In the Gulf Arab League, Sharjah lost two valuable points in the Gulf Arab League after a draw with Kalba, which provided a gift to the eye to narrow the gap with the leaders. Kalba also helped Al Ain in the seventh round, For the fourth round in a row, the unit, one of the favorites for the title, refused to win, after a draw with Fujairah 3-3, raising questions about who is responsible for what the team has just reached.
Al Ain took advantage of Al-Ain to block Sharjah and its fans with two goals against Bani Yas to reach the 19th point and reach two points, equal to Al-Jazira who finished the ninth round in front of Al-Wasl in favor of Al-Wasl (2-0). Which bemoans the past two seasons in which the team was a competitor to all tournaments.
The Gulf Arab League is witnessing the phenomenon of the convergence of teams in the level and points in a way not repeated before, and in each round there will be a game of chairs in the center and center, but the bottom appears to be different, as it began to appear, after they settled the team of Dibba and the UAE At the end of the table, the points difference began to appear, and their nearest competitor Al Dhafra, four points from the UAE team in the penultimate position.
The ninth round of the tournament held many question marks on video technology. Criticism continued, not the idea, but the way it was implemented, and who asked to resort to it, whether it is the rule of the arena or the rule of video or players and technical devices. The rulers began to resort to technology in many cases for fear of The error.
Al-Ittihad Al-Youm has asked a question about the public's opinion in the team and the continued loss of points, by asking on Twitter: "We shared the opinion. What are the reasons for the deterioration of Al-Wahda team's results in the Gulf Arab league and their chances of competing for the championship after losing points?" , And four responses were monitored: the coach's interventions, the absence of Ismail Matar, individual errors, Tigali and the loss of opportunities.
The participants in the vote, who numbered 454 participants, explained that individual mistakes caused the absence of unity from winning by 41%, while 28% of the participants caused the deterioration of the results to the interventions of coach Rijkamp, while 19% chose the absence of Ismail Matar, 12 % Saw that the reason is the striker Tigali, the loss of easy opportunities.
"The defense system of the team needs to work because there are frequent defensive mistakes in each game, and there is no ready-made substitute, so the unit suffered in the final period of poor results," said former team manager and sports analyst Khaled Obeid. .
"Reggambamp is required to work in the coming period on the defense system, which receives easy goals, there is no fear on the team in the offensive side, which includes a large number of players distinguished, and attention to the defense increases the chances of the return of the team to compete for the league title.
"The league championship this season is better than its predecessor for the convergence of team levels and the difficulty of predicting results, and the continued change of centers is a healthy thing."
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