The fourth round of the ADNOC Professional League will witness a “hot tin” summit between Al-Jazira and Al-Nasr, tomorrow, at eight o’clock at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, after their losses in the last round to Al-Sharjah by 4-0, and Al-Wasl by 3-0 in a row, which frustrated fans of the two clubs.
Al-Nasr was hoping to continue its strong start, especially since it won two victories in the first two rounds at the expense of Al-Orouba and Bani Yas, collecting six points before losing to its neighbor Al-Wasl, and it hopes that its striker Ali Mabkhout will play a decisive role against his former team Al-Jazira.
On the other hand, Al Jazira’s loss to Sharjah put its Moroccan coach, Hussein Amouta, at risk, and he faces an unknown fate in the upcoming match against Sharjah, because he only achieved a single victory at the expense of Al Orouba, while he lost to Bani Yas and Sharjah.
Emirates Today monitors four reasons why the next round summit is important for the two teams, as follows:
Al Jazeera coach
Al Jazira’s coach, Moroccan Hussein Amouta, is going through a difficult confrontation that may determine his path with the team, and he will be hastened to dismiss him if he loses the Al-Nasr match, after the fans demanded that following the defeat by Al-Sharjah in four, so that the team’s position worsened and it remained in 10th place, and from the beginning of the tournament he wrote a certificate of non-compete despite The Board of Directors’ attempts to strengthen the ranks with a number of foreign players at the level of former Arsenal star Mohamed Elneny, but that was not enough for the team to lose two of the three matches it has played so far.
Mabkhout’s first confrontation
A historic match for Al-Nasr striker Ali Mabkhout, who will face great pressure against his former team, and in the stadium that witnessed his brilliance for years and through which he became the all-time top scorer, in addition to the public pressure from the “Al-Ameed” fans, who attacked the coach for replacing Mabkhout against Al-Wasl, which motivates the player to respond and prove that he The best, and he must lead his team to victory.
Competition for the title
Losing Al-Nasr in the Al-Jazira match, or even tying it, will make the team face the same fate as previous years, and lose the dream of competing for a title that has been absent for nearly 40 years, and will put the team facing a real crisis with its fans, who were happy with the team’s appearance in the first two rounds, before losing to Al-Wasl in the “Derby in Bur Dubai.” », causing his fans to lose hope again, which makes victory over Al Jazira the only way to return to the right path.
Schroeder
Despite the great praise for him before the “derby” loss, Dutch coach Schroeder was attacked in the last match against Al Wasl, especially in the second half, after the changes he made may have been the main reason for losing the match, the most important of which was the removal of Ali Mabkhout, and the coach also threatened during a conference Journalist: Players on the team who are not committed to implementing his instructions, which makes the match a real test for the coach to reconcile everyone who trusted in his abilities.
• Al-Nasr gives hope to continue its strong start, especially since it won two victories in the first two rounds.
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