"Dubai Knights" tomorrow will face Al-Ahly in the Round of 16

Shabab Al-Ahly deserved to qualify "despite luck" ... and Al-Hilal's mistakes were wholesale

• Shabab Al-Ahly finished second in the second group after eliminating Al-Hilal.

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The Al-Ahly youth team qualified for the 16th round of the AFC Champions League, which is currently being held in Qatar, taking advantage of the regulations of the continental federation that excluded the title holder, Al-Hilal Saudi due to the failure to complete the legal list of players against Al-Ahly youth, the day before yesterday, within the conclusion of the first round, as a result The infection of a large number of his players with the Corona virus, and his inability to complete the list of 13 players required in any match.

The referee decided to cancel the match, and after that the Confederation issued a decision announcing that Al Hilal was withdrawn, thus losing the opportunity to defend his title, and canceling all his results in the second group.

And "luck" stood by the side of Al-Ahly's youth, after their chances were small, to accompany the Uzbek Pakhtakor to the final price, and Al-Hilal and Iran's Shahir Khodro came out.

"Dubai Knights" will face a strong confrontation tomorrow, as Al-Ahly will meet Saudi Arabia after "Al-Raqi" led the first group with six points, and lost in the sixth round to Iranian independence by three goals without a response, while Shabab Al-Ahly came second against the leadership of Bakhtakor of Uzbekistan.

Despite luck, Shabab Al-Ahly deserved to qualify for the round of 16 for several reasons, after the good performance the team gave, after completing the competition with the pool system, as it is the only one who did not concede any goal, after it beat Shaher Khodro twice with the same result, a goal without response, He tied without goals with Pakhtakor.

Despite the difficult circumstances that Al-Ahly youth went through by not playing their players in any official match for a period of up to six months, in addition to the poor preparation period due to the emerging corona virus pandemic, and its negative impact on the team's equipment, but "Dubai Knights" appeared excellently in the three matches that He fought it, and the Spanish coach Zaragoza has presented himself as one of the most prominent coaches in the competition.

Zaragoza showed his abilities in reading the matches, as his substitutions in the second half contributed to giving preference to Shabab Al-Ahly, when he pushed the young player to fight Suhail against Shaher Khodro, before Suhail rewarded his coach for scoring the winning goal, and the same thing was repeated in the second match against the Iranian team, When Zaragoza involved his compatriot Pedro Conde before the latter could score the winning goal from his first touch in the match.

On the other hand, and according to the laws of the AFC, the exclusion of Al Hilal was in accordance with the legal regulations governing the competition, to pay the title holder the price of many mistakes he committed.

The "leader" committed several mistakes that contributed to the failure to continue his career in the tournament, most notably the players celebrating the local league title without adhering to social distancing measures, with the presence of some fans from outside the team, which contributed to the players' exposure to the risks of infection with the emerging Corona virus.

He also did not benefit from the confederation’s regulations by registering 35 players on the team’s roster, as it only registered 27 players.

Despite the assurances of the Saudi club management that the team included all players who could be added to the list, the title holder did not take advantage of the possibility of registering a number of young players, in anticipation of any emergency circumstances.

Finally, Hilal did not learn the lesson from excluding Al-Wahda Club from the tournament itself, after Al-Annabi could not travel from Abu Dhabi to play matches, due to the players being subjected to quarantine, as the AFC confirmed its transparency in dealing with all clubs, after it decided to apply regulations with Hilal in the manner. The same he applied with the unit, which asked for the matches to be postponed, which was rejected by the two teams.

Mistakes committed by Al Hilal cost him exclusion

■ The team celebrated the local league title without committing to social distancing measures.

■ Not benefiting from the AFC regulations by registering 35 players on the team’s roster.

■ He did not take advantage of the possibility of registering young players in anticipation of any emergency circumstances.

■ Not to benefit from the lesson of excluding the unit from the tournament itself.

Al Hilal is considering filing a complaint against the AFC

The Saudi club Al Hilal confirmed that it is considering filing a complaint against the AFC in response to its exclusion from the Asian champions due to incomplete list in the Al-Ahly youth match.

Al-Hilal said, in a press statement the day before yesterday, that he had suffered compelling circumstances due to the large number of Corona virus infections among his players, and that he was looking forward to flexibility in the AFC's position to postpone the match.

The club said that FIFA law allows it to play with 11 players, and there is no minimum requirement for 13 players in any match.

He stressed that the club’s board of directors is “considering submitting a protest note to the judicial authorities.

In order to preserve the club's rights with the competent official authorities.

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