Berman Challenges The Fans: I Am A "player" Of "PlayStation"

Al-Ain international midfielder Ahmed Berman revealed that his private life has nothing to do with football, that he does not engage in discussions with friends around him about his professional career, and that he has another life that he lives away from performing training sessions and playing matches, indicating that he is “a defect.” In the “PlayStation”, as he put it, and is ready to face those who challenge him from among the masses through the “online”.

Berman told Emirates Today that he is devoting his life at the present time to his sports career, and is not busy with future financial investments, and indicated that he does not know what the future holds for him about marriage, leaving the door open, stressing that he is currently living in a state of psychological stability in terms of his sports career. And that his contract with Al Ain continues until 2024, and that he is satisfied with what he offers.

And Ahmed Berman, 28, is one of the most prominent pivotal players at the present time, on whom the national team and Al Ain Club rely. The teams of the Violet Battalion until his star shone, and he was promoted to the first team by the decision of the former Romanian Al Ain coach Olario Cosmin in 2013.

The midfielder expressed his happiness at continuing to achieve victories in the league competition, the latest of which was the victory over Ajman 5-1 in round 14 of the ADNOC Professional League, and he said: “It is good for the team to continue winning regardless of the opponent it faces and the type of tournament. The most important thing is always to achieve A victory that gives the team a dose of morale and motivation to continue.

Ahmed Berman pointed out that the four-point difference that separates Al-Ain from Shabab Al-Ahly, “leader of the league”, confirms that it is still at the heart of the competition, and said: “The current difference between the first and sixth is only four points, and certainly this increases the sweetness of competition in the league championship this season And he makes every team do everything it has in order to maintain its chances of competing for the title.

He added, “I think it cannot be said that the league is either strong or weak, because the teams are not at the full level they are known for, and they are also incomplete in terms of foreign players, but despite that, the performance of the teams in the championship is gradually rising.”

Berman, born in February 1994, has a rich history with the “leader”, as he wore his shirt in nearly 250 matches in various domestic and foreign tournaments, and won the league championship title four times, the President’s Cup once, the Arabian Gulf Cup once, and the Super Cup once. One, and the Emirati-Moroccan Super Cup once. He also reached the AFC Champions League final with the team in 2016, in addition to participating in the Club World Cup.

Commenting on the strength of competition in the Al Mehwar Center in Al Ain Club, Ahmed Berman said that there is a kind of cooperation between all the players in the team list, and that each player supports the other during his participation, given that the main purpose is the interest of the team, and he added: «There is no competition in the known sense. There is more cooperation between us than competition, because it is more in the interest of the group.

Commenting on the transitional phase that the national team is going through to build a new generation of players, the Al Ain team player pointed out the importance of being patient with everyone and not looking at the results, but rather focusing on providing an ideal environment, and he said: “The national team, with its new names, needs patience from everyone, there They are good elements and need to play more strong matches in order to be able to compete in the tournaments that the fans demand to achieve.

He was surprised by the comparison between the golden team (referring to the generation of Amouri and Ahmed Khalil) and the current team, and he said: “It is not possible to compare the two. A mixture of different players who were assembled after their arrival to the first team in their clubs, and yet they can be relied upon because the average age is still young.

The player of the Al Ain international team attributed the reason behind the rush of the masses and the media to achieve positive results and the competition for titles in which the national team participates is that football must keep pace with the successes that the country has been achieving in all other respects.

And Ahmed Berman concluded: “Our sheikhs promised us that the state should be number 1 in everything, so it is important for us to be as ambitious as well in football, because the state has not fallen short with sports and athletes in anything, so it deserves to be better than present time”.

• 250 matches during which Berman wore the “Al-Zaeem” shirt in various local and foreign tournaments.

Berman’s achievements with Al Ain

■ League championship title four times.

■ President’s Cup once.

■ Arabian Gulf Cup once.

■ Super Cup once.

■ UAE Moroccan Super Cup once.

■ Reached the final of the AFC Champions League in 2016.

■ Participated in the Club World Cup.

Ahmed Berman:

• “The national team, including its new names, needs patience from everyone.”

• “The small difference in points increases the sweetness of the league. The difference is only four points.”