Shabab Al-Ahly maintained its record in 12 consecutive matches

One match separates Engineer Mahdi from a repeat of the third longest series of "unbeaten"

Mahdi Ali.

Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem

The Shabab Al-Ahly team, under the leadership of its national coach Mahdi Ali, separated only one match from a repeat of the third longest series of "defeat" in one season in the Gulf Arab League competition, in professional time, after it completed after its victory over Al Dhafra 2-1, the day before yesterday, The 12th match in a row without suffering a loss, which made the team radically transform, under the leadership of "the engineer", from the center of the standings to a direct competitor for the title of the competition, four rounds before the finish line.

The current series of "defeat" was launched under the leadership of Mahdi Ali, despite the loss in his first match, when he fell to Fujairah 2-3 in the tenth round, but then he succeeded in leading the team to avoid losing in 12 games in a row, while the opportunity will be Favorable in front of "Dubai Knights" to reach the 13th match without defeat, when the second of next April receives the Fujairah team.

The 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 seasons witnessed Al-Ahly's youth governing their unbeaten record in 13 consecutive matches, the third longest series, while the first edition of the Professional Era 2008-2009 witnessed the longest series when he completed 19 games without defeat, while He won his second longest streak in the 2015-2016 edition, with 16 matches.

And the last version 2019-2020, which was canceled due to the Corona virus, saw Shabab Al-Ahly keep their record free of defeats in 10 games, which is the same number of matches that the team had achieved in the 2016-2017 edition.

For his part, Al-Ahly youth coach, Mahdi Ali, expressed his great satisfaction for the victory over Al Dhafra, which helped the team to continue the positive results of the 12th consecutive match and avoid losing, and said that the players showed great effort, and said in the press conference after the end of the match: We achieved the most important thing. I thank my team players for their efforts that led us to continue with positive results. Our opponent appeared well on the defensive side, but the offensive changes in our ranks gave us the advantage and scored the winning goal.

The longest series for Al-Ahly youth without defeat

2008-2009: 19 games

2015-2016: 16 games

2012-2013: 13 games

2013-2014: 13 games

2016-2017: 10 matches

2019-2020: 10 matches

Kwayed: Satisfied with my performance despite the loss

Al Dhafra team coach, Syrian Muhammad Qawid, said that he is satisfied with the team’s performance despite the 1-2 loss to their guest, Shabab Al-Ahly, and confirmed that the source of satisfaction is due to the orderly performance that his team presented during the confrontation, and the players assuming responsibility, and their respect for the opposing team, and he said at the conference The journalist said his team knew how to deal with the opponent and limit the danger of his players.

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