Administrators: Our fairness and fortunes are strong

The “unified” cup draw satisfies the “amateurs”

The draw for the cup enhances the chance of qualifying for 8 teams from the first division clubs.

From the source

The administrators of the first-class teams participating in the 32nd round of the President’s Cup football competition confirmed that the results of the lottery that were drawn, the day before yesterday, at the Museum of the Future did justice to the “amateur” teams significantly after witnessing confrontations that brought first-class teams together, stressing that Merging the professional and amateur teams in one lottery will give the “amateurs” the opportunity to exist in stages beyond the first rounds, and may be in the advanced roles if they are successful, as they put it.

The Secretary-General of Al-Jazira Al-Hamra Club, Abdel Nasser Al-Shamsi, told «Emirates Today»: "The lottery put us with Al-Bataeh, and we see it as fair to us, although Al-Bataeh plays in the ADNOC Professional League, but the technical differences are not great, and we look forward to investing the opportunity, especially since the participation It is the first for our team in the dear championship in several years, and the integration of teams is a beautiful thing, and it will make the fans look forward to continuing in this tournament, so we will defend our chances as best we can.”

For his part, the supervisor of the Dibba Al-Hisn team and the former international player, Muhammad Sorour, said: “The lottery did justice to most of the teams, whether professional or amateur, and for us, the draw placed us with one of the strongest teams in the Emirates, Al Jazira, and it will certainly be a strong and difficult match, but we will play with everything we enjoy.” It has potential to achieve a positive result, and ambition remains a project for everyone, and we also have a strong team that occupies the runner-up position in the standings of the first teams, and each match has its own circumstances.”

In turn, the administrator of the Fujairah team, Khalifa Al-Mismari, expressed his optimism for a good presence of his team in the tournament, especially that the draw placed his team with a team that plays in the same league (first class), and said: “We will face the Hatta team, which is a strong team and leads the first league and we look forward to the emergence of our team. Well in the cup championship, and despite the convergence of potentials, but the opportunity is available for the two teams, but the match will be difficult, strong and popular as well, and Al-Fujairah in past seasons has appeared distinctively in the President’s Cup, and we hope that we will appear as well this season. ”

Gulf FC team manager Abdullah Omar said: “We will face the Hispania Knights, which is a good team with the same capabilities as our team. This match is to face the winner of the Al-Jazira and Dibba Al-Hisn match, and despite that, our goal is to make a good appearance.”

As for Masafi coach Fahd bin Abboud, he said: “The draw put us with the strongest teams this season, and therefore we see it as unbalanced for us, but this confrontation will still resonate in Masafi’s career, and the ball is in the field, and we hope to appear in the best possible way and we have a good team and looking forward players.” But the technical differences are big, but we will play as best we can.”

4 confrontations between the "amateurs" in the cup

- «Gulf FC» - Hispania.

- Hamriyah - cooperation.

- Hatta - Fujairah.

Al Rams - Emirates.

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