Salem Hadid: The king is still at the heart of the competition. There are 18 points on the field

Cosmin refuses to throw the napkin despite Sharjah away by 7 points

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Sharjah coach Roman Cosmin refuses to "throw the handkerchief" in the ADNOC Professional League, despite his team being seven points away from the leaders Shabab Al Ahli so far, after 20 rounds of the competition, while Sharjah's balance is 38 points, and is currently in fifth place in the ranking of the competition teams behind Shabab Al Ahli (45 points), Al Ain (40 points), Al Wasl (40 points), and Al Wahda (40 points), and now needs big surprises to return to the lead, knowing that Since the beginning of the current season, Sharjah has won the President's Cup after beating Al Wahda in the final, and the UAE Super Cup, after defeating Al Ain in the final.

Sharjah coach Cosmin said in a press statement after the team's last match against Al Bataeh, in which the team won 3-<>, that if Sharjah manages to beat Al Wahda in the next round, all the upcoming matches will be crucial, stressing the importance of his team continuing to work and compete.

Sharjah have so far played 20 league matches, winning 11, drawing five, and losing four, against Al Wasl, Al Wahda, Al Jazira and Khorfakkan.

Sharjah has six important matches left in which it needs to get all 18 points, as it will meet in the next round its host Al Wahda, and in the 22nd round it will host Al Dhafra, and during the 23rd round away from home Al Ain team, then it will host in the 24th round Ittihad Kalba, and it will play in the 25th and penultimate round at home against Dibba team, while it will be a guest of Al Nasr in the 26th round, which is the last round of the league this season.

If Sharjah manages to win its next match against Al Wahda, and at the same time Shabab Al Ahli stumbles, which will clash with its host Al Ain in the same round, Sharjah will reduce the difference between it and Shabab Al Ahli to four points, but if Sharjah stumbles and Shabab Al Ahli excels against Al Ain, the difference will increase to a full 10 points.

In any case, Sharjah will face a great challenge in the remaining six rounds, and it must regain its shine, and prove its worth strongly in returning to the heart of the competition for the league title again.

This season, Sharjah attracted a group of the most prominent international stars who were counting on them to win the league title, as it signed Spanish striker Paco Alcacer, former Barcelona player Bosnian Miralem Pjanic, Greek defender Manolas, as well as Cape Verdean striker George Djanini, and Brazilian Caio Lucas as well.

For his part, the former international player, legal advisor, Salem Hadid, that Sharjah is still at the heart of the competition, as the seven-point difference between him and Shabab Al-Ahli leaders is not large, but he must at the same time play every future match in the league as it is a cup match, and that the team reveals during the remaining rounds in the league the extent of its ferocity and strength, warning at the same time that any complacency may keep the team away from the competition, as happened in Previous periods during which Sharjah lost easy matches, pointing to his description of the game of chairs between the teams competing for the lead, namely Shabab Al-Ahli, Al Ain, Al Wasl, Al Wahda, Sharjah and even Ajman, and that Sharjah can enter the competition conflict, stressing the importance of the talk of Sharjah coach Cosmin not to throw the «team for the handkerchief» until the last round in the league.

Salem Hadid told Emirates Today: "Each of the remaining six matches counts, so regardless of the results of other teams, Sharjah has to serve itself."

Salem Hadid pointed out the importance of the team to take advantage in the upcoming matches of the ground and the public, considering that the big matches that the team lost were at home, whether against Al Wasl, Al Wahda or Al Jazeera, considering that the "land must be a red line" for Sharjah, as the teams that play against Sharjah at home must work a thousand accounts for Sharjah, not vice versa.

He added: «If Sharjah wants to compete for the top spot, and for the championship title, he must not give any gifts to his rivals».