chances that were enough to achieve a result greater than the match that ended with the victory of Al-Jazira with two goals without a response." He added: “After we wasted a large number of opportunities, we needed to confront Ali Khasif for the penalty kick that Al Ain got, before we strengthened our progress by adding the second goal through Milos Kosanovic, and I am very happy with the players’ performance and fighting spirit in performance, especially that we won in A very difficult game ».

Ali Khasif: Things are in the hands of "Abu Dhabi's pride"

Al-Jazira goalkeeper Ali Khasif expressed his happiness with the victory of his team against Al Ain with two goals without response, pointing out that matters are in the hands of "Abu Dhabi's pride" to win the league title in the next round when he meets with Khorfakkan.

Khasif said in a press statement: "We knew that the match would be very difficult in front of the eye, especially since the temperature is very high and the humidity is high, and we hope that (the leader) will return to his known results."

He added, "Things are in the hands of the Al-Jazira team, and as for postponing our crowning title to the next round, I think (every delay is the best), and we will prepare for the next match against Khor Fakkan, and our goal is to win the league title."

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