The ball company is betting on winning trophies with Jardim

5 tasks that Al-Ahly youth ask from the first Portuguese coach in his history

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Al-Ahly youth is entering a new stage in its history after the football company announced its contract with Portuguese coach Leonardo Jardim, to become the first Portuguese coach to take over the training of Al-Ahly youth throughout its history, as the team is betting that it will present an exceptional season under the leadership of the former French coach of Monaco.

Al-Ahly youth have been trained throughout their history by many great coaches belonging to ancient football schools, most notably Hungarian Heidikoti, German Weinfried Schaefer, French Alan Michel, Spaniard Kiki Sanchez Flores, Romanian Olario Cosmin, Argentine national team coach Rodolfo Arrobarina, and among the Sudanese Arab coaches. Fawzi Al-Taisha, Tunisian Youssef Al-Zawawi, along with national coach Mahdi Ali, who coached the team in the last two seasons.

Shabab Al-Ahly Football Company requires five tasks from the Portuguese Jardim to implement them in the next season, the most prominent of which is what needs rapid intervention during the preparation period and the camp of the foreign team in Serbia, which he is heading to on the 28th of this month, which is the selection of foreign players and the resolution of this important file, which constitutes the “most prominent episode.” The team will appear well next season, especially since so far the "Dubai Knights" includes five foreign players in its ranks: Argentine Federico Cartabia, Norway's Thomas Olsen, Uzbek Aziz Ganyev and Iran's national team players Mehdi Qaidi and Ahmed Nourallah.

Jardim initially nominated more than one name to contract with him to become the fifth foreign player in the team, to be registered instead of one of the five players who will travel to Al-Ahly youth camp in Serbia to assess their level and stability on their continuation or not in the next season.

As for the second task that Al-Ahly youth ask from the Portuguese coach, it is to prepare the substitutes to compensate the elderly players, especially at the level of goalkeeper and defense line, with the presence of Majid Nasser, 38, and Walid Abbas, 36, Youssef Jaber, 37, Abdulaziz Sanqour, Hamdan Al-Kamali, Muhammad Marzouk and Muhammad Jaber and the age of each of them 32 years.

On the other hand, the third task stands out, which is to compensate for the disappointing season for the Dubai Knights fans, as the team did not achieve any title last season, although it fought the season and has three titles to its credit in the 2020-2021 season, namely the President's Cup, the Arabian Gulf Cup and the Super Cup, Before losing it last season and occupying fifth place in the league.

The fourth task is the most difficult and most focused on by the club's football company, which is winning the league title, especially since the team has not won the league title since it won the title in the 2015-2016 season under the leadership of Romanian coach Olario Cosmin.

Finally, Al-Ahly youth are betting on Leonardo Jardim’s experience in the AFC Champions League, after the Portuguese coach previously won the title with Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia in the last edition, but the irony is that Al-Ahly youth will fight a heavy-caliber confrontation in the round of 16 against the defending champion Al-Hilal, and the club’s ball company hopes that The team repeats its historic achievement by qualifying for the final in the 2015 edition and competing for the title, which is among the club's priorities next season.

The five tasks required of Leonardo Jardim


1 - Selection of foreign players.

2 - Preparing the substitutes to replace the older players.

3- Make up for the disappointing season.

4 - Winning the league title for the first time since 2016.

5 - The competition for the Asian Champions League.

Ghorab: Foreign Players Choices Measure of Jardim's Success

Former Emirates Football Association board member, critic and sports analyst, Muhammad Matar Ghorab, confirmed that the Portuguese coach of Al-Ahly youth team for the first time in the club’s history will not affect the “Dubai Knights”, pointing out that Al-Ahly youth is a great team that has all the ingredients for success with any coach. He trains him.

Ghorab told "Emirates Today" that the choices of foreign players will greatly affect and will be the measure of Jardim's success with Al-Ahly youth, explaining: "The success of any coach depends on providing a good environment in all aspects, and I see that Al-Ahly youth will have a new experience for the first time with the Portuguese training school. It will not affect the team, while I see that the focus on contracting foreign players with good potential is the main indicator of the team’s performance and success in the next season.”

He talked about the chances of Al-Ahly youth in competing for the league title, and said: “So far, Al-Ain and Sharjah are the most stable and ready to compete for the title, while as I mentioned, Al-Ahly youth needs great work at the level of preparing a team and the choices of foreign players, which contributes to the team’s arrival. To a good degree of readiness.”

As for the competition for the AFC Champions League title, he said: “The continental championship has different accounts and the team will play in the round of 16 against the Saudi Al Hilal, which is the most prepared and the title holder, in addition to the championship regulations serving him in terms of entering the competition with the participation of five foreign players in addition to To an Asian player, while the regulations of local competitions in the Emirates allow Al-Ahly youth to contract with five foreign players, which means that the team must rely on a resident player to benefit from the regulations of the continental championship, while Al-Hilal has an advantage in terms of the quality and quality of foreign players.

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