In excellent condition this time the Al Ettifaq from 3 consecutive victories in the league and against strong opponents like champions Al Fateh, the Al Ahli and difficult headquartered Al Faisaly.
Meanwhile, in an awesome cup game, Al Fateh was eliminated, but the big win against Al Ahli helped to overcome this backing relatively quickly. All this change in Al Ettifaq's presence in the championship would have been due to the work of Goran Tufegdzic, which has begun to perform. Obviously they will be right. But that is not all.
In Ettifaq currently seem to lie in their best condition since the beginning of the year key players, but especially the soul of the team, the Hamad Al Hamad, who after serious injury that had lost almost the whole year last year, showing for the first the last 2 years to be at the level that was 2011. Around Al Hamad is played by the rest of the team, with Papa Waigo, Nicolae and other local players who are useful tools.
Al Raed is not the best year this year, but the directors continue to support coach Zekri. It is not a team with bad players and it is not easy to understand why it does not perform well in the championship. For 4 racing it ignores the victory and is already planning some changes in the winter.
Al Raed on Monday had a cup race and made it hard against Al Wehda from the second. He eventually bent at the end of the match with a penalty kick, but could easily lose with 2-0 at that moment.
I think Al Raed will have tiredness and anxiety. Surely against a molded team such as Al Ettifaq, it will not be easy to cope with these conditions.
