Al-Ahly youth owes its credit to three young players who have not exceeded the age of 20, namely: Eid Khamis, Ahmed Abdullah Jameel and Abdullah Abdullah Suhail, who actively contributed to the team’s top position at the top of the Arab Gulf Football League ranking individually at the conclusion of round 12, that is, before one round From the end of the first round, with 29 points, five points behind Al-Wasif, Sharjah.
Shabab Al-Ahly will meet Sharjah in the 13th round at Rashid Stadium, and even if the King wins, Shabab Al-Ahly will start to lead the league.
The lead came after Al-Ahly youth faced many difficulties in the first-half matches of the season due to the many absences that the team suffered due to injuries, most notably Majid Hassan, Majid Nasser, the Brazilian Leonardo de Souza and the Moldovan Lovanor Henrique.
While many describe the Al-Ahly youth team as having a large number of international players, but the Argentine coach Rodolfo Aruabarena, betting on a number of players who are a product of the football academy, contributed to the team winning nine points that were influencing the career of Al-Ahly youth in the first round.
The beginning came when Al-Ahly youth fought a difficult confrontation against Al-Wahda in the eighth round, which witnessed the absence of Walid Abbas and the Swiss David Mariani due to injury, as Arubaarena suddenly and unexpectedly used players from the youth team, namely Eid Khamis and Ahmed Abdullah Jamil, as the Argentine coach received the reward quickly Despite a negative start with Brazilian Leonardo de Souza's penalty kick, Eid Khamis scored the first goal in his first participation in his history with the first team in the league, before Ahmed Jameel repeated the same thing by adding the second goal, in his first participation with the team in the league, to contribute The Atonic in Al-Ahli for youth on three important points after the team finished the game winner with four goals without reply.
As for the player, Abdullah Suhail fought all the expectations, and achieved great numbers, in just 26 minutes in which he participated in two games, as the player who completed his 17th year last November, participated for the first time with the first team against Khor Fakkan, and immediately after his participation in the second half, he made the goal The second is in a wonderful way for the Brazilian Leonardo de Souza, after the "Eagles" were close to scoring the equalizer, to contribute to the youth of Al-Ahly getting the three points.
Suhail continued his positive participation, when he participated for the second time in the league, in a heavy-caliber meeting, when he entered a substitute in the second half of the "Classico" match Al-Ahly and Al-Ain youth, and after three minutes of his participation he added the second goal, which was the winning goal for Al-Ahly youth, to become The number of points that young players contributed to the team getting, is nine points.
Musa Abbas: Al-Ahly youth do not need to buy citizen players
The director of Al-Ahly Youth Football Academy confirmed, d. Musa Abbas, that the first team does not need to buy citizen players in the coming years, after the impressive results achieved by the academy, and its first place as the best football company in the integrated care of sports talents, for the second consecutive season, from the Dubai Sports Council.
He told «Emirates Today» that he would like to thank Argentine coach Rodolfo Aruabarena, because he gave the opportunity to a number of young players, which contributed to their experience, and the discovery of new talents able to compensate for any absences in the team.
He added: «Sometimes there is a huge job in the academy, and the full support of the club’s management, but the presence of some coaches who do not give the opportunity to young players, undermines this effort, while Arubarina deserves praise for his full belief in the young players.» Abbas said: "The academic teams won five tournaments in the 2017-2018 season, while the number increased to nine tournaments last season, and the good results continue in this season, topping four competitions."
Shabab Al-Ahly top the league with 29 points, five points behind the runners-up, Sharjah
Shabab Al-Ahly will meet Sharjah in the 13th round at Rashid Stadium
Suhail fought the kidnapping of the winning goal of the season's strongest matches against Al Ain
Eid Khamis (20 years old)
Matches: 5
Minutes: 425
Industry goals: zero
Repayments: 1
Goals: 1
Harib Suhail (17 years old)
Matches: 2
Minutes: 26
Industry goals: 1
Repayments: 1
Goals: 1
Ahmed Abdullah Jameel (20 years old)
Matches: 4
Minutes: 360
Industry goals: 1
Repayments: 2
Goals: 0