Realism leads Al Jazeera to the first "super" title... and the numbers "failed" Al-Ahly's youth

Realism led Al-Jazira to its first title in the Super Cup, after being unfortunate on four previous occasions, and was able to beat Al-Ahly youth with penalty kicks 5/3 in the match that brought them together this evening at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, after the original time ended in a positive tie 1 /1.

The numbers of Al-Ahly youth did not win the meeting, during which he was ahead with a goal scored by Muhammad Gomaa in the 65th minute, and he remained in that state until just two minutes before the end, before Abdullah Ramadan equalized for Al-Jazeera in the fatal time.

The Knights outperformed through the percentage of possession, which reached 80%, compared to only 20% in favor of Al-Jazira, after it was clear that his players were physically affected in the second half.

And he explained the superiority of Al-Ahly's great youth in terms of the number of passes, which amounted to 674 passes, of which 604 were correct, compared to 172 passes for Al-Jazira, the number of correct passes in which was only 105.

In terms of shots, the Knights had the advantage through 21 shots compared to four for Al-Jazira, as international goalkeeper Ali Khaseef played the biggest role in his team's victory in the meeting by blocking four goals achieved by Al-Ahly youth from one-on-one with the goal.

Al-Ahly got six corner kicks for one for Al-Jazira, none of which were exploited, and the Red team prevailed in terms of crosses, which amounted to a total of 26 crosses, while Al-Jazira had only three crosses.

The confrontation witnessed a clear superiority of the coach of Al-Jazira, the Dutch Kaiser, in surprising his counterpart in Al-Ahly youth, Mahdi Ali, relying on the method of playing 5/4/1 to fortify the defensive side, and closing the keys to offensive play on the opponent on many occasions. Yahya Al-Ghasani did not appear at his usual level, Mahdi was forced to replace him in the second half with Mohamed Gomaa Pele, and the Brazilian Eduardo was out of service during the periods in which he played, and Mahdi Qaidi appeared individually in many situations during which he missed more than one opportunity that was achieved.

On the other hand, Mahdi Ali did not care much about controlling the ball in the middle of the field, especially, and hired the player Mahdi Qaidi on the left side, so his level was better in periods of the match, as opposed to replacing his place in the middle of the field, and he did not improve the good play against Al-Jazira goal.

Veteran goalkeeper Ali Khaseef played the most prominent role in his team's victory in the match after he tackled four chances from the oldest Hareb Abdullah, Al Ghassani, Pele and Mahdi Qaidi.

It is also credited to the Al-Jazira players, despite their young age, who managed the penalty shootout battle steadily and ably, so they scored the five strikes, unlike Al-Ahly youth, who was missed by Abdullah Al-Naqbi, a ball that hit the post and settled outside the field.

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