Shabab Al-Ahly wasted a valuable opportunity to win the Saudi Al-Hilal, and lost two goals to one, the day before yesterday, in the second round of Group A matches in the AFC Champions League, because despite the nominations that gave the holder of the continental championship the advantage of winning the match, the youth of Al-Ahly He could have won his first championship victory.

The Saudi Al-Hilal team played the match amid great exhaustion for the players, as Al-Azraq did not deliver the expected result, after playing its third match in a week, while Al-Ahly youth wasted its first goal through Youssef Jaber, before the French Gomez responded by scoring two goals in the interest of the away team, as well The “Dubai Knights” did not benefit from the huge public presence that supported the team, in addition to the Al-Ahly youth match against Al-Nasr in the Arab Gulf Cup final.

And Al-Ahly youth became in a difficult position after losing to Al-Hilal, as it suffered five negatives. “Emirates Today” reviews them as follows:

Two losses

The position of Shabab Al-Ahly in the competition for one of the two cards qualified to the round of 16 was complicated, after the team received its second loss in a row, as it lost in the first round to Pakhtakor of Uzbekistan with two goals against a goal, which is the same result that was lost to the Saudi Crescent, to finish third without balance From the points by goal difference from the Iranian Shaher Khodro, while the top place is Pakhtakor with six points by goal difference from Al-Hilal, and Al-Ahly youth need to win in the next four games, and serve the results of other matches.

Eighth loss

The Argentine coach, Rodolfo Aruabarina, continued his negative record in the AFC Champions League, especially since he has played so far eight games that he lost all of them, after he participated for the first time with Al Wasl in the 2018 version, and then the "Emperor" lost his six games, twice before each of the Uzbek Nasaf Al-Sadd and Iranian Peruzi, before losing two games with Al-Ahly youth to Pakhtakor and Al-Hilal, as the Argentine coach faces sharp criticism from the club's fans, because of the squad in which the meeting was fought, and his dependence on three players in the midfield, and focus on the defensive aspects in an exaggerated manner.

The absence of victories

Al-Ahly youth are going through their worst periods since the beginning of the season, after the absence of victories from the team continued, for the fourth consecutive match, especially as he lost five points in his last two games in the league, by drawing with Fujairah without goals and losing to Al-Jazira with two goals against a goal, while losing two games In the AFC Champions League, his position in the continental championship has become very difficult, and the absence of the team, with the injury of Brazilian Leonardo de Souza and Walid Abbas, contributed greatly to the decline in the returns in defense and attack.

Squeeze the cup

Shabab Al-Ahly will face a decisive confrontation in the quarter-finals of the President’s Cup, next Friday, against Bani Yas, as it will be under pressure in this match, especially after the loss against Al-Hilal, which makes Shabab Al-Ahly one option is to achieve victory over the “heavenly”, Until he exceeds the calamity that he is going through, while Baniyas lives his best period since the beginning of the season, by winning three matches in the last four rounds of the league, against Al-Nasr, Ajman and Al-Dhafra, while he lost against Al-Wahda, and will face the cup against Al-Ahly youth with a moral and physical advantage, as he did not compete Any match 12 days ago.

Focus on the league

Shabab Al-Ahly has become in a critical position, after it was a candidate to compete for all championships in the current season, but the team lost the Arab Gulf Cup Super Cups against Sharjah and the Arab Gulf Cup to Al-Nasr, while its position was held early in the AFC Champions League, as it is playing a difficult match against Baniyas in the President’s Cup, on the other hand, the team does not live its best in the league, and at the same time the results of Al Ain, which reduced the difference with Al-Ahly youth to five points, have improved, and the Argentine coach, Rodolfo Arubaarina, may find himself in front of one option, which is to focus on the league Only, not to lose all championships.

• Argentine coach Arobarina continued his negative record in the AFC Champions League, as he played eight games, all of which he lost.

• Al-Ahly youth will play a decisive confrontation in the quarter-finals of the President’s Cup, next Friday, against Bani Yas.