Sufyan Rahimi returns from the injury to lead the eye attack

“Emirates Today” learned that the Moroccan international star, Sufyan Rahimi, will return to the Al Ain team list against Khorfakkan, scheduled for next Saturday, at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, within the fourth round of the ADNOC Professional Football League, after recovering from the fully injury.

The source pointed out that Rahimi was ready to participate after a long period of rehabilitation, following the injury that kept him away from the stadiums and the “leader” prohibited his services in five official matches, three of which are in the league, in addition to the League Cup matches against Kalba.

The ambiguity had surrounded the position of the Moroccan striker since the end of the preparatory camp, after he was absent from the beginning of the season as well as the list of his country in the qualifiers for the World Cup, before he finally underwent new medical examinations that helped determine his final readiness.

Rahimi is looking forward to helping Al Ain to continue his progress in the current season, especially since the “leader” occupies the top of the league in partnership with Al -Ahly and Al -Nasr youth with seven points, from two victories and one draw. Rahimi hopes to return to the stadiums strongly and continue the brilliance that appeared on him in the past seasons, especially as it was a milestone in leading the team to win the AFC Champions League title in the past edition.

On the other hand, Al Ain coach, Serbian Vladimir Evic, missed the opportunity to approach the historical number of the “leader” coaches who achieved the full mark in the first four rounds of the league, after his positive draw 1-1 in front of Al-Wasl, which is an achievement that the Dutchman Alfred Schroeder, the Ukrainian Sergey Ribrov, and the Croatian Zoran Mamic won in the first four rounds.

Evic started his career in the new version of the league led by “Al-Zaeem” to win 2-1 over the battles in the first round, then outperformed Dibba 3-2 in the second round, before falling into the trap of a positive tie 1-1 in front of its host Al-Wasl in the third round.

The Dutchman Schroeder won the first four consecutive rounds with a copy of 2023-2024 at the expense of Bani Yas (3-2), Hatta (2-0), Ajman (6-0), and Sharjah (3-2), before losing in the fifth round against Al-Nasr (0-1).

In turn, Sergey Ribrov started edition 2021-2022 by beating Khorfakkan (3-1), UAE (2-0), Beni Yas (1-0), and Union Kalba (4-1), before drawing in the fifth round with Arabism (3-3).

As for the Croatian Zoran Mamic, he achieved a historical start in the 2018-2019 season, with victories over the Emirates (3-1), Al-Dhafra (2-1), Al-Nasr (3-0), and Al-Ahly youth (2-1), but it tied in the fifth round with Fujairah (2-2).

• Rahimi missed Al Ain in 5 official matches, three of which are in the league and two in the Professional Cup.