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Throughout Zamalek’s season, Youssef Ibrahim “Obama” did not miss the team except in 12 games, as the playmaker was a key element in the plans of Patrice Carteron, then Jaime Pacheco.
With the impending confirmation of Obama’s absence against the Moroccan Raja in the second leg of the African Champions League semi-finals, FilGoal.com takes a look at the games Obama missed Zamalek, as well as what the player offers the White Battalion.
In 12 games without Obama, Zamalek’s results were mixed.
As for the Champions League, Obama missed 3 games. A three-point loss to Mazembe in Lumumbashi, a goalless draw with Primeiro de Agosto in Angola and a 3-1 win over Esperance of Tunisia in the first leg of the quarterfinal.
In the League, Zamalek defeated without Obama in the clear 1-0, lost to Enppi 2-1, defeated Al Masry 1-0, drew 1-1 with Al-Ittihad, won again Al-Maqas 1-0 and defeated to El Entag El Harby 1-0 They lost 1-0 to Aswan, drew negatively with Tigris and defeated Ismaily 3-1.
This means that in 12 games without Obama, Zamalek won 5 times, tied 3 times, and lost 4 times.
What does Obama offer Zamalek?
Far from scoring 4 goals and scoring 9 goals for the team this season, the midfielder offers Zamalek many solutions.
In the league this season, Obama is the fifth highest scorer with 7 goals, tied with Muhammad Magdi “Afsha” and Ahmed Shedid Kenawy, and second only to Nasser Maher, Izhako Yakobo, Abdullah Al-Saeed and Karim Tariq.
In 2,090 minutes in the league this season, Obama provided 27 key passes to his teammates, creating 34 chances. In other words, Obama creates an opportunity approximately every 61 minutes.
Obama is successful in 61% of his dribbles and only misses the ball during one game, an average of 4.91 times.
But the most important figure that makes defensive-minded coaches like Christian Gross, Carton and Pacheco indispensable to Obama is his excellent early lobbying.
In the league this season, Obama recalled the ball to Zamalek 168 times, an average of 7 times per game.
Perhaps Obama’s most flawed is the paucity of his goal attempts, as he only threw 28 shots in the league this season at the rate of one shot every 74 minutes, but he makes up for it with a constant desire to pass a colleague, and the evidence is his creation of 34 chances this season.
* Figures from Kora Stats website
