“Penultimate” is the gate for the “Falcons” to land for the fourth time

Moatasem Abdullah (Dubai)
Al Ain prevented its host, the Emirates, from leaving a positive mark in the last appearance of the “Falcons” in the “ADNOC Professional League”, before moving to play in the “First Division League” starting from the next season 2024-2025, after it turned a two-goal deficit against the “home owners” into A 3-2 victory in the match that was held on Wednesday evening at the Emirates Club Stadium in Ras Al Khaimah, which was postponed from “Round 19”.
The Falcons, relegated to the First League alongside Hatta, failed to achieve a moral victory in their last match, suffering the 17th loss on their record, in penultimate place, after only scoring two goals, raising their total tally to 32 goals, as the second weakest attacking line in the country. The league is behind Hatta with 20 goals, while the three goals for Al Ain raised the total number of goals against the Falcons to 60 goals as the second weakest defense line also after Hatta, which is at the bottom with 66 goals.
This is the fourth time that the “Falcons” are content to play a single season in the “Professional League” after ascending from the first place before a quick return, which is what was repeated in the 2009-2010, 2011-2012, 2021-2022, 2023-2024 seasons according to the “rookie” rule. “Down.”
The “penultimate position” seemed more like a gateway to relegation for the “Falcons” to the first league after the scenario was repeated in the current season for the fourth time as well, starting with the 2009-2010, 2011-2012, 2018-2019, and 2022-2023 seasons, while the only exception came with relegation by occupying the position. Last place in the 2021-2022 season with 14 points.
On the other hand, the “moral victory” represented an incentive for the Al Ain players and the coach of the Argentine team, Hernan Crespo, as he said: “The most important thing in the match for us is that the confrontation ended without any injuries among the players, and it is good to win, but the most important thing is to determine the capabilities of the players who will complete the project with us.” A strong team next season.”

Falcons’ landing seasons
2009-2010, 14 points “penultimate”
2011-2012, 17 points (penultimate)
2018-2019, 18 points “penultimate”
2021-2022, 14 points “last”
2022-2023, 17 points “penultimate”