The AFC Champions League 2

Athletes said that the Presidential Cup final match – which gathered Sharjah with Al -Ahly youth, last Friday, ended with the victory of Al -Ahly (2-1) winning and crowning the precious title – revealed many mistakes and gaps in the ranks of the “King”, calling on the coach of Sharjah, Romanian Oario Cosmin, to address it before the upcoming confrontation, on the 18th of this year, in front of the Lyon City team in the AFC Champions League final in the AFC Champions League final. Noting that the loss of the cup final must increase the players’ insistence on winning the Asian title, as it is the last opportunity against the Sharjah team to save its season, as the team was not crowned with any title in the current season 2024-2025.

They told «Emirates Today» that the Sharjah and Al -Ain match, which was held yesterday, in the 24th round of the ADNOC Professional League, was the strong and last rehearsal of Sharjah before traveling to meet the Singaporean team.

They added: “Sharjah missed – during its match against Al -Ahly’s youth in the final of the President’s Cup – the distinctive offensive form, as well as the absence of the playmaker, as well as the player who has an influential touch capable of changing the course of the match, as he missed the explicit striker, a problem that the team has been experiencing since the beginning of the season, besides that the squad that started Cosmin and defeated the defensive tendency more than the offensive was not the most appropriate team to face a team in a technical quality. High like Al -Ahly youth. ”

Late changes

Football analyst Khaled Obaid said: “The loss of Sharjah in front of Al -Ahly youth revealed to the technical staff many technical mistakes that must be addressed and avoided before the AFC Champions League final.”

He stressed the importance of the role of the administrative and technical bodies in restoring the team again, besides motivating the players, because they have an important challenge, and they must play the next match without errors to achieve the championship title.

He added: “The Cup final match ended with the end of the referee’s whistle, but the season did not end for Sharjah, and in front of the team a great challenge, which is the Asian final, so it must close the cup final file, deal seriously, and focus on the Asian championship.”

Khaled Obaid explained: “The reason for the loss of Sharjah in front of Al -Ahly’s youth is that the squad that the team started the match was missing the playmaker, as it initially devoid of the presence of Adel Taratab and Farras in Arabic before entering them in the second half, as he also missed the player who has a touch in the play industry, which affected the team’s effectiveness in making goals.”

He continued: «Despite the offensive changes made by the Sharjah coach, Cosmin, to save the situation, it came late after Al -Ahly’s youth settled matters, and in such matches, the team that makes a mistake pays the price dearly.”

In turn, the national football coach and the former international player, Nawaf Mubarak, confirmed that with the exception of only two players with an offensive tendency, Othman Camara and Kayo Lucas, the Sharjah Cosmin coach started the cup final match with a defensive squad, and in return Al -Ahly coach Paulo Souza began the match with an offensive squad.

He added: «Cosmin relied on the defense of the region while relying on the capabilities of Caio Lucas and Othman Camara in the offensive part through the counterattacks, and the exploitation of spaces behind the Al -Ahly youth defense, and Sharjah succeeded in the first half by imposing his style, and he was able to score the goal of progress unlike the youth of Al -Ahly, which did not succeed in creating real opportunities at the beginning of the first half, before he realized the draw at the end of the half and was able to score the second goal in the second session And the exit is victorious. ”

Nawaf Mubarak concluded: “I don’t know what the problem happened to the Sharjah team in the second half, as the absence of cohesion in the midfield appeared, which enabled Al -Ahly’s youth to penetrate the depth and achieve victory, and although Cosmin tried to return to the match, the circumstances did not help him, as well as his delay in pushing in the Arabian.”

One last opportunity

For his part, the journalist and technical analyst, Adel Al Hammadi, said that the loss that Sharjah was exposed to against Al -Ahly youth should increase the players’ insistence to win the AFC Champions League club, as it is the last opportunity to save the season, and to provide the title as a gift to the fans that always support the team.

He added: “Although the Sharjah coach, Cosmin, succeeded in disrupting the source of the risk in Al -Ahly’s youth, which is the players Sardar Palala, the player Cesar from behind succeeded in scoring two goals through a fixed ball and a shot from outside the region, in return, Sharjah did not have an offensive form, and even after the involvement of the duo Adel Taratab and Farras in Arabic did not reach Sharjah to the goal of Al -Ahly youth goalkeeper Hamad Al -Muqbali except in a few cases, and Kozmin was unable From finding appropriate solutions to the technical problems that appeared on the team’s performance, in addition to the problem of the explicit striker, as Cosmin still depends on the wings Caio and Camera, and in the event that their effectiveness is pushed by the player Conrad who did not appear in the required image.

He continued: «Cosmin did not use the players of the Al -Radif team, despite the presence of many players who are able to achieve the addition and block some gaps, such as the young player Mayid Saeed Al -Kass, who has emerged with the Olympic team but did not take his luck in the Sharjah team despite the need for it.