Madirid (Emirates): Less than a week after the defeat to Al-Nasr, the Shardja Football Club has postponed its ambitions for the championship in the Adnoc Professional League, the head coach of the Olario Kuzmin team acknowledged that the fight for the title has become more complicated, and possibly even impossible. Kuzmin believes that the defeat to Al-Nasr with a score of 1:2 in the postponed match of the 21st round led to this conclusion.
"Football doesn't always go your way," Kuzmin said. "What happened to Shardja in the match with Al-Nasr, when they won in the last minutes against Saudi Al-Taawon, happened again, but this time against us." Shardja beat Al-Taawon 2:0, but then suffered a defeat to Al-Nasr in the last minutes of the match, having started the first half with backup players, before leaving out several key players in the second half.
Shardja's results remain at 41 points, while the team still has a postponed match, and the difference between them and Al-Ahli Shabab is 11 points. On the other hand, Al-Nasr celebrates its first victory in the last three months and climbed to eighth place with 30 points. Kuzmin added that the team has seven matches in the championship, and they will rotate all players due to game load.
"I think the battle for the championship title has become complicated. We have seven matches in the championship, and we will rotate all players due to the load. Shardja has two finals ahead - the State Cup final and the AFC final," Kuzmin said. "We congratulate the Al-Nasr team and focus on the next two matches."
Shardja is preparing to play against Ajman at its field in the 22nd round of the league on Tuesday. "The situation is getting complicated when it comes to the fight for the championship title. Shardja attacks 10 times and may score half a goal. We haven't had 15 penalties to score goals. It's hard to talk about any chances. Everyone saw what happened. There are also other factors influencing our path to the title, but when the chances are equal, everything can be different, otherwise it's hard to talk about winning something," the coach added.
