Khaled Obaid: Al-Wahda paid the price for the instability of the formation and the quality of foreign players

Al-Ain accepts the gift of "Cosmin".

Al Ain needs to beat Al Jazira next Wednesday to win the league title.

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Only one step separates the Al Ain team from achieving the ADNOC Professional League title and regaining the title that has been absent from it for four years, specifically since the 2017-2018 season, after it succeeded in overcoming Al Dhafra in the match of Round 22 the day before yesterday, to serve itself first, and also accept the gift of his coach. Former Romanian Cosmin, the current coach of the Sharjah team, who beat Al Wahda, to widen the difference between the leaders Al Ain and Al Wahda to 10 points, four rounds before the end of the season, which will make Al Ain’s meeting with its guest Al Jazira on the 11th of this month (next Wednesday), a festive match to crown the 14th Shield, If he wins.

Al-Ain proved from the beginning of the league that it deserved to be crowned, and it is strange that the team took the lead in the standings from the second round and so far, after a bad past season, no one expected to return quickly and break the three-season fast for crowning any title after he succeeded in winning the League Cup before Days at the expense of Al-Ahly youth, as he decided, theoretically and practically, the title, as he needs one win in the next four matches.

On the other hand, the unit failed to continue the chase despite the strength of its offensive line, but the team needs to work stronger, especially in the defensive aspects, in addition to external work from the bench to resolve important and big matches, especially after suffering two losses against the competing teams Al Ain and Sharjah, reaching four defeats. in the current season.

Sharjah and Al Jazira are now equal with Al Wahda in the same balance (45 points), so that the remaining rounds will be a struggle for runners-up, and for a direct qualifying seat to the AFC Champions League next season.

Al-Nasr succeeded in achieving the victory and presented a good level in front of Al-Wasl, so that the two teams start thinking about the next season from now, as is the case of the Al-Ahly youth team, which presented a season to be forgotten.

In the relegation struggle, the road is paved and perhaps decided by a large percentage in favor of Al-Arabiya and the Emirates team, although mathematically there is still hope, but given the level of the two teams, it has become difficult for them to change the situation.

"Emirates Al-Youm" monitored a question about the reason for Al-Wahda's reluctance to compete for the league title via the social networking site "Twitter", in which it said: "We shared the opinion ... what caused Al-Wahda to stay away from the top of Al-Ain, even though it was the closest competing team for the ADNOC Professional League title." ?”, and four answers were monitored, namely: the coach’s lack of experience, defensive errors, national players, and the quality of foreign players.

During the voting, which was attended by 167 participants, 38.8% chose the inexperience of the French coach Gregory, then the quality of foreign players by 25.6%, the national players by 18.1%, and finally the defensive errors 17.5%.

Technical analyst Khaled Obaid agreed with the public’s choice, noting that the quality of foreign players in the unit does not serve the team, and it needs players with special experiences in defense and midfield, in addition to another important point, which is the instability in the formation from one match to another, which affected the Team form.

Khaled Obaid told "Emirates Today": "The coach is trying to satisfy all the players, which affects the team's shape and the stability of the formation in every match, which contributed to widening the difference with Al-Ain who deserved the league title this season, while the Sharjah team presents distinct levels, and it will be It will be different next season, so the struggle for second place is the most important and it is the only remaining competition, after Al-Ain won the title by a large percentage.

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