Murad Al-Masry (Abu Dhabi)
Al-Jazira exchanged the usual roles recently, after it was the party that most threatened the opponent’s goal, but it lost many points in light of its field superiority, so that this time it could be the other party that shot less, and came out with full points with a clean sheet after beating the Emirates 2-0, in Round 24 of the ADNOC Professional League.
According to the statistics of the match, “Abu Dhabi Pride” shot 12 times, including 6 times inside the goal frame, compared to 26 shots by its competitor, “Falcons,” including 9 times inside the goal frame. However, the capital team knew how to reach the goal throughout the two halves of the match at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium. He scores a goal every time to restore the winning tone after a draw against Khor Fakkan and a loss against Ajman, respectively.
French coach Gregory Al-Jazira spoke after the match and said: “I admit that my team did not perform at the required level and that the Emirates team deserved a better result, but in previous matches, Al-Jazira was the better team and presented very good levels, but did not get points. We did not perform well.” But we got full points and this is what is important. I would like to thank the players because they played with high spirits. They tried to overcome the conditions of fatigue and physical decline. They gave everything they had. There were players due to fatigue who asked to be substituted at different periods of the match. Praise be to God for the victory that was achieved, and we will convert. “Our focus goes directly to the next match in the league.”
He added: “We started the match well. We scored an early goal. I expected that we would score more goals and become more comfortable and make things difficult for the Emirates team, but we were not successful in that. We played against a good team, an organized team, which caused us many problems and tactical difficulties.” For most of the match, we did not succeed in showing the appropriate reaction, and we did not make the right decisions, but despite that, we scored a second goal and succeeded in securing the result.”
The match witnessed the continuation of the revival of Mauritanian Abu Bakr Kamara, who scored again, while Bruno continued his hobby of scoring goals as a substitute player, and he scored for the seventh time after participating as a substitute this season in the league.
For its part, the UAE emerged from the match with its head held high despite the loss, amid a distinguished performance from its veteran playmaker Andres Iniesta, who came on as a substitute in the second half and made very impressive passes, but his team lacked the final touch in front of goal.
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