Swiss coach Marcel Kohler, Al-Ahly’s coach, announced the formation of the team for the match against Tanzania’s Simba, which is scheduled to be held at Benjamin Mkapa Stadium in the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam, at eight o’clock in the evening today, Friday, Cairo time, in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the African Champions League.
Al-Ahly’s formation includes: Mustafa Schubert, Mohamed Abdel Moneim, Rami Rabia, Mohamed Hani, Ali Maaloul, Marwan Attia, Amr Al-Soulia, Ahmed Nabil Koka, Hussein Al-Shahat, Percy Tau and Modeste.
The list for tonight’s match witnessed the absence of: Mohamed El-Shenawy, Leo Dieng, Yasser Ibrahim, Imam Ashour, Wissam Abu Ali, and Karim Nedved due to injury, in addition to the absence of Mahmoud El-Zanfali and Omar Kamal Abdel-Wahed due to lack of African registration..
And he strives Al-Ahly To kill more than one bird with one stone during the Simba match, which we will review in the following lines:
Facing the curse of injuries
Marcel Kohler, Al-Ahly’s technical director, is seeking to achieve victory tonight in order to challenge one of the biggest crises that the team has suffered recently, which is the curse of many absences, as the team loses the efforts of Mohamed El-Shenawy, Leo Dieng, Yasser Ibrahim, Imam Ashour, Wissam Abu Ali, and Karim Nedved to injury, in addition to the absence of Mahmoud. Al-Zanfali and Omar Kamal Abdel Wahed for non-African registration.
A step towards qualification
Kohler and the Al-Ahly players know very well that winning tonight will represent an important step on the path to qualifying for the semi-finals of the African Championship, which Al-Ahly holds the title of. The Red Giant will make the task of qualifying much easier for itself if it wins tonight, and days before the return match in Cairo on April 5th.
Achieving the first win away from home over Simba
Al-Ahly has never defeated Simba in Tanzania, so it would be great if Al-Ahly broke this knot and succeeded in defeating the Tanzanian champion in the midst of its fans and on its home soil.
Disengage with Simba
Al-Ahly met Simba in 8 matches before. Al-Ahly won in 3 matches, lost the same, and the draw was decided as a result of only two matches in the African League, so Al-Ahly wants to achieve a victory to be the most victorious in the history of the two teams’ confrontations.