The manager of the first team "Al-Ahli" Khalifa Barut confirmed that "Sokolov" have a chance to achieve success and move up to the professional league, despite a poor start in the first league, where the team occupies the ninth place with 14 points, leaving 12 points behind the leader. He expressed confidence that the team is capable of returning to the center of attention.
"There are still 13 matches left in the league, and the gap between the team and the four leaders can be reduced with certain conditions being met. It is very important to correctly restructure the team and utilize the current winter transfer window for signing high-class foreign and local professionals, capable of changing the course of the game. The current players have limited technical capabilities, and it is difficult for them to achieve positive results", - quotes Barut from "Emirates today".
He added that former head coaches, Bosnian Darko Nestorovich and Egyptian Tarek al-Said Abdell Gafaar, bear the responsibility for the failure due to the absence of players capable of winning matches. The same applies to the new coach Badra Tabib, who cannot change the situation without creative players.
"There is a struggle for the professional league, the gap in points is not too big, but the task of the management lies in strengthening the confidence of the team, raising its level and providing the necessary support to Badra Tabib, as well as in the constant support of the fans", - concluded Barut.
He also noted that the experience of "Al-Ahli" allows to return the needed game sustainability through proper transfers, considering the availability of players, striving to leave the reserve at clubs of the professional league. The "Sokolov" club suffered unexpected defeats at the start of the season, including matches with the clubs Masafi (0:3) and Al-Arabi (1:2) in the championship, as well as an exit from the President's Cup after a defeat to Masafi (0:1), which led to the dismissal of the coach from Bosnia, and then his Egyptian colleague after the defeat to Al-Dhafra.
