Wrote:
Abdul Qadir Saeed
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Thursday, February 11, 2021
12:47 AM
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Al-Ahly club lives a dream of winning the bronze medal in the FIFA Club World Cup, when it collides with the Brazilian team Palmeiras, the South American champion, in the match to determine the third and fourth places.
Al-Ahly lost in the semi-final with a clean double against German giants Bayern Munich, while Palmeiras fell in one of the tournament surprises with a clean goal against Tigres Unal, Mexico.
A third coronation
In the history of Egyptian football, there are only two medals in official tournaments organized by the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA), the last of which was registered in the name of Al-Ahly Club in the 2006 World Cup in Japan, when the men of Portuguese coach Manuel Jose won the bronze medal after defeating Mexico’s Club America, the South American champion, in a meeting. the third place.
The first coronation was for the Egyptian national youth team in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which was held in Argentina in 2001, and at that time the men of coach Shawky Gharib won third place and a bronze medal as well.
South African coach Pitso Musimane’s battalion hopes to bring the third official medal in the history of Egypt in the FIFA championships, despite the difficulty of the task against the famous Latin giant Palmeiras.
Difficulties
Al-Ahly faced several difficulties before confronting Palmeiras, the most important of which was the confrontation with Bayern Munich, which exhausted the African and Egyptian champions physically and mentally just 3 days before the Palmeiras match.
Al-Ahly was also subjected to another shock by announcing that “FIFA” stopped the duo Hussein Al-Shahat and Mahmoud Kahraba from playing a match at Palmeiras due to their violation of the precautionary measures and heading to the stands after facing Bayern Munich to shake hands with the team’s legend and former star Mohamed Abu Trika.
At the same time, Al-Ahly team may feel some fatigue due to the pressure of the matches that preceded the World Cup, and the short period between the confrontations of Bayern Munich and the Brazilian Palmeiras, but this is something that Musimani has worked to avoid in the past few days.
Match card
The event: the bronze medal match at the Clubs World Cup
Date: February 11, 2021
Timing: 05:00 pm Cairo local time
Conveyor Channels: BN Sport 1 Open, The First Open Cup
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