Moatasem Abdullah (Dubai)
Fabio Lima, the star of Al-Wasl who won the President’s Cup and ADNOC Professional League titles with Al-Ashraf for the 2023-2024 season, respectively, expressed his hope to add a new title to his personal record by winning the “Golden Shoe” award for the league’s top scorer in the current season for the first time. Lima is ranked second in the scorers’ standings with 16 goals, behind Syrian Omar Kharbin, the Al-Wahda striker, who leads with 17 goals. Lima has a good chance to seize the title with two matches remaining for his team, “The Emperor”, against Al-Ain tonight, postponed from round 20, and Al-Nasr at the end of the league, while Kharbin has a match remaining. A final match with “Al Annabi” against its host, Sharjah. The personal record of Fabio Lima, “the Icon of Al-Wasl,” is that he scored 165 goals in 216 matches with the “Emperor” in 10 consecutive seasons in the league since his first appearance in the 2014-2015 season. He also occupies second place in the “historic top scorer” list for Al-Wasl Club, which is led by Fahd. Khamis, with 175 goals. The previous success of the Abu Dhabi club strikers supports the ambition of Syrian Omar Kharbin, the Al-Wahda player, to celebrate winning the “Golden Boot” award for the current season, at a time when Fabio Lima, the Al-Wasl star, is chasing the title of top scorer in conjunction with winning the “League Shield.” The top scorer title in the professionals represents a “registered trademark” for Abu Dhabi clubs, after the title was distributed in 14 editions – with the exception of the canceled 2019-2020 – among players of Al Ain, Al Jazira, Al Wahda, and Bani Yas clubs, and “Al Zaeem” leads with 7 titles, compared to 4 for Al Jazira. Two titles for Al Wahda Club players, and one title for Baniyas. Lima commented on his chances of being crowned top scorer, saying in statements to Al-Ittihad: “Winning the league titles and the President’s Cup is the most important of all for me, and I will also be happy if I win the tournament’s top scorer award, because I spent ten years here without getting this award.” . He added: “It is important to win individual awards, but what remains in your history for a long time is winning group titles with the team. The current season was very difficult, but we gave everything we had and now it is time to celebrate these two championships and enjoy these moments.” Regarding the expected participation of “The Emperor” in the “AFC Champions League for the Elite” next season, he explained, saying: “Playing in the Champions League is very difficult because all the teams are strong, and we will not talk now about the continental title, but rather we will think about each match separately when the tournament begins.” », Lima did not neglect to congratulate Al Ain on the Asian title after the team’s outstanding performance in the tournament and the final match, which brought feelings of happiness to Emirati sports.
in lines Fabio Lima 30 years 10 seasons with Al Wasl 2 He won the President’s Cup and ADNOC League titles 2023-2024 216 league matches 165 total goals tally 23 matches this season in the league 16 goals this season 14 goals “inside the penalty area” 2 goals “outside the penalty area” 15 goals with the left foot 1 goal with the right foot