Hailed High Spirits of the “Boss” Players.. Ghanem Al Hajeri: Thanks to UAFA & UAEFA for their Understanding of Al Ain’s Situation
H.E. Ghanem Mubarak Al Hajeri, Chairman of Al Ain Club Football Company, expressed his pleasure by the performance of Al Ain squad during their match against Algeria’s ES Sétif held on Tuesday 31st July 2018. He also commended their impressive level of readiness given the away training camp just started recently. “This proves that the technical and physical training sessions are impressive at all levels. This also proves that the players are doing their best to meet the Club’s expectations and are fully committed and held liable to fulfill their obligations. Indeed, all of this enabled them to fight strongly during their recent match,” said he.
“I am so happy with the players’ high spirit and morals despite the obstacles and challenges they have been facing recently, particularly issues of concern raised by sports observers and fans,” added Al Hajeri. He assured all players by stating: “However, we reach an agreement with all players whose contracts came to an end, as well as those whose contracts are about to come to an end. As for those selected by the Head Coach, we are still waiting for his final technical report to sort out their contracts and consider the possibility to join them to the squad of the first team. Hope all will be on the right track sooner and in the right manner that satisfy all parties.”
On the result of the first leg match against ES Sétif, he commented: “As I stated earlier, the performance was satisfactory and far better than expected compared to the players’ level of readiness, taking in consideration the absence of key players. Yet, the team was not lucky enough to achieve the desired positive result compared to their superiority and robust performance. Surely, we hope that the team will be able to compensate their loss and turn the table in the return match and make all the Ainawi Nation happy through qualifying to the next stage of the championship.”
Acknowledgement & Appreciation
Al Hajeri also expressed his sincerest gratitude and appreciation to UAFA and UAEFA for their understanding of the team’s conditions as soon as they become aware of the necessity to retain certain key international players in the preseason camp which will have negative impact on the team’s performance. “We all do thank them for their understanding of the situation. Certainly, we are partners and we look forward to achieving clear goals. We all communicate through official and nonofficial channels with sights set to achieve our desired one goal, i.e. to reach the highest level and create the glory of our national clubs and UAE national team.”
Al Hajeri underlined: “We all hope that Al Ain team will reach the required level of readiness, especially the squad will miss certain key players in the coming second leg match. However, I believe it is a great opportunity for the young players to prove their skills and potentials and be among the choices of the head coach in the coming season which will have a busy and tight schedule. We will work side by side with the technical staff to fill all gaps, given that we have lots of challenges in certain positions.” Al Hajeri expressed his optimism by saying: “When all the first team players rejoin the team when they are done with their missions with the UAE National First and Olympic teams, the “Boss” will be able to overcome all the obstacles.”
Major Challenges
On the major challenges he said that Al Ain has been facing, he stated: “The observer of the first leg match will be sure that the team need to enhance the front line.” He further explained: “As you know, following releasing Ahmad Khalil and Yousef Ahmad, in addition to Ali Eid who joined Dinamo Zagreb on loan. As for Ali Eid, it is expected that he will gain lots of benefits as well as the club and UAE football sector through his new real professional experience in one of the strongest European leagues for years to come simply because he signed a five-year contract with Al Ain. I have no doubt that the Olympic player, Mohammed Khalfan, will have a similar opportunity. Indeed, there are many other young players who try to prove themselves in the field and the head coach is so happy to see them in the team’s lineup. Finally, we are still waiting for the executive list of residents and born in UAE players who were selected to join Al Ain team.”
Longstanding Relationships
H.E. Mr. Chairman expressed his sincere appreciation for the great efforts exerted by Croatian Head Coach of Al Ain, Zoran Mamic, to further enhance and sustain Al Ain Club’s relationships with Dinamo Zagreb Club and the Croatian Football Association. He stated: “Zoran’s sincere efforts resulted in hosting part of Al Ain Club’s away preseason camp by Dinamo Zagreb, including hosting the first and leg matches of the Round 32 of the Arab Club Champions Cup in Maksimir Stadium of Dinamo Zagreb Club.” He added: “We hope to further promote and enhance the close relationships between Al Ain and Dinamo Zagreb And the Croatian Football Association and invest in such a relationship in the manner that enable the “Bos”, UAE football sector and all concerned parties to keep pace with the signs of development and achieve the desired goals.”
High Level of Professionalism
H.E. Ghanem Al Hajeri did not miss the opportunity to extend his sincerest regards and appreciation to Al Ain’s administrative staff under the command of Matar Obeid Al Dhahiri “Al Sahbani”, Al Ain Team Manager, Issam Abdullah, Al Ain Team Administrative Manager, as well as all the work team accompanying the mission of Al Ain Club in Croatia. “They all work as one team and are so keen to play the role of the host through furnishing all grounds of success within the camp. They were able male all equipment available to meet all requirements of the regulations of the Arab Club Champions Cup, including hosting ES Sétif team and the UAFA’s delegation.” He hailed their professionalism in fulfilling their obligations, “Their stunning extensive experience and professionalism to deal with all the conditions they gained through their work at Al Ain Club make it easy for them to meet all requirements. We were very pleased with the impressive commendation we have received from everyone with regard to the availability of all required equipment as if the team is in its headquarters.” Al Hajeri addressed UAFA an appreciation message “We thank UAFA for holding this championship and thanks also go to our dear sport channel, Abu Dhabi Sports, whose team are able successfully in providing a distinguished media service with impeccable flaws or mistakes and exemplary coverage that makes us proud of such a national leading media organization.”
The FIFA Club World Cup
Al Hajeri concluded his statement by extending his sincere thanks to H.E. Talal Al Al-Sheikh, H.E. Talal Al Al-Sheikh, Advisor to the Chairman of the Union of Arab Football Association and the Director of the Arab Club Champions Cup, for his distinct efforts and commitment to be in Croatia to facilitate the mission of all teams and UAFA committees. “We wish that this big championship all the success and organizers will be able to achieve the desired goals. We are fully ready to support all great developmental initiatives that push all participating teams to the heights of success,” said he. He also extended his thanks to H.E. Turki Al Al-Sheikh, Chairman of the Union of Arab Football Association saying: “We wish that efforts of H.E. Turki Al Al-Sheikh will be fruitful and the winner of the title of this championship will be granted the right to play in The FIFA Club World Cup very soon.”
