Al Jazeera seeks to get rid of the lack of victory over Al Ahli youth in the Arabian Gulf Cup, when the two teams meet at 9:30 at Al Ahli Youth Stadium in Al Aweer, where «Pride of Abu Dhabi» did not win «Dubai Knights» in the same competition nine years ago .
Al-Jazira have historically beat Al Shabab Al Ahli in the Arabian Gulf Cup only once, in the tournament in its former name, the Etisalat Professional Cup, when Fakhr Abu Dhabi won 3-1 in the group stage on 12 November 2010.
On the other hand, Al-Ahly beat Al-Jazira in the final of the 2014 edition by 2-1, in the semi-final 2017 with no reply, and the quarter-finals of the last version with 4 goals, while the two teams drew 0-0 in the group stage in 2011. Al-Ahly hopes to achieve His first win in the tournament, after «Dubai Knights» tied in the first round away to Al Ain 2 goals for each team, after an exciting game, during which the youth of Al-Ahli appeared in a good level, as he managed to return twice in the game, after delayed against «Leader» 1 Reply, then two goals against a goal.
Argentine coach Rodolfo Arwabarina hopes the pair, Federico Cartabia and David Mariani, will be more in line with the team.Kartabia played in the second half against Al Ain, while Mariani has played since the start of the match and the two players have shown good potential.
The Dubai Knights will not be greatly affected by the absence of international players joining the national team camp in Bahrain in preparation for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers and the 2023 Asian Cup qualifiers. Walid Abbas and Ismail Al Hammadi joined Al Abyad only.
For his part, Dutch coach Jurgen Streibel will find himself facing a difficult situation, due to the accession of eight players to the national team, namely, Ali Khasif, Salem Rashid, Khalifa Al Hammadi, Khalfan Mubarak, Ali Mabkhout, Omar Abdul Rahman, Mohammed Al Attas, Zayed Al Ameri, and become the new coach of Abu Dhabi's pride has the option of relying on a large number of substitutes and young players.
Fakhr Abu Dhabi performed very well in the first round against Khorfakkan, where Al Jazira won three goals against a goal in a match that saw the brilliance of young players, most notably Faisal Al Matrooshi who scored the first goal, Bader Al Shabibi who made the second goal, and the newcomer from Al Wahda also shined. Sultan Al Ghaferi scored the third goal, while Al Jazira strives for a second win to maintain the lead of Group A with Al Nasr, especially as the team will face another heavy caliber in the third round against Al Ain at Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
Al Jazeera fans are looking forward to the first appearance of Serbian Milos Kusanovic, South African Thulano Serero, who joined last week «Abu Dhabi pride», while Moroccan Murad Patna is ready to participate in the games, after only 15 minutes against Khorfakkan in the first round, in addition to Brazilian Marcos Franca (Kino), who did not participate in front of the «Eagles».
Al Jazira coach Streble will find himself in a difficult situation due to the fact that eight players have joined the team, where he will bet heavily on substitutes and youth.
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