The sixth title for Al -Ahly youth or a second mother to the island

Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium will be the scene of the final match of the Professional Football Association Cup (Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup), which will bring Al-Ahly youth with Al-Jazeera at 20:30 this evening, in a repeated final for the 2013-2014 version of the same tournament, and it is noteworthy that it was held on the same day, and on the same stadium, and Al-Ahly youth won 2-1.

Al -Ahly youth is running the eighth final in the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup, which is the sixth final in the last nine copies of the tournament. On the other hand, Al-Jazeera is fighting its fourth final in its history and the first since 2013-2014.

The youth of Al -Ahly is the owner of the high position in that championship, after he managed to win the title five times, while a runner -up on two occasions, while Al -Jazeera was unable to win the title except on one occasion, and a runner -up in two copies as well.

The two teams previously met on nine occasions in the various roles of that competition, during which Al-Ahly youth won four victories against a single victory for the island, and they tied in four confrontations, while the last three confrontations between them ended in the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup in a tie with the same result (2-2).

Historically, the youth of Al-Ahly and Al-Jazeera gathered 43 confrontations in the era of professionalism in all championships, during which Al-Ahly youth achieved 20 victories, compared to 12 for the island, and tied in 11 confrontations, knowing that “Dubai Knights” did not lose against “Abu Dhabi’s pride” in the last seven games against the island in all competitions, as he won four meetings and drew in three, since his loss in the ADNOC Professional League in April 2022 (1-22) (1-22).

Al -Ahly youth, under the leadership of its Portuguese coach, Paulo Souza, is seeking to win the third title in the current season, after the local Super and the UAE Super Qatar, at a time when the team became close to winning the league title after it became tweeting alone in the lead, in addition to that he became a competitor for the title of the President of the State, after he became a party in the final match against Sharjah.

Al -Ahly youth did not know the taste of the loss in any local match he played this season.

The 54 -year -old Al -Ahly youth coach counts on the Al -Ahly Youth Battalion, the stars, especially the trio Serdar Azmun, Fedy Kartapia and Moussan Dabour, as the Iranian star Sardar Azmoun played two games in the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup this season, during which he scored three goals, while Fedy Kartapia represented his team in five games and scored four goals, and presented seven assists, while he scored, while he scored, while he scored, while he scored Moans Dabour three goals in his six confrontations in the championship.

On the other hand, the island is also seeking to crown the championship title to preserve its season free of titles, after he bid farewell to the President’s Cup and moved away from the league title, by currently in sixth place, 21 points behind the leaders of Al -Ahly leaders.

“Fakhr Abu Dhabi” played six games in the professional Cup, during which he did not know the taste of the draw, so he won three games and lost the same.

Al -Jazeera in the recent period at the level of the defense line in the absence of Khalifa Al -Hammadi and Mohamed Al -Attas due to injury, prompted his Moroccan coach, Hussein Amouta, to use the experiences of the Egyptian Mohamed Al -Nani in the defender center to support the rear lines.

Al -Jazeera’s bet remains on the experiences of Nabil Faqir and its high capabilities, in addition to the strong return that Abdullah Ramadan showed, after recovering from injury, but the greatest aspirations appear to Ramon Meris, the top scorer of the competition so far with five goals.

. Al -Ahly youth is playing the eighth final in the championship, while Al Jazira is running the fourth final.

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