Khalid Obaid: It would have been preferable to postpone the launch for a week

After the World Cup, the league chooses Al-Ahly's youth, the only "knight".

Shabab Al-Ahly defeated Al-Wasl 2-1 in the 11th round. Photo: Osama Abu Ghanem

The wheel of the ADNOC Professional League is back in motion after a 37-day hiatus due to the World Cup (Qatar 2022).

The return of the league came in favor of Shabab Al-Ahly, as it was the most beneficiary of the 11th round after being alone in the lead for the first time after it succeeded in winning the Dubai Derby against Al-Wasl and taking advantage of the competitors’ stumbling after losing Al-Wahda and Al-Wasl as Al-Ain tied, on the other hand, Sharjah approached the lead after its victory over Kalba Two points ahead of the leader, and the results served Al-Jazira team as well.

Returning to Shabab Al-Ahly, who is the biggest beneficiary of the round, he succeeded in taking the lead and achieving the sixth consecutive victory, despite his humble beginning, but he returned strongly to the lead, and more important than winning the Al-Wasl match is the team’s general form and its tactical strength to become one of the teams that are difficult to beat. In the tournament, his victim this round was Al Wasl, who suffered his second loss.

Sharjah also came close to the lead by two points from the leader, and took advantage of Al-Wahda's stumbling to equal it in the number of points, which opens the level of competition in the lead between three teams, the difference between them is two points, but looking at the ranking table, we find that there are six teams separating them by five points, which is something Never before in the Pro League.

The Al-Wehda team is considered the most affected by the long suspension of the championship, as it lost the joint lead with Shabab Al-Ahly in a draw at home against Khorfakkan, and it also bid farewell to the President’s Cup in favor of Shabab Al-Ahly as well, and deposited the League Cup in front of Al-Ain as well, which is a negative matter for the team that succeeded in reaching To the top after a stumbling start too.

And the situation of the Al-Nasr team remains the strangest this season, as the team is close to relegation, as it has only six points collected from 11 rounds, and is located in the 12th place, and achieved only one victory, and the coach did not succeed in changing the level of the team after nearly 40 days of suspension.

And Ajman is still the most convincing team in the championship from its inception, even in the matches that it lost with difficulty and violence against teams that have a lot of great potential, and are always in the lead, while Ajman maintained its presence in fifth place.

And «Emirates Today» asked on the social networking site «Twitter» a question about the return of the league: «Share our opinion.. What is your assessment of the return of the ADNOC Professional League after the cessation of the World Cup - Qatar 2022, and the level of our league teams?

And monitored four options: (weak, he would have preferred to postpone it for another week, good, the audience was affected by the World Cup).

During the vote, 41.7% said that the level of the league was poor, while 27.4% voted that the fans were affected by the World Cup, while 19% said that the level of the league’s return was good, while 19% thought that he would have preferred to postpone the league for another week.

For his part, technical analyst Khaled Obaid confirmed that he would have preferred to postpone the start of the league for at least a week in favor of the championship in the public, due to the great difference in levels between the teams in the World Cup and the teams in our league.

Khalid Obaid told Emirates Al-Youm: “The league matches, unfortunately, were weak, and I think that the Al-Ahly and Al-Wasl youth match was the best in terms of level. In an unexpected surprise.

He added: «Frankly, we expected the level of players to rise after the World Cup through levels, but this did not happen, and the next rounds may witness a rise in the technical level, and Al-Ahly youth may be the only team that presented a good level and took advantage of the competitors’ stumbling in order to be in the lead alone, and took advantage of Sharjah. The shortage of the Kalba Union team in the best way.

To see the top scorers, the teams' standings, and the results of round 11,

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