Al Ain’s trip officially ended in the Asian Elite League by receiving the sixth loss in the competition against the Iraqi police with two goals without a response in the closing match that brought the two teams on Monday.
With that result, the leader and holder of the last version of the continental championship became the only team of the 12 clubs participating in the West Asian Group, which came out without any victory in the eight matches that he played in the championship according to its new system, achieving only two draws, they are in the last place alone with a score. Only two points.
Al Ain numbers were not satisfied when leaving the outstanding points from the group stage, as the weakest participation in the continental championship scored, after receiving 22 goals to replace the defense line.
Al Ain faced many problems that intercepted a way in the current version of the Asian Elite League.
1- Change coaches
Al Ain’s participation in the Asian Elite League witnessed several fluctuations at the level of technical seats, as he trained three coaches, so the beginning was with Argentine Hernan Crespo, who led the team in four games and lost in three and tied in one, and was behind him, Portuguese coach Leonardo Jardim, who He took responsibility in three games and lost in two and drew in one, while the current coach, Serbian Vladimir Ivic, assumed the technical responsibility in the Iraqi police match and lost it, too.
2- Defense crises
Al Ain suffered from major defensive problems since the beginning of the season and reflected the team’s presence in the continental championship, as the team received 57 goals during the matches in which he participated at all levels, to be deposited due to its weak defense capabilities, the Asian elite league, the Confederations Cup, the President’s Cup, and the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup. And he is currently in the third place in the League Championship, with 29 points, 12 points behind leaders Al -Ahly.
3- Foreigners level
Al Ain suffered from the level of its foreign players, both in the category of professionals and residents, who did not help the team to keep up with the elite of Asian clubs, most of them did not provide the level that was expected of them and in the forefront of Laba Kudju, the current scorer, in addition to both Placos and Kaku, Kardisio and Mohamed Awad, and Siko Baba, Jeno Infantino, and Sufyan Rahimi remained the exception after he scored five goals, out of 11 goals scored by Al Ain in the continental championship.
4- 20 goals
The level of citizens was not the best of foreigners, and the international goalkeeper Khaled Issa appeared in its lowest levels after his net received 20 goals, as well as the captain of the team Bandar Al -Ahbabi, Kouami and Yahya Nader, who retreated significantly in the current season, as well as the absence of a bench that could The difference is made in Asian matches.
. and the latest political and economic developments through Google News
