The 23rd round of the ADNOC Professional Football League worried Al-Wasl after it received a huge loss from Al-Wahda on its home field and among its fans 1-4, which was its first in the tournament after it had maintained its record undefeated throughout the previous rounds, achieving a new record that had never been achieved. This has never been achieved by any leading team before.
Things became very complicated for the “Emperor” due to the loss, as the difference between him and Shabab Al-Ahly (his closest pursuer) was reduced to only six points, which opens the door for the conflict to ignite again for the league title, after it had been close to the “Emperor’s” castle.
Al-Wasl awaits four fiery matches in its remaining matches in the league, as it meets Ittihad Kalba in the 24th round, then it receives Shabab Al-Ahly in the 25th round, and meets Al-Ain in the postponed match between them, before concluding its matches by facing Al-Nasr at Al Maktoum Stadium, in The last round.
For its part, Al-Wahda devoted itself to Al-Wasl this season, as it had previously eliminated it from the semi-finals of the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup by beating it by four as well, and kept it out of the competition.
The 23rd round provided the greatest service to Al-Wahda’s coach, the Serbian Goran, who promoted his team to third place, and his chances of staying with the “Excellent Owners” were strengthened in the season, after the management became convinced of the coach’s abilities to achieve the club’s ambitions, as he had previously achieved the Bank Cup title. Abu Dhabi at the expense of Al Ain by defeating it with a goal without a response.
In turn, Shabab Al-Ahly did not miss the opportunity and managed to achieve a hard-fought victory, at the expense of the struggling Emirates team, with a score of 3-2, after which it received the biggest gift of losing Al-Wasl, and its hopes were greatly renewed in retaining the title.
The opportunity for the “Dubai Knights” in the remaining matches in the league will be much easier than Al Wasl, which they will play with in the 25th round, and they have two matches with Hatta, and they will also play with Baniyas.
As for Al Ain, it left the arena to Al Wasl and Shabab Al Ahly to compete for the league championship, and took a big step away from the struggle for the title, after losing to Ittihad Kalba, with an unanswered goal, so that its score froze at 39 points, 16 points behind Al Wasl (the leaders), and was unable to do so. Al-Zaeem” about achieving victory over “The Tigers” back and forth for the first time in 13 years.
Al Ain’s coach, the Argentine Hernan Crespo, did not care about the glimmer of hope that remained for his team in competing mathematically for the title, and preferred to rest all of his team’s stars against Ittihad Kalba, and played with a squad of the second row and substitutes, and lost by an unanswered goal on its home field and among its fans, despite the fact that the team The visitors played for more than 52 minutes with 10 players, so Kalba benefited and largely avoided the relegation struggle.
Round 23 wrote the last line of Hatta’s career in the professional league, even though he tied with Sharjah without goals, raising his score to eight points, 13 points behind Khor Fakkan, which is in 12th place, and his remaining four matches in the league will not allow him to continue with the professionals, in While the UAE team still has chances to survive, as it has 14 points from 21 matches, while Khor Fakkan collected 21 points from 23 matches.
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