Most notably, possession and accuracy of passes and shots
5 numbers that Mahdi technically surpassed Al-Anbari in the "Super"
Great joy for Shabab Al-Ahly players after Marzouq's header in the 94th minute. Photo: Osama Abu Ghanem
Mahdi Ali raises the Super Cup after defeating Sharjah the day before yesterday.
Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem
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Shabab Al-Ahly confirmed its historical preference in the Arabian Super Gulf Cup competition, by winning the title for the fifth time, after defeating Sharjah with a goal in the last minute (94), scored by Mohammed Marzouq, the day before yesterday, at Al Maktoum Stadium in Al Nasr Club.
"Dubai Knights" strengthened its supremacy as the most crowned club since the application of professionalism in 2008, surpassing Al Ain and Al Wahda by three titles, while the historical number of the most crowned champions equaled with Al Ain since the start of the competition in 1989 with five titles each.
The match showed a clear advantage from the technical side of Shabab Al-Ahly coach Mahdi Ali, in five prominent numbers, over Sharjah coach Abdulaziz Al-Anbari.
The statistics of the Professional League proved that Shabab Al-Ahly was the best in all aspects and deserved to win over Sharjah.
Among the most prominent of these figures is the acquisition of Shabab Al-Ahly throughout the match by 68%, compared to 32% for Sharjah, and the great advantage of Shabab Al-Ahly players contributed to passing the ball with 490 passes, with a success rate of 87%, compared to 233 passes by Sharjah players, with a success rate of 72%.
In the attack, Shabab Al-Ahly players hit 13 balls, nine of them on the goal, while only three balls were taken to Sharjah, without any shot on the goal.
Although Sharjah played in a great defensive way, Shabab Al-Ahly greatly excelled in interventions and cutting the ball, as the players of "Dubai Knights" intervened 17 times to cut the ball from the Sharjah players with a success rate of 71%, while the Sharjah players interfered 15 times with a success rate of 47%. Just.
Finally, Al-Ahly youth excelled in playing the occasional balls, which amounted to 33 balls, with an impact rate of 19%, while the Sharjah team played nine cross balls with an impact rate of zero%, as the "king" did not benefit from any cross ball that the team played in the match.
For his part, Al-Ahly youth player Hamdan Al-Kamali said in a press statement, "The team reaped the fruits of the effort exerted by all the players in the match."
He added that the surprise was that the Sharjah players wanted from the first minute to reach the penalty shootout.
He said, "We knew that the match was difficult for the league champion and the current leader in the standings, but from the first minute of the match, the level of Sharjah was a surprise for us, because he was playing in order to reach the penalty shootout."
As for not counting a penalty kick in favor of Shabab Al-Ahly, he said: "I told the players that the referee will not count it, because Mohamed Marzouq committed a foul before touching the hand."
Mahdi Ali: We will not make changes to the foreign players
Al-Ahly youth coach Mahdi Ali said that winning the Super Cup will give the team a great moral boost in the upcoming matches.
While he stressed in the press conference that "the team will not make any changes in the ranks of foreign players in the current winter transfers."
Regarding the match, he said that he did not know why the referee had not awarded a correct penalty kick to his team.
He continued, "We are pleased that the good performance of the team is translated by scoring the winning goal in the last minute."
Regarding the confrontation with Al-Anbari, he said: "The match brings Al-Ahly youth together with Sharjah, and I do not consider it to be between coaches of citizens, and Abdulaziz Al-Anbari has done a great deal in recent years and led Sharjah to return to the championships."
Regarding making changes in the ranks of players, he said: "Foreigners did not go through the preparation period with the team, and they started directly participating in the AFC Championships, so injuries occurred, while the level of more than one player improved, so there are no changes at the present time."
• Al Kamali: It was a surprise that Sharjah had played on penalties since the first minute.
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