They confirmed that there is a big difference between the level of the local championship and the World Cup

Fans: The state of passion for league matches changed after the World Cup

• Excitement was present and the required technical level was absent from the Khorfakkan and Al-Wehda match.

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Fans said that they “had difficulty returning to watching local matches after 28 days of fun and excitement, during the global meetings in the World Cup (Qatar 2022), and that the state of passion they had for the ADNOC Professional Football League before the World Cup changed, especially since they saw the level of technically globally, and that it was not easy for them to regain the same enthusiasm,” noting that “the big difference in the technical level between the local league and the World Cup, where enjoying watching the best football stars in the world, and the most prominent international teams.”

They added to "Emirates Today": "We hoped that each World Cup match would last for 200 minutes, not 90, given the high technical level that we were watching and enjoying and the performance of the world's top stars, but in the local league we found a much different technical level compared to the World Cup." .

The 11th round of the league, which immediately followed the World Cup, witnessed a crowd attendance that was less than the level of ambition, compared to what it was in the previous rounds, which had a large crowd turnout in most of its matches.

After a historic confrontation that witnessed the crowning of the Argentine national team, led by its star Lionel Messi, with the World Cup title at the expense of the French national team, in what was described as the “final of the century”, the league fans had to go to the stadiums to attend the matches of the 11th round of the tournament, which met the ambitions in terms of excitement. Similar to the meeting between Al Wasl and Shabab Al Ahly, Al Wahda and Khor Fakkan, Al Ain and Bani Yas.

Al-Jazira fan Hassan Al-Nuaimi said, "After returning to watching the local league matches, he felt a big difference in the technical level, after 28 days of fun and excitement, by following the recent World Cup matches, as a result of the big difference between the local league and the World Cup." "During the World Cup matches, he wished the match would last for 200 minutes, given the great pleasure he felt as a fan."

For his part, Al-Ahly youth fan, Adnan Al-Janahi, said: “He returned to watching the league matches after completing the World Cup matches, but he felt a kind of shock as a result of the big difference between the level in the World Cup and the local league,” noting that “he was present in Qatar and watched four matches in the tournament, including three matches for the German national team, and one match for the England national team against Iran, and he encouraged the German national team in the World Cup.

In turn, a member of the Al-Ahly Youth Club fan council, Abd al-Majid Rustom, confirmed that “it was difficult for them as fans to quickly adapt to returning to watching the league matches, after they finished watching the World Cup matches, and enjoyed its strong events and matches,” noting that “there are big differences.” Very technical level between the domestic league and the World Cup ».

Rustom confirmed that he "was hoping that the Argentine national team, led by Messi, would win the World Cup title, and his wish was fulfilled."

"The great differences between watching the two competitions, and the high level of performance of the teams makes it difficult to compare," said fan Bahaa Samir.

As for the fan, Muhammad Imad, he said: "Watching a large number of matches in the World Cup and returning again to watching the local league matches was difficult, but not to the point of frustration," stressing that "the comparison is basically unfair and unfair, because the difference is vast between the two championships."

He said, "For example, during the World Cup, he enjoyed watching historical matches that brought together high-caliber teams, and that the World Cup witnessed the participation of first-level players, and that the level between the two tournaments is completely different and it is not possible to find a comparison."

The fan, Omar Abuswar, said: “His appetite for watching the ADNOC Professional League matches was not with the same passion before the World Cup, and that with the resumption of the local competition, he was satisfied with watching excerpts from the Al-Nasr and Dibba match, and from the Al-Wasl and Al-Ahly youth match,” stressing that “it was difficult for him to restore the state of The enthusiasm he had, especially after watching international matches.

Sneezing: The comparison is unfair.. We should not be "disappointed"

Bani Yas team defender, Khaled Al-Attas, described the comparison between watching the World Cup and the ADNOC League as unfair, and said: "There are vast differences between the competitors," indicating that as players they should not be frustrated because of these differences, and redouble their efforts more for Reach the global level.

Al-Attas told "Emirates Today": "The differences are great, starting from technical performance, teams, names, coaches, and even stadiums. I find that the comparison is unfair. In general, we must continue the development that comes from the football player in the first place, and I do not forget what the Egyptian star Mohamed Salah mentioned." , the Liverpool player, when he said that the player's mentality is the development around him, whether administrators or officials.

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