Al-Nasr team, with the Dutch coach, Alfred Schroeder, set a historical record of not losing at Al Maktoum Stadium in the league championship for nearly 14 months, specifically since the team’s last loss to Al-Bataeh on November 3, 2023 under the leadership of Serbian coach Goran, before he was dismissed and hired. With the former Al Ain coach, Schroeder, who contributed to the team’s improved performance a lot, but he is still far from the competition, despite his presence near the senior square.
In detail, the Al-Nasr team, under the leadership of the Dutch coach, played 13 matches at Al Maktoum Stadium in the league championship. It succeeded in winning nine matches, drawing four, and did not lose any match, despite its loss in the President’s Cup against Sharjah this season, but the loss record remains blank in the tournament. Al Maktoum Stadium won the league championship, knowing that Al-Nasr lost to Al-Wasl in the last match of last season, but the match was held at Al-Wasl Stadium in Zabeel, which witnessed Al-Wasl winning the league, even though the match was Scheduled for Al Maktoum Stadium.
Today, Al-Nasr team is playing an important match against Kalba in the 12th round of the ADNOC Professional League, through which it seeks to maintain its record undefeated, and to complete the series of positive results in the tournament under the leadership of Schroeder, in addition to compensating for the loss it suffered in the last round against Shabab Al-Ahly with two goals. For nothing, a loss that moved the team from third place to sixth place in the rankings.
Positive but insufficient record
The former captain of Al-Nasr and the national team, Abdul Rahman Muhammad, confirmed that Al-Nasr’s failure to lose in 13 matches at Al Maktoum Stadium is considered a positive thing, and indicates the team’s development under the leadership of coach Schroeder, but at the same time it is not enough to compete for the league title and be at the heart of the competition. Because of the team’s loss in four matches against teams competing for the title, and a draw in a match against Al-Wahda.
Abdul Rahman Muhammad told Emirates Al-Youm: “Al-Nasr needs a balance between results and performances in order to continue the journey in the league championship and try to compete for the title. It is not permissible for the team to lose to the competing teams and obtain one point out of 15 points against the leading teams. Certainly, keeping the record free of losses in the league championship at Al Maktoum Stadium is a positive thing, and a motivation for the team and the technical staff to continue the performances and results, but the Dean’s fans are always looking for the best.”
He added: “The problem with Al-Nasr before Schroeder was not achieving positive results against the mid and bottom teams, but now the team is surpassing all the teams in the middle and bottom of the table, and losing to the top teams competing for the title, and there must be a balance in the results and performances, and this imbalance results from reasons Various things, including instability in the formation, especially in the defense line, influential absences, and a decline in the level of a number of the team’s stars in some matches.”
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