The week that was

**Beginners’ Luck: Both new coaches, Brazilian Ze Mario of Kalba and Frenchman Laurent Panid of Al Dhafra have had positive starts. Their teams won their matches following a long spell of losses that led to sacking of former coaches.

**Heroes and Villains: Saif Mohammad, the defender and Khalid Al Sinani, the custodian of Al Dhafra were the heroes of their team when they played a big role in their team’s first-ever victory over Al Nasr. Fawzi Bashir, their striker colleague, was the villain when he got a second yellow card within 22 minutes of play.

**Spirit of Sport: The players of Bani Yas showed good spirit as they expressed their sympathy and condolences to Ricardo Oliveira, the striker of Al Jazira, who lost his mother.

**Fastest Red Card: Mohammad Abdul Rahman of Al Ain set a new record when he was sent off, a minute after his introduction against Al Wahda, before even touching the ball.

**Blunder of the Week: Ahmad Malulla, the defender of Dubai, made a wrong back pass to his custodian only for Eisa Obaid to snatch the ball and score the second goal for Al Shabab.

**Funniest moment: The car used by Al Dhafra club to carry the injured players off the field broke down on the pitch and the substitute players had to push it away as the match was stopped for two minutes.