6 technical factors behind Al Ain’s “deadly draw” at Kalba Stadium

Six technical factors played their role in Al Ain’s 3-3 draw with its host Kalba, the day before yesterday, in the postponed match of the third round of the ADNOC Professional League, which witnessed the hosts leading by three clean goals, before Al-Zaeem responded in kind within 20 minutes.

Kalba raised its score to 13 points in seventh place, and Al Ain’s score became 15 points in sixth place, and it awaits a postponed match with Shabab Al-Ahly.

“Emirates Today” monitors the six factors as follows:

Razovic substitutions

Kalba’s coach, the Serbian Vuk Razovic, made technical substitutions that negatively affected the team’s performance, and led it to give up its three-point lead, especially when he removed the Brazilian defensive lineman, Caio Germano, in the 69th minute, and brought on midfielder Leandro Spadacio, which contributed to weakening the defense line, and paved the way for the reception. “Tigers” three deadly goals.

Jardim’s success

The successful substitutions of Al Ain coach, the Portuguese Leonardo Jardim, contributed to the comeback from afar, after he brought on Mateo Sanabria, Sekou Baba and Felipe Salomini midway through the second half of the match, to regain control of the proceedings, especially since Sanabria scored two fatal goals.

Opportunities Rahimi

Al Ain’s Moroccan player, Sofiane Rahimi, squandered several attacking opportunities throughout the two halves of the match, and from non-difficult situations that would have decided the result early, without waiting until stoppage time to adjust the result.

The key to success

The Iranian player of Kalba, Mehdi Qaidi, continued his role as a key player in scoring against the competing teams, after he scored a goal against Al-Ain and contributed to creating two goals without Al-Zaeem’s defense being able to limit his technical capabilities.

Poor concentration

Kalba benefited from defensive errors committed by more than one player in Al Ain’s defense line, and poor concentration, to score three goals, and they could have strengthened the score had the “Tigers” not been subjected to the expulsion of their Albanian player, Regan Alivoda.

Artistic value

Al Ain’s Togolese player, Laba Kodjo, succeeded in being brilliant during the match, by creating attacking opportunities, scoring the return goal of the match, and contributing to the rest of the goals, which reflects his technical value.