Al Dhafra team benefited from Al Arabi’s loss in the eighth round of the First Division Football League, and took the lead with 19 points, three points ahead of its closest rivals: Al Arabi and Dibba, followed by United with 11 points, and Al Fujairah with 10 points in the struggle to reserve one of the two qualification tickets to the ADNOC League. For professionals.
Al Dhafra had won against Gulf United with two clean goals, and Al Arabi lost to Al Dhaid with one goal free, while the results of the rest of the matches resulted in the Emirates team drawing with Al Jazira Al Hamra without goals, and Hatta with “Gulf FC” 2-2, while Dibba won over Masfout 2-0, and United beat Al Hamriyah 3-0.
Al Dhafra continued to excel technically, having the best defense line in the tournament, conceding only two goals, and it is also considered the third best attacking line, shared equally with United, with each of them scoring 12 goals.
Al Dhafra – along with Dibba – is the team that did not taste the taste of loss in the tournament after winning six matches, including four on its home field and two away from it, while it tied in one with its rival Dibba on the latter’s ground, and benefited from obtaining three points without playing the “Gulf F” match. C, who was considered a loser because he did not attend the stadium.
Al Dhafra succeeded in being the better side in most of the matches it played, benefiting from a management that was supportive and sponsored of its technical plans, and from the experiences and capabilities of three national players in its ranks who had previously represented the national team, and had their mark in the professional league, namely: Ahmed Al-Attas (Al-Jazeera), and Khalil. Al Hammadi (Al Wahda), Rayan Yaslam (Al Ain), and an experienced coach, Croatian Elen Horvat, who previously trained in the reserve clubs for Al Ain and Al Wasl teams. In addition to leading the Al-Nasr, Al-Khaleej and Al-Raed clubs in the Saudi League.
Al Hammadi: Al Dhafra has the characteristics of “ascension”
The former coach and international lecturer, Omar Al-Hammadi, confirmed that the strong start of the Al-Dhafra team reflects the value of the technical plans that pave the way for it to snatch one of the two promotion cards to the ADNOC Professional League. Al-Hammadi told “Emirates Today”: “The past seasons of the first division league revealed that the teams that… It starts in a stable technical manner, avoids exposure to early losses, and keeps pace with the competition until the last meters, and these characteristics characterize the Al Dhafra team, so it is a strong candidate for promotion,” he explained. “The team awaits strong and important matches in the coming period, and if it succeeds in obtaining the largest number of points, this will confirm its ability to advance.”
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