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Mercato Day offers you a summary of the match between Al-Ahly and Al-Duhail in the quarterfinals of the Club World Cup 2020, which was held at the Education City Stadium in Al-Rayyan, and witnessed the victory of the League of CAF champions with an unanswered goal and reached the semi-finals of the tournament to face Bayern Munich at the Ahmed Bin Ali World Cup Stadium on February 8.
The match summit began today, Thursday, February 4, 2021 between Egypt’s Al-Ahly and Al-Duhail Al-Qatari at exactly 17:30 GMT, 19:30 Egypt time, 20:30 Saudi Arabia time, and was broadcast on the channel between Sport Qatar HD1 in addition to the frequency of the channel between Sport HD open satellite Nilesat, with the voice of the Algerian sportscaster “Hafeez Darraji”.
This year Egypt’s Al-Ahly recorded their sixth appearance in Club World Cup history, an unprecedented record for African clubs, while Al-Duhail is playing host after winning the Qatar Stars League title. last season.
With this result, Al-Ahly runs at the expense of Al-Duhail to the semifinals to face the German giant “Bayern Munich”, holder of the European Champions League, who has not yet arrived in Qatar due to their concern about a Match in the German league against Hertha Berlin this week.
This is the third time in 6 appearances that Al-Ahly reached the semi-finals of this tournament after 2006 when they lost to the Brazilian International before finishing third by beating America, Mexico in their best result, and then in 2012 when they lost. . to Corinthians, Brazil, then resolved fourth.
“A group of players for Musimani and half the coaches for Lamouchi”
Al-Ahly managed to impose its dominance during the 45 minutes in half of the players (the first half) and almost finished it in front by more than one goal, but the VAR assistant video prevented it by canceling the second goal of the match . Congolese player “Bwalia” in the 38th minute after being left alone with the goalkeeper from the center of the stadium.
The game turned upside down during the coaching half (second half), when Al-Duhail club coach “Sabri Lamouchi” made several changes, perhaps the most prominent of which was the relegation of the player. “Mohamed Muntari” instead of Olonga, to miss out on several easy chances that would have secured Al-Duhail a draw at the very least, and the game turns into extra runs.
The only goal came from Hussein Al-Shahat with a powerful shot from outside the box to the right of Al-Duhail goalkeeper Salah Zakaria (30) after receiving a ball that crossed Bwalia on the edge of the Boudiaf penalty area.
The presence of Al-Ahly supporters was noted in the stands due to the large number of the Egyptian community in Qatar and also the popularity of their club, knowing that the authorities allowed the attendance of 30 percent of the capacity of the two stadiums that host. the matches, each with a capacity of 40,000 spectators.
The two teams started the game very quickly, but Al-Ahly was the best in possession of the ball and spread out on the field, and Hussein Al-Shahat was the focus of his most dangerous attacks thanks to his movements between the lines and his insightful vision. .
On the other hand, Al-Duhail, the co-champion of the host country last season, who lost 5 games in the Qatari league in 15 games now, and is 15 points behind leader Al-Sadd, was no small danger. Al-Ahly’s goal and the players in his midst failed to supply tall Kenyan striker Michael Olonga with elaborate balls.
After several attempts, underneath Al-Ahly, Karim Boudiaf made a mistake by passing the ball towards Bassam Al-Rawi on the outskirts of the region.
Al-Ahly, who won over rival and compatriot Zamalek in last season’s continental final, continued their preference, and Congolese Democratic forward Walter Bwalia, who was loaned to him during the winter transfers from El Gouna, received a pass in the depth to separate Zakaria and hit the ball with the left between the legs and into the net, but the goal was not counted after resorting to the assistant referee’s technique. In the video, the reason for the infiltration of the attacker by a few centimeters (38).
Zakaria’s mistake was on the verge of provoking the second goal as he failed to disperse the ball, but one of his defenders saved the situation in the last minute in injury time.
French Al-Duhail manager Sabri Lamouchi made two changes at the start of the second half, involving attackers Al-Moez Ali and Al-Ghani Mohamed Muntari.
Muntari fired a ball with his left foot that el-Shennawi missed, but fortunately for the latter, the crossbar (52) had run out.
Belgian Edmilson Junior passed a cunning ball inside the box, which was followed by Muhammad Musa on the fly, but El-Shennawi was on the prowl (63).
In the absence of repeated Qatari attacks, Al-Ahly had a chance through financial substitute U Dieng, who walked the ball a long distance before hitting a slow ball that touched the right post (77).
Muntari tried again, but El-Shennawi stood up to prevent the ball from entering his goal (78).
Al-Duhail put his full weight on, but the Al-Ahly players managed to bring the match to safety.
