They said the holding of the two cup competitions alleviated the pit stop issues

Athletes: The league returned without technical crises...and the public attendance is a "bright spot"

• Great excitement in the 11th round matches.. and the picture is from the Al Ain and Bani Yas meeting.

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Athletes stressed that the ADNOC Professional League was not affected after the resumption of the competition through the 11th round that concluded the day before yesterday, at the technical and public levels, despite the long hiatus that reached 37 days, due to the conditions for holding the Qatar World Cup 2022, pointing out that the matches of the two World Cups The President of the State, and the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup, maintained the fitness of matches in all clubs, without exception.

They emphasized that the convergence of points between the top clubs and in the mid-table and bottom area, within the public presence, which is a bright spot in the league, which made it continue naturally.

The former player of Al-Shabab Club (formerly), Issa Obaid, said, “The convergence of points made there excitement in the return of the league, especially in the area of ​​​​the struggle for the league title, which six teams are competing for, so the match between Al-Wasl and Shabab Al-Ahly topped the excitement as it is with direct competitors for the title, and the return of Sharjah's victories and the faltering of unity, all of which made the viewer not feel that there was a long pause before round 11.

He added: «Some of the matches revealed that there are teams that did not take advantage of the stoppage as required, so they suffered some problems, whether in terms of technical organization within the green rectangle or in terms of physical stock, especially since the match times extended after it was decided to calculate the actual time for each match, and the physical side will decide a lot. One of the things in times of extending play ».

Issa Obaid expected that the features of the competition in the league would be determined with the 14th round, saying: “I do not expect six teams to continue in the competition, and it may be limited to two or three teams, which are the teams that will be able to support their ranks during the upcoming winter transfers.”

For his part, the former supervisor of the Al Wasl team, Majid Al Falasi, said that holding the two cup tournaments during the 2022 World Cup period contributed to the clubs maintaining the match format, which made the league return without any technical or physical problems, as it used to happen before.

Al-Falasi said: “When Al-Ain plays with Al-Wahda, and Shabab Al-Ahly with Al-Jazira in the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup back and forth, this undoubtedly helped the lead struggle to maintain its ferocity, regardless of the results, because it will rise and fall among all league teams in general, given For the closeness of the level between the majority of the competition teams.

He added: «What caught the most attention with the return of the league is the calculation of the actual time of the match after adding stop times, and this will contribute to increasing the number of playing minutes in each match, and increase the excitement of the competition, and the Al-Wahda and Khorfakkan match provided us with a model of excitement that will be repeated in the rest of the league’s journey. ».

As for the former Al-Jazira player, Reda Abdel-Hadi, he stressed that the bright spot in the return of the league was that the competition retained its public presence in most matches.

He added, "I have some observations about the work of the coaches, as most of them did not equip their teams in a way that serves the competition in terms of increasing the level of the rhythm of the game, in order to serve in the end the next team for an important tournament, which is the Gulf Cup."

He pointed out that "the majority of fans may feel that the league is back exciting, but from previous experiences there are mistakes and not good work from some. When you see a player suffering a muscle injury, this raises many question marks about work during the downtime."

• 37 days during which the league competition continued to stop, due to the holding of the World Cup in Qatar, but with the resumption of the matches, excitement appeared again.

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