"Dubai Knights" asks for its first victory over "Pride of Abu Dhabi" since 2019

Shakir's whistle raises the level of excitement at the Al-Ahly and Al-Jazeera youth summit

Shakir records the first return of a foreign referee in the UAE league in 35 years.

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Shabab Al-Ahly and Al-Jazira are engaged in a historic confrontation, when the two teams meet in the seventh round of the ADNOC Professional League at 8:30 at Rashid Stadium in Dubai, as the match will witness the return of foreign referees to the UAE League for the first time in 35 years, with Turkish referee Cüneyt Şakir, managing the meeting , and assisted by both Bahatin Duran and Tariq Najon.

Shakir's whistle for the match will raise the excitement level at the top of the seventh round matches, especially since Al-Jazira has 13 points in second place in the standings, while Al-Ahly youth has 11 points in fourth place.

Al-Ahly youth enters the meeting with the aim of returning to victories, after the team received its first loss in the sixth round against Al-Wasl 0-1, to waste the opportunity to participate in the lead with Al-Ain, who tied with Al-Wehda in the same round.

Coach Mahdi Ali is facing a difficult test after his team suffered a painful blow during the international break, with the injury of Brazilian striker Igor Jesus, and his knee surgery that will keep him out from participating in matches until the end of the season, as Jesus is the team's top scorer last season, and it is one of the main elements On which the "Engineer" depends permanently in the Al-Ahly youth attack, while the team's star Majed Hassan, who was injured during his participation with the national team in the World Cup qualifiers, is also absent. On the other hand, Al-Jazira seeks to continue its victories after beating Al-Uruba in the sixth round, as the defending champion hopes to confirm his superiority over Al-Ahly youth in the last two seasons, especially since the last victory of the "Dubai Knights" over Al-Jazira in the league was achieved on February 4, 2019, with a goal Without a response, Ahmed Khalil scored, while the two teams played four games later, during which the "Pride of Abu Dhabi" won two matches, and the two teams tied in two matches.

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