Injury delays Cayo's arrival to 400th game of his career
Al Ain raises the degree of readiness to face Shabab Al Ahli fateful
Part of Al Ain team training. From the source
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Al Ain team raised the level of preparations in preparation for the match that brings them together next Saturday evening with its guest Shabab Al Ahli in the 21st round of the ADNOC Professional Football League, and the team conducted a training session at Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium that lasted for about an hour with the participation of all players, except for the internationals who will join the preparations during today's training session and tomorrow, after they finished participating with the teams.
The team's coach, Ukrainian Sergey Rebrov, focused on raising the fitness rate of the players and correcting mistakes, and the training session began by running around the field and performing some exercises to loosen the muscles, and then gradually later performing reversed ball exercises before dividing the players into two groups to perform tactical sentences at the end of the field, while the goalkeeper duo Mohamed Bousanda and Sultan Al-Manthari underwent hard training by Romanian coach Dan Zdrenka.
The team played a three-round friendly last Friday against United FC of the second division, which ended with a clean goal scored by defender Saeed Ahmed, during which the coach gave the opportunity for the participation of 18 players, including the reserve team.
On the other hand, the injury suffered by Al Ain striker Caio Canedo during his participation with the national team, which was diagnosed as a dislocation of the shoulder, will cause him to miss the match against the Dubai Knights, which may temporarily deprive the player of playing the 400th match in his career and the 100th with Al Ain, as the match against Al Nasr in the last round recorded the player's 399th appearance in his career, including 123 matches in the Brazilian shirt of Botafogo.
Cayo: 'White' on track
Speaking to the Brazilian newspaper Globo, Al Ain striker Caio Canedo said: "The feeling is the best. Reaching the 399th game of my career and the 32th with Al Ain confirms that my diligence was not in vain. I always try to do my best and try to be a perfect professional in order to always be ready. I hardly get injured, which is a positive thing that helped me get to this number of games, and it certainly wasn't easy." The player, whose contract expires at the end of the current season, said that the dream of qualifying for the World Cup is still alive, and that they will strive to lead the 'white' to the finals. "At the moment we have a merit next year is the Asian Cup, and we have to work to win it. For the World Cup I will be 400 years old and as long as I am a professional player I will definitely work to give everything I have to help the team qualify." He explained that increasing the number of teams participating in the 100 World Cup will increase the chances of the 'white' to qualify. "The dream did not come true in 35 even though we were close. Certainly, this dream still exists, and it is not far away, especially with the increase in the number of teams." "In the last edition we won the last round against South Korea, and we had a good game against Australia. Right now, we still have a long way to go. The team currently has new players, we are on the right track, and we are motivated for what is to come."