The harsh “World Cup” losses send an early warning to the next season

An official statistic revealed that the Al Ain team, which bid farewell to the Club World Cup since the second round, after two heavy losses against Juventus (0-5) and Manchester City (0-6), is the second worst defense line in the tournament.

The statistic, issued by the official website of the International Football Association (FIFA), showed that the Ain net that received 11 goals made it only advanced on the New Zealand Auckland City, which received 16 goals, as the worst team in the history of the current version “before confronting Boca Juniors Argentine”, and that the team was unable to score any goal, to remain in the list of teams that are unable to attack, along with Auckland and Los Angeles.

These numbers introduced the team in a critical stage of its football history, especially since its participation came as a champion of the AFC Champions League 2024, by having a strong history in the championship that reached its final match in the 2018 edition, but the “leader” surprised his fans with a declining performance and disappointing results with two heavy losses, which increased fears that this performance would extend to the next season.

For his part, the legend and former captain of the team, Salem Jawhar, expressed his deep concern about the future future of the club, in light of the dull performance that he provides during his current participation in the Club World Cup, indicating that this decline may cause a new zero season if immediate action is not taken.

Jawhar stressed that the crisis that the “leader” is going through has become clear to all, saying: “In the event that the crisis that the leader is going through, which was revealed by the current participation in the Club World Cup, the next season will not be zero.”

He told «Emirates Today»: “The administration must be aware of the size of the problem in the team. There are many things that need to be remedied quickly.”

Despite the contracts leading up to the championship, the team lacked the technical balance, which Johar pointed out by saying: “There is a clear shortage of the players despite the contracts that were concluded before the start of this participation, and the Serbian coach, Vladimir Evic, showed his lack of technical issues, and this was clear in the authorship during the selection of the squad in the first match against Juventus and the second against Manchester City.”

Jawhar considered that the problems of the eye started before the start of the tournament, noting that the team entered the competitions knowing the difficulty of the task, and said: “The eye before his participation in the tournament was his local season bad in the Asian championship and local competitions, and he knew since the lottery that he would face two teams of the world’s largest clubs, Juventus and Manchester City, so the competition in the championship and victory over Juventus and City was clear that it was clear that it was clear that it was clear Impossible. ”

He added: “Al Ain team was not asked to compete, but only to go to participate and come out with a supervisor performance and represent Emirati and Arab football, and if things have passed well, he can ascend to the second round or until he comes out of the championship.”

Important deals

“Al -Banafsji” entered the championship with a collection that brought together the experience of the players and the ambition of the youth, with the support of eight new contracts, including: Moroccans Hussein Rahimi, Yahya Abdel -Khaleq, Nessim Al -Shazly, the Egyptian Rami Rabia, the veteran Portuguese goalkeeper Roy Patrisio, the Selouvini Marcel Ratnik, the Austrian Addis Yashic, and the Argentine Fazono Sabala.

On the large amount of contracts, Johar commented, saying: “Instead of contracting with all these players, it was better to contract with only three super players, focusing on real needs, such as contracting with a playmaker, and contracting with a defender after Kwami Uyawi showed that it is below level, and there is a need to contract with Ayman defender.”

He also expressed his surprise at the contract with a new goalkeeper despite the presence of Khaled Issa, saying: “You have a goalkeeper like Khaled Issa who presented years in the service of this club, and his grievance of contracting with another goalkeeper who continues with you for only one month, it is true that Khaled’s level has declined a little, but it is more right to participate in all the tournament, and that he benefits from it by contacting global teams, he is not only the Al Ain team goalkeeper, but also the national team.”

Positive flashes

Despite the disappointment of general hope, Johar praised some of the individual names that emerged during the championship, most notably the Moroccan Naseem Al -Shazly, where he said: “Al -Shazly was a bright point in this match despite the loss, he showed a good performance in controlling the ball, and the player Abdel Karim Traore also presented good levels in the first and second confrontations.”

An opportunity to save face

Al Ain is preparing to face the Moroccan Wydad at the end of his career in the championship, in a match that will not change anything from the arrangement, but it represents in terms of morality a last opportunity to prove the self, preserve face water, and restore the minimum balance, and on this confrontation, the essence of his statement concluded by saying: “For me, I hope that the performance of the Al Ain team will improve and provide a different performance from the previous two games despite the difficulty Wydad winning the match. ”