Al -Ahly youth goalkeeper and the national football team, Hamad Al -Maqbali, said that the youth of Al -Ahly, who leads the ADNOC Professional League, did not settle the title, as there are still eight remaining matches. Al -Maqbali added to «Emirates Today»: “I hope to decide the league title early, but there are difficult teams and strong matches that must be completed, and that the fortunes between the teams in the league increases the strength of the competition.”
And on the secret of his brilliance this season and his team approaching the league title after he had a distinguished role in Al -Ahly youth victories with the rest of his teammates, Al -Maqbali explained: “Ijtihad and the performance of training strongly, behind my brilliance and joining the ranks of the team, and a great honor for me to represent my country.”
Hamad Al -Maqbali (21 years), this season 16 games with Al -Ahly youth in the league, including 15 basic games, out of 18 games played by Al -Ahly youth so far, and the minutes of the game that he played in the league reached 1398 minutes.
Al -Ahly youth lead the league competition with 48 points, seven points behind second -placed Sharjah with 41 points.
Regarding his opinion on the end of his team’s last match against Sharjah, in a draw without goals, in the 19th round of the league, Al -Maqbali said: “The tie with Sharjah at its stadium is a positive thing, and the point we got is positive, since Sharjah is a big team and it is not easy to get out of its stadium a winner.”
He added: “We were hoping to beat Sharjah and expand the difference in points with him, as it is considered the closest competitor to Al -Ahly youth for the lead, but luck did not alliance, and the sweetness of the league is close to fortunes between the teams.”
The upcoming Al -Ahly and Sharjah youth match in the President’s Cup final is the seventh between the two teams this season, after they had yet faced it five times, including the first leg and home matches in the league, two matches in the semi -finals of the Professional League Cup, and two matches in the quarter -finals in the “AFC Champions League 2”, as Sharjah qualified for the semi -finals in the Asian Championship at the expense of Al -Ahly.
Al -Maqbali talked about the team’s chances of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, stressing that the team’s opportunity is still in place, and that it is optimistic about the possibility of achieving this dream, and that as players will do everything they can to achieve this matter, and reach the World Cup.
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