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Mahmoud Al-Khatib – Moamen Zakaria – Muhammad Al-Shennawi – Al-Ahly
Al-Ahly goalkeeper Mohamed El-Shenawy praised the abilities of his coach Pitso Mosimane, highlighting the players’ confidence in the Red Castle coach.
Al-Ahly beat Zamalek two goals to one against Zamalek in the final of the CAF Champions League to win the Cup for the ninth time and qualify for the 2021 Club World Cup.
Al-Shennawi said on Al-Ahly channel: “He spoke to the players between the two halves of the match, but I won’t say what I told them – he laughed – but we fought two finals before, and everyone remembers how he felt after these matches. “.
“I told them that we still have 45 minutes to think about winning. I talked to them about the dream and he promised the Al-Ahly fans the championship,” he added, revealing part of his speech.
“All players are brothers to me. That is why they welcome my talk. Saad Samir and Ayman Ashraf had a role (in the conversation between the two halves of the game), and we also miss Walid Suleiman (in the locker room).”
“Mosimane talked about the technicalities so that we can play in the second half in an excellent way,” he added.
On his feelings after winning the tournament, he said: “My joy is indescribable. We were concerned that we wanted to win the tournament, and because we had promised the fans that we would get it after the Sundowns game.
He added: “Because of this promise, we felt pressured. We also promised Moamen Zakaria (the former Al-Ahly player) that he would hand us the cup.”
“We retired after the first goal, fearing to lose the championship, but the players were up to the challenge,” he said.
“Praise God, we kept the promise. Now we close this page and start thinking about the next tournament, as this is the characteristic of Al-Ahly.”
Al-Shennawi thanked his coach for the work he had done and explained the scenes from the first dialogue between Musimani and the players, “When Musimani arrived, he talked about the value of Al-Ahly and his championships, which made a lot of things easier for us. What he told us that we wanted to hear right now what was going on. “
He continued: “He spoke about the players and the system we depend on (at Al-Ahly). He spoke about these matters on his own because he knows them well. This helped us a lot in addition to what Sayed Abdel Hafeez is doing with him.”
He revealed: “After I got the captaincy, Abdel Hafeez talked to me about some things, and I transferred them to the players, and they will also transfer to the new players, and so on.”
“The players believed what Musimani said, and that’s why the information can be communicated (to the players) and then applied on the field. This ended any problems that the team had faced in the previous period,” he said.
