Al Ain offers tickets for the Al Hilal match… and Laba is recovering from injury

The degree of excitement for the “Two Leaders” confrontation between Al Ain and its guest, Al Hilal Saudi Arabia, scheduled for next Monday at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, within the third round of the AFC Champions League for elite football, has increased even more, with the club announcing the date for launching entry tickets, with only 5% allocated. The stadium’s capacity for fans of the away team, at a time when the great interest in the Asian match overshadowed the match that the “Al Ainawi” team will play the day after tomorrow against Hatta in the President’s Cup.

The reason behind the great interest in the match on the part of the fans of both sides is the common desire of the two teams to win, in addition to different motives for each of them, as the “Purple” seeks to repeat its victory over the “Blue” after it had eliminated it from the semi-finals of the competition in the previous edition, and achieved the title. By winning afterwards, while the Saudi side hopes to repay the debt of that defeat.

Al Ain Club stated in a statement through its account on the “X” application that tickets will be released today, Tuesday, and that 5% of the stadium’s capacity will be allocated to fans of the sister club Al Hilal Saudi Arabia, according to the percentage determined by the competition regulations, and the club welcomed the fans of the away team to its second homeland.

Al-Zaeem occupies 10th place in the western continent’s club standings with only one point from its draw against Qatar’s Al-Sadd (1-1), and its loss (4-2) against Qatar’s Al-Gharafa, while its rival Al-Hilal tops the table with 6 points, after sweeping Al-Shorta. Iraqi (5-0), and its victory over Al-Rayyan of Qatar (3-1).

On the other hand, Al Ain team regained the efforts of its Togolese striker, Laba Kodjo, who was absent recently due to injury, and he is now ready to lead the attacking squad of Argentine coach Hernan Crespo against Hatta, a match that will serve as a rehearsal before the summit match against Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia, and it was published. The club, through its “X” account, posted pictures of the player’s participation, accompanied by the phrase, “The leader’s top scorer is fully prepared.” In addition to Laba Kodjo, the team has restored the trio of Mohammed Abbas and Yahya Nader, who took a break from accompanying the national team to face Uzbekistan, while defender Khaled Al-Hashimi completed his rehabilitation program and left with “Al-Abyad” to play against Uzbekistan today.