“A football marathon” .. Al -Ahly and Sharjah youth to the cup final

The confrontation between the youth of Al-Ahly and Sharjah is renewed for the seventh time this season in the longest series of confrontations between two teams with one season in local competitions after reaching the final match of the Presidential Cup of Football Cup after the victory of “Dubai Knights” against Al-Wasl with a goal without a response, and “King” on Al-Jazeera 3-1 in the semi-finals of the competition.

The two teams previously met in the quarter-finals of the “AFC Champions League 2”, as they tied back and forth with the same result, and Sharjah won and qualified for the penalty shootout 5-4, and it faced it in the semi-finals of the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup, so Al-Ahly youth won 3-1, and they tied 2-2, and qualified for the final with the total of the two games, while playing in the ADNOC professional league in the professional. The first round with two goals without a response, and tied in the last round negatively.
The final of the Al-Ahly youth’s final came after the Al-Wasl “The Cemerator” was made with a goal without a response by Yuri Cesar in the 92nd minute of the first extra time (the original time zero-zero).
Al -Ahly youth was the best party in the majority of the match, as the first half entered a clear preference in the field of acquisition, amid a clear decline on the side of Al -Wasl, who played with defensive reservations with relying on offensive transformations.
The first attempts by Al -Ahly youth came through Yuri Cesar, who penetrated from the right and hit a strong ball that goalkeeper Mohamed Ali, who was one of the stars of this half, tackled.
After that, “Dubai Knights” continued their efforts to score the goal of progress, so the goalkeeper responded to a dangerous attempt by Sardar Azmun.
Al -Ahly youth players demanded the referee of the meeting to calculate a penalty after their captain Kartabia was falling inside the box, but the referee indicated the resumption of play.
The Al -Wasl goalkeeper played the starring role, when he removed a header from Said Izzat Allah and turned it from under the crossbar into a corner kick.
The data did not change much in the second half, with clear intentions from the youth of Al -Ahly to score, but its attacks lacked the required ferocity in front of the Al -Wasl goal, which had the most dangerous opportunities from a cross from a cross that arrived in Perez, who was ready to score had it not been for the defense intervention that kept the ball to a corner.
Al -Wasl was subjected to a painful blow by receiving midfielder Majid Sorour for the red card directly to recklessness, so that Al -Ahly youth would operate the numerical deficiency and pressed the Al -Wasl goal, but goalkeeper Mohamed Ali saved the situation again to extend the match.
In the first additional half, Yuri Cesar managed to score the 92nd minute to carry his team to the final.