Luck was stubborn, represented by penalty shootouts, the Al-Wahda team qualified for the semi-finals of the King Salman Cup competition for the Arab Champions Football Clubs, so that Al-Annabi bid farewell to the competition from the quarter-finals in front of the youth team, the day before yesterday, after a wonderful journey in which the team appeared well. And he won the praise of analysts, despite the fact that it is the only team among other clubs that played the group stage matches with three different formations, in preparation for the local competitions. «Emirates Today» monitors the six most important technical benefits that the team gained from participating.
Technical contact with different schools
The tournament gave the Al-Wahda team a good opportunity for technical contact with different football schools, as it faced Kuwaiti Kuwait, Algerian Belouizdad youth, and Moroccan Raja Casablanca in the group stage, while it collided with Saudi youth in the quarter-finals, and this enhances the professional mentality of the team and gives it the required confidence in its ability to face the largest clubs. , and competition at the highest levels.
Give chance to all players
The team benefited from the tournament by providing an opportunity for all the players on the list, and participation was a real opportunity to build on the outputs of the preparatory camp that “Al-Anabi” had set up in Serbia, during which it played only two friendly matches, as the coach stood on the technical levels of the team players, and is expected to Musimani presents his technical report on the players and the extent to which the team needs to re-enter the transfer market.
Experience more tactical style
Al-Wehda played three matches in the group stage, and it was remarkable that he did not settle on one squad, as all matches witnessed the participation of a different group from the other match. In addition, coach Pitso Mosimane made five changes to try more than one tactical method and to determine the extent of his players’ ability to apply them.
The player’s understanding of the Mosimane method
The four matches that the team played in the Arab Championship contributed to the players getting to know the coach Musimani’s method, which relies on the physical side more, keeping the ball and launching attacks from depth, as well as taking advantage of the long serve to hit the opponents’ defense line. The tournament was a good opportunity for the players to absorb the new coach’s method.
Get into the atmosphere of competitive matches
The benefit of the players entering the atmosphere of competitive matches will appear with the start of their career in the ADNOC Professional League, as Al-Annabi benefited from the tournament in examining the capabilities of its players in strong competitive matches, and the tournament also helped them raise the level of physical fitness more compared to the rest of the ADNOC Professional League clubs. .
Increase harmony between players
The newcomers to Al-Wehda team: the Iranian Ahmed Nour Allah, who transferred, Khaled Butti, who came from Al-Dhafra, and Abdullah Kazem from Al-Bataeh, quickly entered the atmosphere of the team, as they appeared well during the matches in which the coach hired them, and it was remarkable the great state of harmony between all the players in the team. .
Musimani: Our goal in the Arab participation is to prepare for the local events
The coach of the South African Al-Wehda team, Pitso Musimani, confirmed that the main goal of Al-Annabi’s participation in the King Salman Cup is to prepare for the local benefits that await the team, starting with the ADNOC Professional League, which will start in 10 days.
Musimani said, in a press statement, after the Saudi youth were eliminated from the tournament in the quarter-finals: “We were not thinking of winning the championship, and we achieved our goal of participation, which is to prepare for the UAE League championship against strong clubs.”
The coach confirmed that Al-Annabi presented good levels, although his team lost the match on penalties. He said, “My team played a good match, and I think we were the best party, and even after our player Abdullah Al-Karbi was sent off with a red card, we became equal with our competitors with ten players for each team.”
The coach stressed that his team benefited from participating in the tournament, and said: “It is good for my players to know that they are capable of facing big clubs and competing at the highest levels.”
2023-08-07 22:08:25
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