Khaled Obaid: The technical levels of the leading teams are close, waiting for the "10th round clashes"

5 coaches pay the price in 9 rounds of “Dorina”

Sharjah returned to the top with a goal difference from Al-Wehda and Shabab Al-Ahly, where the three teams share the 19 points. Photo: Eric Arrasas

The three leading teams, Sharjah, Al Wahda and Shabab Al Ahly, maintained their place at the top of the ADNOC Professional League at the end of the ninth round, and they avoided surprises, especially the Sharjah team, which narrowly beat Al Dhafra with a late penalty, and was able to lead by a difference of goals from Al Wahda and Shabab Al Ahli.

On the other hand, the tournament has so far witnessed five dismissals of coaches in only nine rounds, due to the successive negative results, and the public's pressure to correct the course of these teams.

The ninth round witnessed the dismissal of Al-Nasr coach, Torsten Fink, and Al-Bataeh coach, Caio, who had previously led the Al-Nasr, Khorfakkan, and then Al-Bataeh teams.

The beginnings were always good in the three experiments, before he was fired after that, to join a list of coaches who were sacked before, and it is related to the coaches of Al Wahda, Dibba and Al Dhafra.

These successive dismissals raise questions about the impact of the large audience on the championship teams, as well as the absence of the role of technical committees, some of which are accused of failing to choose the right coach from the beginning of the season.

The ranking table did not witness a significant change from the last round, with the exception of Al-Ain, which jumped center, taking advantage of Ajman’s difficult loss against Al-Wasl in a strong and violent match, so that the orange lost three precious points, after strong interventions, and a continuous protest against the match referee, and the interventions of the mouse technique that gave the referee the signal. With an early expulsion of the Ajman player, which had no significant impact on the outcome of the match.

The position of victory in the tournament worsened, after a new loss against Al Jazira at Al Maktoum Stadium, so that the team continued to bleed points by losing 21 points in only nine matches, with the team’s worst start in the professional league, and perhaps in the history of the participation of the Dean of Emirati clubs, while Al Jazira took advantage of the team’s bad situation and achieved Two goals, and he missed more than one other opportunity, to continue his march towards the lead.

Ittihad Kalba team drew a wonderful picture so far, being two points from the top of the championship, and writing its name as one of the competitors strongly, after it refused to lose against the front teams, and continued its wonderful journey in the championship, after beating Bani Yas in this round.

Al Ain beat Khorfakkan to return to victories before a new summit in front of Sharjah before the league stopped. Dibba and Al Dhafra continued to bleed points, and they are still searching for a lifeline.

"Emirates Today" monitored a question on the Twitter platform about the leading teams: "We shared our opinion... What team qualifies to continue to compete for the top of the ADNOC Professional League until the end of the tournament based on the results of the round?" Four answers were monitored, namely: Sharjah, Al-Wahda, Al-Ahly youth, another team.

28.3% of the 163 participants expected the unity to continue until the end, while 27.6% chose the Sharjah team, and 25% for Al-Ahly youth, while 19.1% expected another team to appear to win the title at the end of the tournament.

Technical analyst Khaled Obeid confirmed that the round witnessed an abundance of goals, with mistakes by coaches that affected the results of the matches.

He praised the Al-Ahly youth team, for its continuous pressure and good performance.

He told "Emirates Al-Youm": "A tour in which Al Ain won a deserved victory over Khorfakkan, and achieved what it wanted, but on the other hand, the Sharjah team suffered against Al Dhafra, whose new coach's impact appeared on the team's performance, and it will be better in the upcoming matches, and I expect that its shape will be better." After the league stops.

Ajman in front of Al-Wasl suffered a lot due to the numerical shortage, but it was a strong match for the Al-Wasl team.”

He added: "There is nothing new for Dibba, he did not take advantage of the numerical shortage in the Al-Wahda team, while (Al-Annabi) was better and stronger in attack, thanks to his Brazilian striker Pedro.

In general, the technical levels are still close, the competition is fiercer, and the next round may be a “bone-breaking” due to its strength and the strong collisions in which the top teams unite.

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