Serbian Vladimir Evic begins his new tasks as coach of the first football team in Al Ain Club, where he leads his first training classes this afternoon at the Khalifa Bin Zayed Stadium, in the framework of the “leader” preparations to confront Al -Battah, next Saturday, in the 15th round of the ADNOC Professional League, and it will be This match is an early test of technical efficiency and tactical discipline that the new coach is famous for.
Al Ain Football Club has announced the dismissal of Portuguese coach Leonardo Jardim, less than three months after he took over the task, and contracting with Evic, who became the third coach to supervise the team since the beginning of the season, as he became the first Serbian coach to lead Al Ain since the establishment of the club, and coach No. 54 Al Ain team throughout its history, and the 23 since the beginning of professionalism.
The Serbian coach has a full training record, as he led different teams in 313 games, during which he achieved 192 victories, tied in 68 games, while he lost 53 matches, and the teams were scored under his leadership 577 goals, and received 243.
In terms of titles, Evic succeeded in achieving the Greek League title with PAOK Salonika, and was crowned the Israeli League title twice, along with the Israeli Super Cup with Maccabi Tel Aviv, and he was a footprint in developing young talents, as he led the PAOK under 19 years to crown the title League.
It will not be the task that awaits Evic is easy, as he will have to deal with the heavy legacy left by both Argentine Hernan Crespo, who was sacked at the beginning of the season, and left behind by Leonardo Jardim, and the team came out of all the competitions in which he participated in this season, and moved greatly from Competition for the local league title.
The newcomer must also rebuild the team psychologically and technically to get the players out of the cycle of change and instability that reflected on the team’s results.
Evic is known as his strict personality, which was one of the reasons for his dismissal from the English Watford training, as according to the British newspaper “Daily Mail”, his training methods and his relationship to the players sparked widespread controversy within the club, especially in the dressing rooms.
The newspaper stated that the Serbian coach, despite the good start with Watford, did not succeed in winning the friendliness of the players and management, as his imposition is a list of strict fines and laws, such as the prohibition of using mobile phones in the training field, caused the dissatisfaction of the players.
The newspaper also reported that he demanded the players to obtain his permission before playing the music in the dressing room, which was not accepted inside the team, in addition to his relationship with the technical staff witnessed tension, as he expelled some individuals from the dressing room during his talks with the team between the two halves.
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