Abdullah Abdulrahman, when Ivich — a good coach for Al Ain — was preparing for the FIFA Club World Cup, the club contracted a group of new players whose level we knew nothing about. I pointed out back then that there might be a problem for the team in achieving the desired harmony and required cohesion, no matter how talented they were, because this is only achieved through continuous friction through constant training and repeated trial matches leading to multiple official matches. The final result for Al Ain in the tournament was not satisfactory. And when this was pointed out at the time, we warned that Cosmin, the national team coach, would surely face the same problem with the Greens. The list of Al Ain that he undoubtedly chose contained names and talents.
