Pacheco: The management asked my opinion about the sheikh and they agreed

Jamie Pacheco, Zamalek coach, stated that the club management asked me for my opinion on hiring Ahmed Al-Sheikh, the former Al-Ahly player, and welcomed the matter and then withdrew, and I also consider that the generation who trained him in 2014 was more balanced.

Pacheco said in his comments to the satellite channel “Zamalek”: “Amir Adel is a good player and I saw his resume and I liked it a lot, but I bet on the youth sector so that the club does not spend a lot of money.”

He spoke about his stance on young players, saying: “I have not seen teams competing for the title give young players the opportunity like we did with Ahmed Eid and other players.”

Regarding the substitutes, he said: “When I gave Mustafa Fathi the opportunity, he did not give us the level that was expected of him. The substitute players had the opportunity, but they did not perform well when they had the opportunity, and I did not want to risk a replacement and the elimination of the main players despite the numerical shortage on many occasions “.

He went on to compare the current generation, who trained in their first term: “The generation I trained in 2014 had a better balance between the basics and substitutes than the 2020 generation, and we had 20 players, 10 basics and 10 substitutes, who could be traded. between them without major differences “.

Regarding the agreements: “I asked a central defender and Ahmed Al-Sheikh could have added something to the team, being a player with Yosra’s foot. The problem is that they (Zamalek management) asked me for my technical opinion. , and then they backed out of the deal even though I agreed and liked Cisse’s return and he didn’t come back even though he’s a Zamalek player. “

He added: “I saw Hamid Ahadad and I liked his level and I asked him to come back, and I also asked Muhammad Ashraf (Ruqa) and he played with us wishing he had not trained, as well as with Ahmed Fattouh and I see that I can play with him with Abdullah Jumaa, a left back and a winger. “