Al-Ittihad lost two precious points in a goalless draw with Al-Ittifaq at the end of the second round of the Saudi Roshan League.
The Al Ittihad players did their best to score a great goal from the Al Ittihad goalkeeper Paulo Victor, but luck was on the side of the Al Ittihad team, so the team lost two important points at the beginning of the competitive struggle.
Costa also put in a lot of effort and was annoying throughout the match with his speed and skill.
The Al-Ettifak match confirmed that the Federal Defense was all right and evidence that Grove was not under any real threat throughout the match, while the finishing touch still needs more effectiveness.
And the consolation of the Federal fans is that the journey is still in its infancy, and that the team still needs more time to harmonize with the way of the game of the Portuguese Nuno Santo, who has imposed a lot of discipline on the game of the players, but it remains that in football draws are possible and the coach must continue to quietly carry out His work, although there are some points that need to be covered.
First, it is necessary to reduce the responsibilities and roles played by Romarinho so that he can be fully utilized in that (9.5) position in which the player is good and from which his danger as a skillful scorer comes. .
Restricting Romarinho, putting many responsibilities on him, putting him under a lot of pressure, and the effect of this is when the decisive shot is on him, and the secret of Romarinho’s brilliance as a scorer is that he comfortably arrives with the ball at the right time inside. The penalty area is all he needs to send the ball into one of the empty corners.
– Santo should not have exaggerated the defensive side in front of a team that does not have attacking ferocity, especially since the French Cartieron gravitates towards a defensive block in front of big teams, and one of the central players had to be removed and the attacking intensity increased from the very beginning on the goal of the agreement.
– Before the agreement, the federal team lacked one of the elements of the threat to the opponent’s goal, namely a shot from outside the goal, which is an effective weapon in matches in which the opponent plays a defensive role as a support in his technique. , but rather as a base for counterattacks.
Santo’s changes didn’t add much to the team in Saturday’s game and he needs to be more flexible tactically, changing his style of play according to the opposition’s conditions.
The federal team must find a solution in the large number of their players missing opportunities in front of the net, because some matches need half a chance to finish them or break the defensive block.
But Santo believes he and the team were able to pressure the agreement throughout the match, having possession and quickly recovering the ball when it was lost.
