All eyes will be on the “exceptional” striker, Ali Mabkhout, during the important confrontation that will bring together Al-Jazira and Al-Nasr at eight o’clock this evening, at the end of the fourth round of the ADNOC Professional League.
Ali Mabkhout will return to Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium as a competitor for Al Jazira, after spending more than 20 years inside Al Jazira Castle until he became the historical top scorer for “Abu Dhabi Pride” and the ADNOC Professional League, by scoring 218 goals.
But the relationship between Mabkhout and Al Jazira ended at the end of last season, after the two parties announced their separation by mutual consent, so the player could travel to Al-Nasr and go through a new experience with him.
Ali Mabkhout achieved historical numbers that Al Jazira fans will never forget, as he participated for the first time with the first team in the 2008-2009 season, and also contributed to winning the Professional League Championship in three seasons: 2010-2011, 2016-2017, and 2020-2021, as happened with “Fakhr.” Abu Dhabi” won the President’s Cup title in three seasons: 2010-2011, 2011-2012, and 2015-2016, the Professional Cup in the 2009-2010 season, and the Professional Super Cup in the 2021-2022 season.
During his career with Al-Nasr, Mabkhout scored one of the 10 goals scored by “The Brigadier” in the past three matches, while Moroccan Adel Taarabt is Al-Nasr’s top scorer with four goals.
Al-Jazira and Al-Nasr will face off today with the aim of obtaining three points to change their ranking in the league table, after they came out with a negative result in the last round, as Al-Jazira suffered a major loss from Al-Sharjah by 4-0, while Al-Nasr lost from Al-Wasl 1-3.
Al Jazira’s loss to Sharjah had many consequences, as Al Jazira filed an official complaint against the match referee’s decisions.
Aside from the objections that occurred in the Sharjah match, Al Jazira is still searching for itself in the ADNOC Professional League, as it was only able to score three points, by defeating Al Orouba with two clean goals, while it lost to Baniyas with the same result, and to Al Sharjah by a clean four, to occupy 10th place in the league ranking table.
Al-Nasr is also seeking to adjust its path and return to competing for the league title after topping the standings in the first two rounds, but the loss from Al-Wasl forced it to drop to fifth place with six points, and it will have a great opportunity to advance to third place if it returns from Al-Jazira Stadium with the three points.
In a second match to be held today, Khor Fakkan will host Ittihad Kalba at 17:20 this evening, in an important and equal match between the two teams seeking victory to improve their position in the league standings. Khor Fakkan succeeded in tasting its first victory in the last round at the expense of Al-Orouba, after narrowly defeating them 2-1, to score the first three points in the league, while Ittihad Kalba is still searching for its first victory, after losing one match and drawing another, while it has Postponed match against Al Ain.
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