He was at the hotel next door on the eve of the Real Madrid meeting

Robiro: I cried for not participating with Al Ain in the World Cup

Former Portuguese player Al Ain Robin Robo.

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Former Al Ain football player, Robin Roberto, recounted the suffering he experienced during his career with "Al Zaeem", foremost of which was his exclusion from the list participating in the FIFA Club World Cup 2018 due to a complaint submitted by his former club Sporting Lisbon to the International Federation (FIFA).

"It was very difficult for me not to be in that scene," Roberto said in an interview with the Portuguese newspaper "maisfutebol".

Al-Ain reached the final match to face Real Madrid. I was in the neighboring hotel the night before the match. They were preparing to play that final. I remember that I sat in the bathroom that night and water was falling on me while I was crying. It was a terrible thing.

Robin Roberto had arrived in the Emirates to join the Al Ain team and was excited to participate with the team in the World Cup, but his hopes of attending the world scene turned into a nightmare after Sporting Club refused to send the international player card and wrote a complaint with the International Federation against him, which caused his exclusion before. Al Ain Club management from the list participating in the tournament.

He explained: “Sporting did not accept my departure or the termination of the contract, when I received a call to join the ranks of Al Ain, the club filed a complaint to the court, and because of it I did not play any games for six months and I kept waiting, it was tough. If Sporting won the case, Al Ain FC would have to pay 60 million. A dollar value of the penalty clause, in addition to preventing him from contracting for a period of two years.

The Portuguese player remained out of the team's list until his case with Sporting Club ended, and he became eligible to join the ranks of the team, and he got his chance to settle in the field of Egyptian Hussein Al-Shahat, who moved to the Egyptian Al-Ahly ranks, but the trouble did not end, as a dispute arose between him and the Spanish coach Garrido Who replaced Zoran Mamic.

• “It is very difficult for me not to be in that scene.”

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