After Mohamed Salah retreated, Riad Mehrez or Hakim Ziyash, "Pride of the Arabs"

The two Algerian stars, Riyad Mahrez and Moroccan Hakim Ziyech, are racing for the title "Pride of the Arabs" this season when their teams meet Manchester City and Chelsea in the final match of the UEFA Champions League, Saturday (23:00 UAE time), at a time when Egyptian star Mohamed Salah left Accounts for not achieving any title in the 2020-2021 season, and losing his favorite singles title, "Premier League Scorer", by a goal difference from Tottenham's Harry Kane.

Riyad Mahrez is considered to have the best chance to win the big tournament, especially as he holds a main seat in the Spanish coach Pep Guardiola's squad and deals with the "heavenly", while Ziyash is struggling to find minutes of play under the leadership of the German coach Thomas Tuchel, which prompts fans of the Algerian star to nominate him for the title "Pride." He is considered one of the top 10 players in the world now, and he may compete for the Golden Ball in the event that he scored and his influence appeared clear in the last European scene, as well as having led the "Citizen" a few days ago to the title of the English Premier League.

As for Ziyash, who has been absent from Chelsea's matches since the beginning of the season, he may get a golden opportunity to participate in the final of the champions.

In the event that Mahrez or Ziyech succeeded in scoring, they will repeat the historic achievement of Rabah Majer and Mohamed Salah, as the only Arab players to score in the Champions League final, as Madjer scored one of the most beautiful goals in the history of the Champions League in 1987 with the heel in the Portuguese shirt Porto. At the expense of Bayern Munich (2-1), and on the other hand, Mohamed Salah excelled with Liverpool and charmed the world with a strong presence and scored a goal in the European final against Tottenham (2-0), in 2019.

"Pride of the Arabs" is an honorary title created by the Arab public that raises controversy every season about the eligibility of his favorite Arab player in European stadiums, and Mohamed Salah had acquired it recently, especially since his arrival to Liverpool in the summer of 2017 and his participation twice in the Champions League final and won They won the title in 2019, while Mahrez and Ziyash had never reached the final, although they were Sala and traveled in Europe, but they finally managed to reach the top of the spotlight with Man City and Chelsea and became candidates to win the title of "Arab Pride" this season.

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