A new coach and a distinguished goalkeeper highlighted the gains in participation
Shabab Al-Ahly "the most realistic" and the "best" Sharjah foreigners in Farewell Asia
Shabab Al-Ahly made strong performances in the championship, but lost to Al-Ahly Jeddah on penalties.
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The Emirati participation in the AFC Champions League revealed a disparity in the level between the three teams (Al-Ahly Youth, Sharjah and Al-Ain), which completed the competition journey, at a time when the unit withdrew from the competition swarm due to the infection of a number of its players with the Corona virus, which prevented it from competing in the combined championship in Doha, despite having the best chance of completing the competition.
Al-Ahly youth managed alone to cross to the round of 16, taking advantage of the Saudi Al-Hilal exclusion from the championship, due to its inability to complete its ranks after the outbreak of "Covid-19" among its ranks, before depositing the championship with a penalty shootout in front of Al-Ahly Jeddah. On the other hand, Sharjah defeated in The opportunity to qualify, despite his strong chances to qualify until the last round of the group stage, while Al Ain did not appear as in past tournaments, and lost his chances of qualifying early.
Youth Al-Ahly was the most realistic in dealing with the tournament, despite the failure to complete the journey, in comparison to several analytical points related to the defensive situation, and the ability of Spanish coach Gerard Zaragoza to read the team's situation and pressured matches (4 matches in 10 days), and almost qualified for the semi-final round without kicks Weighting.
It is noteworthy that Al-Nasr and Al-Ahly Saudis, Bakhtakor of Uzbekistan, and Iranian Berrozi have reserved seats for the quarter-finals of the tournament, which will be held tomorrow.
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