Khaled Obaid: Al-Ain is the best and most deserving of the league. The audience confirms:

Weak competitors and the “quality of foreigners” are among the main reasons for the “leader” being in the lead

Al-Ain team maintained the stability of its level, and the tone of victories in the 16th round of the ADNOC Professional League, as it is considered the most realistic team so far, after strengthening the lead and maintaining the six-point difference with runner-up Al-Wahda, after winning the last round against Baniyas with two goals without a match. This victory will motivate the team to continue its journey before the upcoming difficult confrontations, most notably the Al Wahda match in round 19.

Unlike last season, the "leader" appeared this season strongly and became the most prominent candidate for the title, due to several factors, most notably the quality of foreign players thanks to the brilliance of the Togolese league top scorer Laba Kodjo, as well as Moroccan Sofiane Rahimi and Argentine Guanka, in addition to the great work of the coach and what the club's management has done in strengthening the ranks of the team.

In a public opinion poll by Emirates Al-Youm, the question was via Twitter: "We shared the opinion... What is the reason for Al Ain to stay at the forefront of the ADNOC Professional League and the lack of strong competitors?

Four answers were monitored, namely the weakness of the competitors, the quality of foreign players, the coach Rebrov and the managerial work.

During the voting, which was attended by 189 participants, 50.4% of them chose double the competitors, then the quality of foreign players by 18%, and administrative work by 16.5%, and finally the work of coach Rebrov 15.1%.

In the most prominent results, Al-Wahda continued to put pressure on Al-Ain, after an important victory over Khorfakkan, with a goal of zero, while Al-Ahly youth climbed to third place after the victory over Al-Orouba by three goals to one, despite being late in the result early.

On the other hand, Al-Jazira team failed to preserve its chance to compete for the title, after it suffered a loss against Al-Nasr, which returned after an absence of 109 days without achieving any victory, so that Al-Jazira remained looking to stay in the big box, and the case applies to Sharjah, which some expected its ability to Competition and presence strongly, but lost two points and moved away from the competition by nine points.

In the middle area, the excitement increased with the presence of Ajman strongly, bypassing Al Nasr, Al Wasl, and Bani Yas, and with it Kalba, and the confrontations of these teams became very strong and exciting, which happened in the 16th round after a “dramatic” victory for Ajman 4-3 over Kalba, where the match witnessed a calculation Five penalty kicks, of which Ajman scored four kicks.

Khorfakkan joined the "escape from the bottom" struggle, as it did not achieve any victory in the last seven rounds, to approach the trio of Al-Qaa (the Falcons), Al-Uruba and Al-Dhafra, where there were no major changes, due to the loss of Al-Uruba from Al-Ahly youth, and Al-Dhafra tied with "The Falcons". .

The secret is in the deals

Technical analyst Khaled Obaid confirmed that Al Ain's success, after last season, in which it did not present anything, came as a result of an integrated work by the board of directors, which brought distinguished foreign players, in addition to the coach's role in dealing with and reading matches well, noting that the rest of the teams did not Do what Al-Ain did on the level of deals and distinguished technical and administrative work.

He told "Emirates Al-Youm": "Al-Ain has shown during the last matches that it is the best and deserves to lead the league, the spirit is different, and it presented the same start with which the season began and achieved a series of successive victories that were the reason for dealing seriously with the leadership, and the board of directors succeeded in dealing with the downtime period." Accurately and seriously, until he maintained his lead, while Al-Jazira lost and moved away from the competition, and Al-Nassr achieved an important victory that brought the team back to the right path, and the relegation struggle will continue until the end.”

To view the top scorers, team standings and results of Round 16,

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