“The most expensive cup” at the “10 on 10” summit

Attention is heading at 7:30 pm today, towards the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in the capital, Abu Dhabi, to follow the final of the President of the State of Football Cup in its 48th edition, which brings together the youth of Al -Ahly and Sharjah at an exceptional summit by all standards, between the two teams most culminated in the title throughout the history of the tournament.

Tonight’s confrontation will be an ideal opportunity for the two teams to break the partnership at the top of the clubs most culminating in the President’s Cup title, and each of them has 10 titles, as the last time the youth of Al-Ahly was crowned with the President’s Cup title to 2021, when he won in the final match against Al-Nasr Club 2-1, while Sharjah won the last title in the same championship in 2023, under the leadership of his current coach, Orario Cosmin, on the account of Al Ain Club After the original time of the match ended with a 1-1 draw, then the “King” won the penalty shootout by 14-13, in one of the most exciting finals in the history of the tournament.

Al-Ahly youth do not want to repeat what he suffered in the Professional League Cup final, when he lost the title in favor of Al-Jazira, with a loss of 1-2, and an attempt to combine the league’s titles and the President of the State of the State, so that the team crowned an exceptional season that he presented with his Portuguese coach Paulo Souza, with whom he won the UAE Super title, and the UAE Super Cup title.

Al -Ahly youth rely heavily on the capabilities of its Iranian striker, Sardar Azoun, who scored 25 goals with the team in various championships, and was one of the main factors in the emergence of his team this season, alongside the captain of Kartabia, the midfielder Saeed Izzat Allah, and the brilliant goalkeeper Hamad Al -Maqbali.

Sharjah also has many papers that may be stopped in the match tonight, most notably the shrewd, Olario Cosmin, who is good at dealing with this type of major confrontation, whether at the level of technical management or the changes he is conducting, as well as the hardness of his defense line and his goalkeeper.

The confrontation of Al -Ahly and Sharjah youth for the seventh time this season is repeated in the longest series of confrontations that two teams are playing together in one season throughout the history of Emirati football, including five confrontations in one month last March.

Al-Ahly and Sharjah youth met for the first time, last October, in the first round of the league championship, and the match ended with the victory of “Dubai Knights 2-1” before the end of the second round ended in a negative tie.

The two teams face twice in the semi-finals of the “AFC Champions League”, and the result of the two matches was the same, which is a 1-1 draw, before the penalty shootout resolved, Sharjah qualified for the final match.

The two teams also met twice in the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup, the first ended with the victory of Al-Ahly youth 3-1, while the second ended in a 2-2 draw, to qualify “Dubai Knights” to the final of the championship that he lost against Al-Jazeera.

Today’s confrontation comes in light of different circumstances for the two teams, as Al -Ahly youth run it after the league title was settled in its interest three confrontations before the conclusion of the competition.

Al-Ahly youth benefited from the fall of Sharjah in front of its host Al-Wahda with three clean, after he failed to resolve the title with the feet of its players with a loss from Al-Wasl 1-2, which is the first loss that “Dubai Knights” receives at the league championship level.

On the other hand, Sharjah preferred to sacrifice the league championship, hoping to win the President’s Cup of State, and the AFC Champions League 2, which will play its final match on the 18th of this year against the Singaporean “Lyon City City” team.

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