SME – Written by: Muhammad Al-Joker
The Al Ain team took a step towards the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League. The “leader” of the UAE clubs, the ones that have won the most local league championships and the most brilliant in the Asian championships, succeeded in achieving a victory over their guest, Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia, with a goal to nil in the first leg of the quarter-finals, waiting for the decisive return match. It is scheduled for next Monday at Al-Awal Stadium, Fares Najd Stadium in the Saudi capital, where Al-Nasr enjoys great popularity with Nada Al-Hilal in Riyadh, and Al-Ain also enjoys great popularity in the country, and the voice of the Al-Ainawi fan was loud, and the team’s heels were high against Al-Nasr in the green rectangle, We enjoyed Al Ain’s performance and it reminded us of the good days when the team won the AFC Champions League.
Al-Ainawiya’s players, coach, fans and management handled the important occasion well, and the team was able to achieve a very important “victory”. Moroccan Sofiane Rahimi scored the only goal of the match for Al-Zaeem. One of Al-Ain’s fans who was in Morocco predicted this goal, and he was guiding me before the match. A video he filmed with coach Ahmed Najah, the giant defender who led Al Ain as a player and coach to the league championship in 1982. Al Ain fans celebrated with their great coach Najah in Morocco. The most beautiful thing is that the winning goal was scored by Moroccan “Mezian Balzaf” to lead Al Ain, which benefited from the great support of its fans, to inflict a loss. The first was against its guest, Al-Nassr Saudi Arabia, after 8 matches in a row in the continental championship, in which the latter achieved 6 victories, compared to a draw in two matches. It is also the first loss for Al-Nassr, after three matches in a row against UAE clubs, in the elimination rounds of the AFC Champions League, where it achieved Two wins, compared to a draw in a match.
The Saudi Al-Nasr squad included its most prominent stars, led by the duo, Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Senegalese Sadio Mane, where goalkeeper Khaled Issa excelled in spoiling Al-Nasr’s attacks. We say that a page has turned and we have another page left that we must study well in order to overcome Al-Nasr and continue achieving victories. We have an Aynaw battalion capable of achieving Hope and ambitions, we await the expected confrontation in Riad Al-Khair! And the God of the intent behind.
