Al Wasl challenges Al Sadd for the “Super Shield”

Al-Wasl will face a strong confrontation when it hosts Al-Sadd of Qatar at eight in the evening today at Jassim bin Hamad Stadium in the Qatari capital, Doha, as they compete for the “Super Shield” title within the major event that witnesses the holding of four matches between eight clubs from the Emirates and Qatar in the UAE Super Cup. Qatari, where “The Emperor” plays the match as the holder of the ADNOC Professional League title last season, and the same goes for “Al-Zaeem,” who won the Qatari League title in the previous edition.

Al-Wasl aspires to achieve its first victory over Al-Sadd of Qatar, as it is the fourth match that brings together the two teams after they played three times in the AFC Champions League, where they met in the third group in the 2018 edition, and Al-Sadd won the first leg in Zabeel by two goals to one, and the two goals of the Qatari team were scored by the Algerian striker Baghdad. Bounedjah, while Al Wasl’s goal was scored by Fabio Lima. Al-Sadd repeated its victory in the second leg in Doha with the same result, thanks to the brilliance of Bounedjah, who scored two goals while Caio Canedo scored Al-Wasl’s goal, while the current edition of the AFC Champions League for the Elite witnessed the two teams facing off at Zabeel Stadium in the group stage and tied with one goal each, as the Colombian scored for Al-Wasl. Alexis Perez, and for Moroccan club Romain Saiss.

Al-Wasl enters today’s match under the leadership of its Serbian coach, Milos Milojevic, with his eye on the first championship of the current season after winning the ADNOC Professional League championship and the President’s Cup last season. He hopes to get a great morale boost by winning the “Super Shield” title, especially since the team lost the title. The local Super Cup was defeated by Shabab Al-Ahly on penalties, while he stayed away from competing for the league title, and bet on the two championships, the President’s Cup, in which he qualified for the quarter-finals, and the Bank Cup. Abu Dhabi Islamic Club, in which it advanced to the semi-finals.

On the other hand, Al-Sadd of Qatar will play the match with the aim of winning its first title this season, as it maintains its chances of competing for all titles by qualifying for the round of 16 in the elite AFC Champions League, and occupying second place in the Qatari League with 25 points, behind leaders Al-Duhail with 28 points, while it did not. The Emir of Qatar Cup competitions begin.

The team is led by Spanish coach Felix Sanchez, who is also aiming to achieve his first club title, having previously led the Qatar national team to achieve the 2019 Asian Nations Cup title.