A new offensive weapon gives Al Ain to lead the league

Al Ain team revealed a new offensive weapon at the beginning of the current season, which was the vertical strikes that enabled it to achieve two consecutive victories in the ADNOC Professional Football League, after its players scored five goals in the first two rounds, four of which are from header balls, to confirm the “leader” his superiority in investing the air balls and dealing effectively with the crosses.

According to a statistic monitored by «Emirates Today» throughout the two matches of the team in the first and second rounds, the Togolese international Laba Kudjo opened the header goals series with a goal in the nets during the 2-1 victory in the first round, before adding two other goals in the same way in the exciting victory over Dibba 3-2, while the newcomer, Hussein Rahimi, sponsored the score of the winning goal with a fatal header in the 90+6 minute of the same meeting.

Al Ain tops the list of the most scoring teams for the header in the league with four goals after only two rounds, knowing that the team last season scored 13 goals in the same way in 26 full games, compared to six vertical goals only during the whole season of 2023-2024, which reflects the clear shift in its offensive style this season.