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The third round of the Etisalat Cup concludes today with four games

The third round of the Etisalat Cup for the season 2011/12 will be concluded today with 4 matches taking place, where Bani Yas are to host Al Nasr at Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi in their postponed game of Group "B" which was due to be held on Friday September 30th at Bani Yas Club pith in Al Shamkha, kick off at 8:30pm.

Al Ain will travel to Ras Al Khaimah to meet Emirates at 5:15pm, while Ajman will host Sharjah at 05:20 pm, and this round will be concluded when Al Shabab take on their city rivals Al Nasr at 8:30pm. Al Nar are classified second from the bottom followed by Bani Yas in the last spot with one point each. Brazilian Vieira coach of Bani Yas assured the importance of the game, which will be played in a difficult atmosphere because of the death of the National team and Bani Yas Club's player Diyab Awana last week, pointing out that the psychological condition experienced by his fellow players is difficult and it is the same case for the technical and administrative staffs.

 Vieira said, "Despite of these difficulties, we will try to demonstrate a good performance and win the game." He added:" Al Nasr have a strong team with professional players of high level and their Italian coach Zinga plays a well-known Italian style. I expect the match to be like a chess game i.e. who moves the players on the pitch correctly will be the winner. "

Massad Al-Harthy official of the external communication and media spokesman in Bani Yas Club extended sincere gratitude to both Al Wahda and Al Nasr Clubs as well as the Professional League Committee for accepting Bani Yas's request regarding the transference of their game from Bani Yas Stadium in Al Shamkha to Al Nahyan Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

On the other hand Emirates team will host Al Ain at their home pitch in Ras Al Khaimah and the hope to compensate their poor results that put them at the bottom of the ladder of Group "A". They are yet to open their account after two defeats from Dubai 1 / 2 and from Al Wasl 0 / 3, while Al Ain are looking to increase their balance to 6 points after beating Dubai 2 / 1 in the second round and losing to Al Wahda by the same margin.

Ajman face Sharjah today with all the hope to continue their positive results having achieved 4 points so far in the first two rounds, beating Al Ahli 3 / 1 and  drawing  with Bani Yas 1/1 to remain as runner-up. Sharjah will try to improve their rank as they are currently in third place with only two points collected from two draws against Al Nasr      1 / 1 and Al Ahli 3 / 3 in the first and second rounds.

The two neighbors Al Shabab and Al Ahli will meet at the end of this round with the former looking for expanding the difference between them and their closest rivals after winning in the first two rounds against Bani Yas 4 / 1 and Al Nasr 2/0 while Al Ahli, who have collected only one point so far off a draw with Sharjah that put then in 4th position, will try to improve their image on the table.