Al-Wasl pays Al-Wahda part of the “bill” for last season

Al-Wasl regained the memory of victories in the best possible way by defeating Al-Wahda in the summit of the 16th round of the President’s Cup football competition, so that the “Emperor” reaped several gains, the most important of which was stopping the series of negative results achieved by the team in the last period, while it was more important for the “Yellow” He paid part of last season’s bill to Al-Annabi.

Al-Wasl Club posted on its official account on the social media platform (X) to celebrate qualifying for the quarter-finals, saying: “Part of last season’s account has been paid,” indicating that “The Emperor,” who won the league and cup double last season, suffered only two losses throughout the season. The irony is that they were facing Al Wahda, which won the league match 4-1 at Zabeel Stadium, and caused Al Wasl to exit from the semi-finals of the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup by winning the return match 4-0.

Al-Wasl began the journey of defending the President’s Cup title, which it achieved last season by defeating Al-Nasr in the final with a clean score, by defeating Al-Wahda the day before yesterday, 3-1, after Al-Wasl had lost three consecutive matches, with its defeat against Al-Ain and Khor Fakkan in the league, and against Al-Ahly. Saudi Arabia in the AFC Elite Champions League.

Al-Wasl will play a heavy-caliber confrontation outside its home against Al-Gharafa of Qatar at Al-Bayt Stadium in Doha, the day after tomorrow, in the third round of the group stage of the continental championship, as Al-Wasl has three points on its score after its victory over Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan with a goal without a response, and its defeat by Al-Ahly of Saudi Arabia with two goals without a response. to reply.

On the other hand, Al Wahda Club continued its negative record in the President’s Cup competition after being eliminated from the round of 16 for the sixth time in the last seven years, as it lost to Dibba Al Fujairah in 2018, Al Jazira 2019, Al Nasr 2020, Shabab Al Ahly 2022, Al Ain 2023, and finally Al Wasl 2024. While it qualified for the final in 2021 and lost the title to Sharjah.

Al-Wahda coach, Norwegian Ronnie Deila, received criticism from Al-Anabi fans because he played defensively, and despite that, it caused his goal to concede 11 goals in the last four matches, with five goals from Shabab Al-Ahly, two goals from Bani Yas, one from Al-Ain, and three. Objectives of Al Wasl.

For his part, Al Wasl’s Serbian coach, Milos Milojevic, expressed his happiness with the victory achieved by the “Emperor,” stressing that it “came at an exemplary time.”

He explained in a press conference after the match: “The team needed this victory, because it did not achieve good results in the previous matches, while at the same time we have a desire to repeat the beautiful memories that we obtained last season by winning the title.”

He added: “Al-Wasl showed its character in defense, and I always say that the integrated performance comes from all players, through the role that the defenders play in building attacks with the midfield and attack players, and the same goes for the attacking players when the ball is with the opponent and the team is defending its goal.” .

• 11 goals were conceded by Al-Wahda in the last 4 matches.