Photographic analysis .. Musimane battles in Casablanca and approaches the African final

Al-Ahly beat Wydad with two unanswered goals in the first leg of the CAF Champions League semi-final, going a long way to reach the final of the tournament.

Musimani started the match with the tactical drawing 4.2.3.1 Al-Shennawi in the goalkeeper, and on the right was Muhammad Hani, on the left, Maaloul, Ayman Ashraf, and Yasser Ibrahim Qalbi, in the middle, Diang and Al-Sulayyah, and in front of them were the three Shahat on the right and Ajhsen on the left front, and Mohammed Qafsha in the center.

On the other hand, Jomandi started the game 4.3.3 in the goalkeeper and Abdel Latif Naseer on the right.

Jomandi’s first mistake is picking Yahya Gibran as a central midfielder.

The first reason is that Gebran is the best player in Wydad’s midfield, which is the link between the defense line and the midfield, and is the main player in the process of building attacks for Wydad, and thus Wydad lost the effectiveness of the midfield.

The second reason is that Gibran early in the match provoked Al-Ahly’s first goal, as Qafsha took advantage of Gibran’s mistake and scored the first goal.

Analysis of Al-Ahly and Wedad

Despite Al-Ahly scoring the first goal, Wydad kept pushing and Al-Ahly lost the ball more than once during the attack building process, but Wydad did not make the most of the first half of the tie. In the next shot, for example, the numerical increase of the Wydad players (4 Wydad players vs. 4 Al-Ahly).

Analysis of Al-Ahly and Wedad

Although Al-Ahly lost the ball in his own half, he was better than Wydad, who lost 35% of the balls, while Al-Ahly lost only 20%. In the first half, Wydad relied on cross balls, so he played 12 crosses during the first half, but there were only two crosses from them correctly. sixteen%.

Al-Ahly, during the first half, passed 201 passes against Wydad 128, and this reflects the weakness of Wydad’s midfield.

El-Shennawi stood out late in the first half by tackling a penalty that prevented Wydad from returning to the match again.

With the start of the second half, Musimani coached Aliou Diang, Diang received a warning and was not at his best. In 45 minutes he cut the ball only once, while Hamdi Fathi in 45 minutes cut the ball 7 times , Aliu Diang and a false pass in the last third almost caused the equalizer for Wydad, but Al-Haddad fired over the goal.

With the entry of Hamdi Fathi, Al-Ahly’s form has improved relatively with the decline in Wydad’s morale after the missed penalty, Musimani continued in the same approach with the distinguished level of Hamdi Fathi and Qafsha in joining lines as well. by Soliya.

Qafsha and Ajay’s defensive rebound gave Al-Ahly a huge advantage by putting pressure on Wydad, especially with the ball entering the center of Al-Ahly Stadium.

Analysis of Al-Ahly and Wedad

Hussein Al-Shahat was a question mark during the match, so frankly he wasted an opportunity and did not fully play his defensive role, which is Musimani’s only mistake in not taking him out and relegation of Walid Suleiman. Walid Suleiman’s descent would have completely closed off Wydad’s left front with Walid’s help to Muhammad Hani. During the first half Hani suffered only because of the lack of return to pressure.

Analysis of Al-Ahly and Wedad

Musimani made his second change by lowering Giraldo in place of Marwan Mohsen and entering Ajay in hitting position, Geraldo contributed nothing more than a single cross, but was otherwise the point where Al-Ahly’s attacks ended. .

The third change was the departure of Sheikh in place of Shahat, which is a late change, and Walid was better, while Badji remained on the bench, and this indicates that the player is not 100% healthy.

Jumandi got things back after Al-Ahly’s second goal, where he put Komara in the center of the defender and brought Gibran back to center and put the debate off the field, and involved Kazadi in place of forward Gbagbo and also Hamza Asrir.

After these changes, Wydad returned to the match in a relatively better way, but the fitness factor did not help him and Yahya Atiyatallah was injured and Badi ‘Awok was exhausted, and Al-Murtaji came out in his place and Wydad did not reach the goal of Al-Ahly.

The question was if Hamza Asrir was ready to participate, then why didn’t he participate in the Defense Center?

Ajay played an excellent role during the match, as he was the player who put the most duet in the air correctly 3 of 5 and caused the penalty that Maaloul scored, and passed the ball to Al Shahat to separate the goal, and he is also the greatest in duets, he won 7 out of 10 and created 4 scoring chances.

Al-Karti and Ismail Al-Haddad lost the ball 24 and 21 times each, due to lack of midfield support or attack.

Hamdi Fathy was the player who drew the ball the most during the match 7 times, and Musimani knew, thanks to the good defensive positioning, to make Al-Haddad and Woke each a correct center only throughout the match.

Hani and Maaloul were the players who touched the ball the most during the match, 75 and 72 times, reflecting that Al-Ahly was building the game on the sides and picking up in the middle.