Al Jazeera in high spirits after dominating the "Professionals" awards
“The Champion” appears tonight in front of Al Dhafra
Al-Jazira won the league championship in a well-deserved manner last season.
Emirates today
Al Jazeera will begin its defense of the ADNOC Professional League title, with a relatively easy confrontation against Al Dhafra, at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in the capital, Abu Dhabi, at 7:15 pm, as part of the opening round of the competition.
Abu Dhabi's pride enters the match armed with high spirits, after swept the Pro League awards for last season, after its striker, Ali Mabkhout, won the Golden Ball awards as the best citizen player and the league's top scorer, and Ali Khaseef was awarded the best goalkeeper award. Leader award as best coach.
Al-Jazira hopes for a strong start that will put it on the starting line towards the competition for the league title, and win it for the fourth time in its history, to be equal with Al-Ain, who has the highest score in winning the professional title in the previous four times.
Al Jazeera is waiting for a difficult season after returning to appear in the AFC Champions League in the new version, which requires the team to be at the peak of its readiness, to achieve the best results that satisfy the aspirations of its fans and management.
Abu Dhabi's pride has the ingredients that make it an extraordinary candidate to compete for the ADNOC Pro League title, with its distinguished striker Ali Mabkhout, who played all of his team's matches last season.
Ali Mabkhout will be on a date with history, as it has the opportunity for him to grab the historic title as the top scorer in the UAE League, as he scored 171 goals, and is only four goals away from the equation of the legend Fahd Khamis.
Al Jazeera prepared for the new season with high ambitions, as it started its preparations on the seventh of last July, and was satisfied with playing only two friendly matches, against Sharjah and Bani Yas, losing in the first 1/3, and drawing in the second 2/2.
On the other hand, Al Dhafra appears to be facing a fraught task, in front of the title holder, through which he hopes to achieve a satisfactory start under the leadership of his Syrian coach, Muhammad Quwaid.
Al Dhafra will play today's confrontation with a group of citizen players, after it failed to obtain distinguished deals from foreign players, which is no longer on its list except the Senegalese player Makheti Diop, who will be absent from today's meeting to support the medical readiness.
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