Al-Wasl player Fabio Lima confirmed that he is living a beautiful dream after Al-Wasl won the President’s Cup title, defeating Al-Nasr in the final by four unanswered goals last Friday. Lima stressed that “there is no time to celebrate now, and that the team’s entire focus is on regaining the winning tone in the ADNOC Professional League, where it meets Kalba tomorrow in round 24, and that they will not neglect to achieve the cup and league double.” Al-Wasl has a great opportunity to achieve this achievement, as it leads the league with 55 points, six points behind Shabab Al-Ahly II, and the two teams have four matches left until the end of the season.
Lima told Emirates Al-Youm that his happiness is indescribable after he won his first title with Al-Wasl in a long career that spanned 10 years. He added: “We deserve to win the cup title, according to the team’s progress in the tournament and the results it achieved. Also, (Yellow) showed a very good level in the final and achieved a great victory over Al-Nasr, which increased our joy at the coronation, as it came at the expense of the traditional competitor.” Regarding his approach to repeating the career of one of the most prominent players in the history of Al-Wasl, Alexander Oliveira, who contributed greatly to achieving the cup and league double in 2007, Lima said: “He is a wonderful player who recorded his name in the history of Al-Wasl, and I am happy that I am close to achieving this great achievement.” . It is noteworthy that Oliveira scored two goals during Al-Wasl’s 4-1 victory over Al-Ain in the cup final in 2007, and Lima also scored two goals during Al-Wasl’s 4-0 victory over Al-Nasr. On the other hand, Lima stressed that all of Al-Wasl’s focus currently is on clinching the league title, indicating that Al-Wasl will close the cup page, and begin focusing on the upcoming matches in the ADNOC Professional League. He explained: “We have a difficult match against Kalba, especially since it comes after our loss in the previous round.” Against Al-Wahda, there is no way for us to lose more points.” He added: “We have very strong matches, against Shabab Al-Ahly, Al-Ain and Al-Nasr, but the match against Kalba is no less difficult.” Lima thanked Al-Wasl fans for their continued support for the team, and said, “The players promise to give everything they have to achieve the league title.”
• The team’s full focus is on restoring the winning tone in the ADNOC Professional League.
• We deserve to win the cup title, based on the team’s progress in the tournament.
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