Gustavo scored the only goal of the match

Al-Ahly youth wins..unity earns respect

Shabab Al-Ahly players celebrate the goal scored by Gustavo.

From the source

Shabab Al-Ahly won a hard-fought victory over Al-Wahda, 1-0, in the match that brought them together, yesterday, at Rashid Stadium, in the first leg of the semi-finals of the Professional Football League Cup.

Al-Ahly youth suffered in front of Al-Wahda, whose French coach, Gregory, decided to play a group of young players, preferring to give comfort to its big stars, such as Ismail Matar, Omar Khribin, Joao Pedro, Adrian Silva, and Martinez, who suffer from fatigue.

Shabab Al-Ahly waited until the 80th minute for their Brazilian substitute player, Gustavo Olvera, to score the only goal of the match.

The two teams are scheduled to meet in the return match, next Tuesday, at Al Nahyan Stadium in the capital, Abu Dhabi.

Despite the loss, Al-Wahda presented a performance that embarrassed Al-Ahly’s youth stars. It was clear that the owners of the land seemed unable in the first half to threaten goalkeeper Rashid Ali’s goal, and they succeeded only once during that stage of the match in threatening Al-Wahda’s goal through Olsen, from a ball he received from Kartabia , I put him alone with goalkeeper Rashid Ali, but he shot next to the post.

Al-Ahly youth went into the second half with relative activity, and Shabab Al-Wahda could not threaten their goalkeeper, thanks to the good organization and the numerical density in their half of the stadium.

Al-Wahda could have scored against goalkeeper Majed Nasser with a "missile" shot, fired by Tahnoun Al-Zaabi, hitting the post and the crossbar, amid a demand from Al Annabi players to score a goal, but the "mouse" technique confirmed that the ball did not cross the goal line.

Al-Ahly youth received a painful blow by expelling its defender, Mohamed Jaber, a quarter of an hour before the end of the match, after he obstructed Khalil Ibrahim while he was in a position alone with the goal, but Gustavo Olvera was able to break the stubbornness of the unit, with a strong shot from outside the area, settled to the right of the goalkeeper, who failed in address it.

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