SME – Written by: Muhammad Al-Joker
The day before yesterday, I followed the summit of African and Asian football, represented by the Jeddah Al-Ittihad and Al-Ahly of Cairo clubs, where Al-Ahly presented a great show, taking advantage of the mistakes of the “Dean” in Al-Jawhara Stadium, and they played, succeeded, and imposed their respect on the large Saudi audience after Al-Ittihad lost to Al-Ahly of Egypt by three goals to one. Within the quarter-final matches of the Club World Cup, which is currently being held in Jeddah, with this result, Al-Ahly of Egypt sets a date with Brazilian Fluminense tomorrow, Monday, hoping to continue to shine, especially since this is its ninth participation, to confirm its position as the second most participating team in the history of the Club World Cup, and it aspires to « The Red Devils achieve a new achievement as they participate as champion of the African Champions League.
It was also crowned the best club in the African continent in 2023, and no matter what we write, we will not do justice to Al-Ahly being a football school that we are proud of in our Arab world, and after a few days it will be a dear guest to us, and for history we say that in the year 1975, specifically on the second day of Eid Al-Adha, Al-Ahly arrived in Dubai. He played here against Al-Nasr, coming from Doha on his visit to the region, and the late Hamid Al-Tayer, may God have mercy on him, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al-Nasr Club at the time, agreed with them, and he went specifically to Qatar and negotiated with the brothers. They did not hesitate, but rather agreed and attended with all the team’s stars, accompanied by the giants of the Egyptian sports press. Abdul Majeed Noman, Najib Al-Mestakawi, and Muhammad Latif, may God have mercy on them all, as I recorded lengthy interviews with them in a program broadcast on Abu Dhabi Radio at the time, entitled “The Football Is Goal,” and we cannot forget that visit that came after the visit of the Brazilian teams Santos and San Paulo, and Al-Ahly played under the leadership of its veteran stars. They lost by a goal to nothing in the match that was held on a sandy field, the Grand Dubai Stadium, and this historic visit remained the second club from Egypt to visit us after Al-Ismaily in 1969, after which it became the permanent guest on all occasions. The Egyptian Al-Ahly “changed” it is difficult to forget because it represents the beautiful story in Writing history, its history is golden in every sense of the word!!.. God is behind the intention
