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The joy of the Al-Ahly players after defeating Palmeiras on penalties in the Club World Cup
Al-Ahly defender Badr Bannon believes he could have handled Bayern Munich’s second goal better in his team’s goal, explaining the scenes of the choice of Betso Mosimani to take the first shot against Palmeiras.
Al-Ahly defeated Palmeiras on penalties, 3-2, to win the bronze medal at the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup Qatar.
Bannon told Ontime Sports: “My teammates welcomed me and this is what helped me adjust to the group. I also came to my family from a team that had great fans.”
“This made things easier for me because I used to play under pressure from the crowd.”
He revealed: “Muhammad Al-Shennawi, Saad Samir and Walid Suleiman were the first to welcome me to the team, and this is not strange for the team.”
And about his first kick shot against Palmeiras he said: “I had a lot of pressure, because I have to give confidence to my teammates with the first shot.”
“Betsu Musimani who asked. Ali Maaloul would have played, but the change did not happen, and then I knew that he was going to pay first and was sure to score.”
And about his participation in the Club World Cup, he said: “A player’s dream is to be in the tournament.”
Bannon claimed responsibility for Robert Lewandowski’s second goal against Al-Ahly: “In the Bayern game, I lost concentration on the second goal and I take responsibility or part of it.”
He continued: “The Bayern game was the most difficult, and the Bayern players move a lot and you have to be focused and look at one player and put your eyes on another player.”
“My performance against Bayern was excellent except for the second goal, but the players from Africa don’t like the cross that Leroy Sane played. Al-Shennawi and I went to the first post, but it was played at the far post.”
Al-Ahly lost two goals to Bayern Munich in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, after beating Al-Duhail in the quarter-finals of the tournament with Hussein Al-Shahat.
Regarding Palmeiras’ match, he said: “Before the match, we were confident in achieving a victory because we did a great performance during the tournament, and when we missed two penalty kicks, we were confident that El-Shenawi would make Al-Ahly continue the match. . “
He added: “Before the game, each player looks at the opponent’s player and this makes the game easier because we know who we will face and we know their movements well and this is a positive thing because we study the opponent’s strengths and weaknesses.”
He added: “I knew the characteristics of the elements of Palmeiras, and I and Ayman Ashraf, Yasser Ibrahim and Muhammad Hani performed well.”
On the level of Al-Ahly’s defense, he said: “We reached a great level and developed the ball from behind, and this is what we do in training because Betso Mosimane wants us to do this.”
And on playing against Yasser Ibrahim at the FIFA Club World Cup instead of Ayman Ashraf, he said: “Any player chosen by the coach will be present and Yasser Ibrahim plays seriously in the training session, and this is the secret of what which he presented against Bayern after participating as a substitute. “
He stressed: “I felt comfortable alongside Yasser Ibrahim on defense while playing with Ayman Ashraf.”
Ali Maaloul was injured against Bayern Munich, to play Ashraf as a left back and participate as Ibrahim as the heart of the defense.
And on adjusting quickly with Al-Ahly, he said: “I didn’t feel the difference between Al-Ahly and Al-Raja because the public always asked me to win (in Morocco).”
And he continued: “I knew what awaited me at Al-Ahly and I always listened to the old players because they add everything new to me to be better.”
He recalled the memories of his first participation with Al-Ahly in the final of the Egyptian Cup, “I did not know that I was going to participate against the vanguards of Al-Jaysh, but I knew that the Al-Ahly fans were waiting for me as well. that I gave everything I had “.
He concluded: “I really wanted to pay against the vanguards of the army, because these things make you adapt quickly, and I recorded them and it gave me a lot of confidence.”
Bannon moved to Al-Ahly last summer from Hope to Morocco.
Al-Ahly won bronze at the Club World Cup for the second time, after winning it in 2006 at the expense of Mexican Club América.
