The source reported that players from the "Al-Ain" club were present along with a training camp at the match between "Al-Ahli" and "Zamalek" in the final of the Egyptian Super Cup, which took place on Thursday in Abu Dhabi. They wanted to assess the strong and weak sides of "Al-Ahli", their superiors in the previous match at the Continental Cup. The preparation for this match reflected players who previously led to a draw in the game with the team "Dibba-al-Hisn" within the framework of the ADNOC Pro League championship.
"Al-Ain" gained a total of eight points in five matches, leaving them seven points behind the leaders - "Sharjah" and "Shabab Al-Ahli" with 15 points. Participation of "Al-Ain" in various tournaments created problems for head coach Argentine Hernan Crespo, who decided to change his tactics and concentrate on each match separately.
Crespo noted that the team played two tough matches against "Khatta" and Saudi "Al-Hilal" and is set to head directly to Cairo after the match with "Dibba-al-Hisn" in preparation for the game against "Al-Ahli". The expert in football and lecturer in the International and Asian Federations, Abdullakh Hasan, noted that it is natural that "Al-Ain" pays the price for the overload of tournaments.
Relative simplistically through the transfer of players from the team of the final of the Egyptian Super Cup for the study of superiors, Hasan noted that it is difficult to obtain sufficient information on the superiors during such matches as "derby" or "classico", which is related to the match "Al-Ahli" and "Zamalek" in the Super Cup final, pointing out that "the passionate playing style hides many details, needed by Crespo for analysis."
