Khaled Obaid: Al Ain is able to return at any time

“Wrong recruitment” deprives Al-Wasl of the lead

Al Wasl tied with Ittihad Kalba 2-2 in the seventh round.

Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem

The Sharjah team returned to the top of the ADNOC Professional League after only one round in which it lost to Al Wasl and left it at the top of the table, but soon returned to take advantage of the unjustified fall of Al Wasl with a draw at home against the Kalba Union, so that Sharjah regained its right to the lead because of the quality of its foreign players who are able to score a goal. At any time and in any way, which was achieved in the seventh round and the final of the President's Cup also thanks to the Spanish player Alcacer.

The seventh round of the tournament witnessed an unexpected and historical loss for the island, which failed to achieve a win or a draw against Ajman, and despite the difference in the capabilities and the level of players, the Ajman team proves round after round that the difference in capabilities is only within the green rectangle, as it embarrassed many distinguished teams , where he tied with Al Ain and lost with difficulty against Sharjah, and here he is winning over Al Jazira, who has not tasted the taste of victories since four rounds, and was satisfied with a draw in two matches and the same loss.

At Zabeel Stadium, Al-Wasl proved that it still needs support in some centers in order to continue the competition and be in the big box, and it lost an easy victory at the expense of Ittihad Kalba after it advanced with two goals and then tied to lose two points. It also lost the lead that returned to the Sharjah team, and it needs Connecting to the support of one or two players in the middle and the sides in order to complete the strength of the team and be able to continue competing.

Despite their lack of strength in an appropriate way to compete and the presence of gaps in the two teams, Al-Ain and Al-Ahly youth proved their ability to be present in the competition and catch up with it at any time, as Al-Ain took advantage of the poor state of victory and returned with three precious points from Al Maktoum Stadium, which reached the team to point 13, with a difference of three points Only from the leader, and the same is true for the Al-Ahly youth team, which was equal with Al-Ain and Al-Wahda, and Al-Ahly youth succeeded in returning with an important victory and the points of the Khorfakkan match, taking advantage of one defensive error for the owner of the land.

In the relegation struggle, the teams of Dibba and Al Dhafra are still closest to the farewell scene from the beginning, as a result of the continuous offers and negative results, followed by Khorfakkan and Al Nasr, who are in an unenviable position and the reason is not known until now, as they are in the best and most possessive matches, but are subject to poor results.

"Emirates Today" asked a question via Twitter about the Al-Wasl team and the reason for losing the lead, and what it needs in order to continue the competition: "We shared the opinion .. what does Al-Wasl need to return to the lead and continue the competition for the league title until the last rounds?", and three answers were monitored. They are: good recruitment of players, strengthening the team with a distinguished foreign player, finding a solution for full-backs.

During the voting, which was attended by 76 participants, 42.9% of the participants chose the good recruitment of players, while 34.4% of the participants chose the team's need to strengthen the ranks with a distinguished foreign player, and 22.7% of the participants chose to find a solution and support for the full-backs.

For his part, technical analyst Khaled Obaid confirmed that the seventh round witnessed many fluctuations in the matches, especially the deserved surprise of Ajman by winning over Al Jazira, and he explained that Al Jazira needed a quick pause to return to the right track after four games of not achieving a positive result with a tie in two matches and losing two matches.

Khaled Obaid told "Emirates Today": "We talked before about the problem of the defensive link and at the back, which quickly lost the lead. The team is in dire need of support in the two centers, while the midfield and attack present a beautiful ball, and the team must be supported in the center of the backs. And the Kalba team succeeded in exploiting the mistakes of the Al-Wasl defense to return with a point.”

He added: "Sharjah achieved a deserved victory, and it was supposed to be with more than one goal, but it was satisfied with a goal and three points in front of Al-Bataeh, to be a special week for the team, during which it succeeded in winning the cup title, as well as returning to the top of the league, and Al Ain succeeded in exploiting the difficult situation of victory, and despite the lack of quality of the eye." Like last season, he is still competitive and able to come back at any time.” 

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