Young players and foreign referee notable gains

Rounds 18 and 19 return the sparkle to the league.. Al-Ain numbers speak

• The summit match between Al Wahda and Al Ain fulfilled its promise and provided a distinguished technical level for the competition.

  Photography: Eric Arrasas

• Dutch referee Danny Makele ably managed the summit of Al Ain and Al Wahda.

  Photography: Eric Arrasas

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Rounds 18 and 19 of the ADNOC Professional League witnessed a significant increase in the level of competition between the top and bottom teams, which led to an increase in the level of performance and the strength of the matches, and this was evident during the Al Wahda and Al Ain summit, which witnessed a great media momentum days before the match, and fulfilled its promise to provide a level Distinguished technician enjoyed the large audience.

The tournament has so far achieved many gains that will be in the interest of the national team players before their important match against Iraq this 24th, in which Al-Abyad is looking for the third-place card in the first group of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.

The league championship numbers and statistics did justice to Al-Ain’s absolute lead, after he dominated the top scorers, the most goals-making and the most shots on goal, and equal with the runner-up Al-Wahda in receiving the least number of goals so far, and we monitor in the following report the most important gains of the league championship before the long hiatus of the championship due to Asian posts for clubs and national team matches.

The numbers do justice to the “leadership”

Al-Ain's numbers speak for themselves, as the team leads by seven points from Al-Wahda, and also leads the league's top scorer through Togo's Laba Kodjo with 18 goals, and the same player tops the list of the most shots on goal with 88 shots in only 19 rounds.

At the level of goal-making, the Moroccan star of Al-Ain, Sofiane Rahimi, is also considered the most goal-maker, to confirm that the leader deserved the single lead, singing with the most shooting and industry, the least loss and receiving goals in the tournament.

rookie players

Many teams presented a number of emerging players who herald a promising future and may be a support for the national team in the future, most notably Al Ahly youth players Badr Nasser and Hareb Suhail, and each of them reserved a place in the basic formation of the "Dubai Knights", in addition to Youssef Al Muhairi from Al Wasl, and the Emirates goalkeeper. Suhail Al-Mutawa, Kalba goalkeeper Issa Ahmed, in addition to other players representing the current generation of the Olympic team led by Al-Wasl captain Ali Saleh, 22 years old.

Exciting classic

The league championship witnessed one of the league’s strongest matches in recent seasons, and Al Wahda and Al Ain gathered in an exciting match that was championed by the fans, players and refereeing staff.

The match presented everything related to football in terms of performance, strength and football fun, and ended with a goal scored in a superb way by the league's top scorer and Togolese Al Ain star Laba Kodjo, who widened the difference between Al Ain leaders and runner-up Al Wahda to seven points.

The return of Baniyas

The Baniyas team proved that it is one of the strong teams after it regained part of its prestige last season, as it succeeded in achieving a "dramatic" victory over Al-Nasr in the last minutes, to approach Al-Ahly youth and the Golden Square teams.

Baniyas, who finished last season in the runner-up position, has become superior to many teams in the league during the recent period, and the impact of the great work of the technical staff appeared, which led Baniyas to restore its level significantly.

foreign judgment

The Dutch referees team, led by Danny Makele, who managed the Al Wahda and Al Ain summit, provided great lessons in managing football matches. Referees Committee to develop the arbitration system.

• Al-Ain tops the league and the list of top scorers, "the most shooting" and "the most goal-producing", as it is the least losing and receiving goals.

Al Thawadi: The last two rounds brought back the true meaning of the competition

The technical analyst at Abu Dhabi Sports Channel, Riyadh Al-Thawadi, confirmed that "the last two rounds of the league brought back the true meaning of the competition, and presented the credentials of the league championship in terms of the wonderful technical level and strength of performance, most notably the El Clasico match."

He added to "Emirates Al-Youm": "The most important positive things before the league stopped are the small faces presented by the teams, including the rising Al-Ahly youth players, the Kalba goalkeeper and a player in Al-Wasl, which indicates the presence of a good amount of players on the way to the league championship and national teams, these players They had the opportunity and were able to make a strong presence in the tournament, and they are definitely a big gain.”

He added, "The foreign referee also in Al Wahda and Al Ain Clásico gave a wonderful performance, and gave lessons to the national stadium judges on how to manage matches and not waste time, and all these positives will contribute to the continued strength of competition in the last seven remaining rounds."

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