After 90 … Al-Ahly wins in front of the clearing … and Musimani’s messages

The Al-Ahly club ended their first match in the 2020/2021 season with a 3-1 win against Egypt at the Al-Ahly WE Al-Salam Stadium. Ali Maaloul scored a penalty, Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim “Kahraba” and Amr Al-Sulaia, and Mahmoud Hamdy scored for Egypt for clearance.

“90 minutes” is the length of the soccer game, but the final whistle does not mean that things are over. There are always “after 90” discussions, analysis and opinions that turn in the heads of the fans of the round.

– Before talking about the most outstanding gains that Al-Ahly made from the game, as well as the negatives that appeared, the biggest loss of the team is the injury of Nasser Maher, who returns from the loan, and his absence of 3 weeks one month from stadiums for a “dislocated shoulder.”

– Al-Ahly did not look good in the first half of the game, especially after Ali Maaloul’s early goal after “Kahraba” scored a penalty. Al-Ahly’s strong start in the first 10 minutes of the match did not last, as the team was sanctioned with the punt goal and came out 1-1 at the end. Half.

– The most prominent negative aspects of Al-Ahly were related to the bad positioning of the offensive line and not passing the ball and turning it quickly and accurately, and consequently falling more than once into the offside trap, which was the most prominent weapon of the sons of Ihab Jalal in the party.

– Al-Ahly players failed to build attacks from behind, as is usual in Betso Mosimani. The ball leaves Muhammad Al-Shennawi’s foot to the closest player in front of him, but suddenly a long ball is played that does not benefit the team. The front for Al-Ahly “Taher, Muhammad Sharif and Kahraba”, and therefore there was no benefit from the speeds on the offensive line during the first half.

– The only mistake made by Al-Ahly’s defense line in positioning contributed to the draw for Egypt, which appeared in better condition as a result of the many mistakes Al-Ahly made throughout the half.

– The situation changed in the second half, Al-Ahly accelerated in the process of pressing and recovering the ball, correcting errors related to positioning and fast passing, Musimani entered at the beginning of the second half and joined Nasser Maher instead by Taher Mohamed Taher, to correct the midfield conditions.

– The participation of Mohamed Sharif in the attacking position for the first time since his return from the loan is the most outstanding gain, a fierce and fast forward, the evolution in some matters makes Al-Ahly have a quality of attackers that he used less in the last period Salah Mohsen is the other in the minutes that they witnessed his participation in the match appeared well and contributed The third goal and more than one dangerous attack, electrified one of his best games with the team, provoked a goal and scored the warmest along with his defensive roles, as well as Hamdi Fathi’s stability on the defensive side.

– “Ahli Musimani” cannot afford the luxury of time, the coach who took over the team last October, faced “short-term” goals related to crucial matches in the Champions League and then the Copa de Egypt, and several league games to prepare and a team with many injuries and exhaustion, In addition, the team was affected by the dispersion of its former coach, “Fyler”, who did not provide the version the team was used to before from “Paró Corona”.

– Consequently, quick judgments on Al-Ahly’s level can sometimes hurt and not help, as the team achieved its goals, but the coach needs time to impose his style, and the coach’s style is clear in every goal that Al-Ahly scored during his short stint.

Musimane’s messages at the press conference were “direct” in terms of “patience and time” for the team to develop and improve in shape. He acknowledged the mistakes of the first half and the negative aspects of the team. He revealed what the performance analyst presented to him during and after the game in terms of images that revealed errors to correct, but the most prominent message is “with patience and calm we will improve”.