CAIRO, 5 February 2022: Al-Ahly team starts their journey in the Club World Cup when they meet Mexican FC Monterrey at 6:30 pm on Saturday, Cairo time, at Al Nahyan Stadium in the capital, Abu Dhabi, during its seventh participation in the Club World Cup, as it is the most participating club in the world in the world championship.
This tournament is considered the most difficult one for Al Ahly because of facing difficult circumstances before the tournament.
Al Ahly’s absences includes:
Mohamed El Shenawy (GK) - Injury with the Egyptian National team
Ayman Ashraf (DEF) - Egyptian national team
Mohamed Abdelmoneim(DEF) - Egyptian national team.
Akram Tawfik (DEF) - Inujry with Egyptian national team
Badr Banoun (DEF) - Injury with Morocco National team
Amr El Soleya (MID) - Egyptian national team
Hamdy Fathi (MID) - Egyptian national team
Ammar Hamdy (MID) - Injury with Al Ahly
Mohamed Sherif (ATT) - Egyptian national team
Percy Tau (ATT) - Injury with Al Ahly
Tonight’s match will be managed by Australian Chris Beth, and the refereeing staff consists of Australian referee Chris Beth, assisted by his compatriots Anton Szczeinen, first assistant, Ashley Beckham, second assistant, and French Clement Turpin, fourth referee, and the Argentine video technology is Joan Pablo Bellati, video referee, and Massimiliano Irati from Italy, and Ammar Al-Junaibi from the Emirates, and there will also be an assistant referee for offside, French Danos Nicolas, and an assistant referee for the VAR Mauro Vigliano.
Al-Ahly suffers from influential absences in the squad due to injuries or the presence of international players with the Egyptian national team to participate in the 2021 African Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
Those circumstances led the coaching staff to rely on a large number of young players in this tournament.
Al-Ahly prepared well for the Monterrey match tonight by watching videos of the Mexican champion’s matches to learn about their style of play, their method in the attacking position, the time of possession of the ball and their method of penetrating the opponents’ defense, as well as their method in the defense position to identify the weaknesses in their back line and the most prominent problems.
Al-Ahly’s technical staff was keen to develop a game plan that suits Monterrey’s style of play in order to reduce the danger of the Mexican champion and control the course of the match and not leave freedom for the opposing team to control the course of the game, and try to move between the Monterrey lines with ease and reach their goal in order to achieve the goal in scoring an early goal confuses the Mexican champion.
Al-Ahly club officials were also keen to motivate the current players through psychological sessions conducted by the big players such as Walid Suleiman and Rami Rabia, as well as through the presence of Hossam Ghaly, a member of the board of directors, with the Red delegation on an ongoing basis to support them.
The formation expected to be played by Al-Ahly consists of Ali Lotfi in goalkeeping, Mohamed Hani, Rami Rabia, Yasser Ibrahim, Ali Maaloul in defense, Elio Diang, Walid Suleiman, Mohamed Magdy Afsha in the middle, Hussein Al-Shahat, Ahmed Abdel Qader and Taher Taher in the attack.
On the other hand, the Mexican team Monterrey seeks to win over Al-Ahly, taking advantage of the difficult conditions that the African champion suffers from in the absence of the basic elements from him in resolving the match and qualifying directly to the semi-finals, especially as he plays the match full-fledged without the presence of influential absences as is the case for the team. Red, and wants to make his best start in the tournament.
Javier Aguirre wants to reach the farthest point with Monterrey through his current participation in the Club World Cup, especially since he knows a lot about Al-Ahly through his previous work in training the Egyptian national team 3 years ago, and he has sufficient information about the African champion and Egyptian football in general.
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