2023-10-18 22:11:52
Murad Al-Masry (Dubai)
The first leg of the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup quarter-finals begins today, with two highly anticipated matches, the first between Sharjah, the defending champion, and Ittihad Kalba, at Sharjah Stadium, and the second between Al-Nasr and Al-Ain at Al Maktoum Stadium.
“The King” begins its journey in the tournament, by qualifying directly to the quarter-finals. After winning the title last season, when it meets Ittihad Kalba, with everyone knowing that prior expectations are not possible, in light of Sharjah’s desire to come out with a positive result, it enhances its chances of reaching the semi-finals, and Ittihad Kalba’s ambition is no different either, following the awakening it recently went through by winning… Two victories in a row in the “ADNOC Professional League”, and the match that previously brought together the two teams, specifically in the first round of the league, witnessed great excitement, before Sharjah prevailed 4-3.
The confrontation is considered the first between the two teams in the competition, since the 2010-2011 season, since which a lot of data has changed, and Sharjah has lost only once in the last 14 matches in the tournament, and achieved 6 victories and 7 draws, and won the title during it last season.
Sebastian Tigali appeared as a winning card in the Sharjah attack, and coach Cosmin can rely on him in the next stage of the season, following he scored two goals once morest the Emirates in the last round of the league, along with Moussa Marega, who began to adapt to the team.
For his part, Farhad Majidi, in whom the administration has renewed confidence, is looking forward to continuing the performance that the team showed in the first round of the competition, when it eliminated its neighbor Khor Fakkan, following beating them 5-1, following a 1-1 draw.
At Al Maktoum Stadium, all eyes are on a rehabilitated confrontation between Al-Nasr and Al-Ain, as Al-Nasr and Al-Ain achieved victory over Al-Zaeem only a few days ago, in the last rounds of the league, before the “international break”, and the two teams return directly to the meeting once more, with The desire of each of them to come out with a positive result to continue the journey towards embracing the title once more, as each of them had previously won the championship, and Al Ain was the champion for the second time in the season before last, before losing the final last season, while Al Nassr won the title for the second time in 2020, He then lost the final the following season, still wanting to get back on the podium.
Al-Nasr’s start was not “promising” at the beginning of the season following it lost its first three matches in the league, before it regained its balance and snatched two wins in a row, and between them it succeeded in passing the first round of the “Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup”, following beating Ajman.
Al Ain made an ideal start, by winning four matches in the league, and passing the first round of the competition at the expense of Al Bataeh, in addition to winning the first two matches in the group stage of the AFC Champions League, before being exposed to the “shock” of the first loss this season to Al Nasr in particular, which makes it He raises the slogan “rehabilitation.”
Disengagement
14 matches brought together Al-Nasr and Al-Ain in the Professional League Cup, during which the results were equal with 5 victories for each, and a draw in 4 matches, and “Match 15” resolved the clash between them, so that one team surpassed another in the number of wins in the tournament.
Third meeting
The confrontation between Sharjah and Ittihad Kalba is the third between them in the Professional League Cup, as the two teams met in the group stage of the 2010-2011 season, and tied 0-0 at Ittihad Kalba Stadium, and “The King” prevailed 3-2 at home. It is also the second match between “The King” » And the “Tigers” this season, following the first round match of the “ADNOC Professional League”, which witnessed 7 goals and ended in favor of Sharjah 4-3.
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