Shabab Al-Ahly team supervisor, Khaled Al-Kaabi, revealed the readiness of the team and national team player, Hareb Abdullah Suhail, for the upcoming matches, after he missed three matches due to the injury he sustained in the last team camp and the Qatar match in the World Cup qualifiers.
Suhail participated in the starting lineup in the Qatar match, which the UAE won with five goals without a response, in the sixth round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, and caused a penalty kick that Lima successfully executed in the 45th minute. Then Suhail suffered a moderate injury, and was forced to miss three matches for Al-Shabab. Al-Ahly in the ADNOC League and the AFC Champions League 2.
Suhail appeared in Shabab Al-Ahly’s training before the match against Nasaf Uzbekistan in the AFC Champions League, but the coach did not include him in the squad. Al-Kaabi told Emirates Al-Youm that the player is ready to participate in the matches.
Al-Kaabi confirmed that the coach of the Shabab Al-Ahly team, the Portuguese Paulo Sousa, does not differentiate between a substitute player and a main player in the team’s formation during matches, and always seeks to prepare all players, and relies in his plan on the team’s needs in the match.
Shabab Al-Ahly succeeded in achieving an important victory over the Uzbek team Nasaf and occupying the top spot in its fourth Asian group, so that the team continued its positive results by achieving two consecutive victories, after it had stopped in a draw with the Kalba team in the ADNOC Professional League Championship. Shabab Al-Ahly team is preparing for a difficult confrontation against Khor Fakkan tomorrow, Sunday, in the ninth round of the ADNOC Professional League Championship. Al-Fursan occupies second place in the league standings, two points behind Sharjah, with a postponed match remaining for Shabab Al-Ahly against Al-Ain.
Al-Kaabi stressed that “Shabab Al-Ahly team is competitive in all tournaments, and this is the first demand of the fans. There are difficult matches, whether local or Asian, so the coach does not rely on one group of players and leaves the rest. Rather, on the contrary, he gives the opportunity to all the elements, and does not know a key player and another.” As a precaution, everyone must be ready for any match, and it is the policy of rotating players for all matches of the season.
He added: “We are preparing for the Khor Fakkan match in the league, which is a difficult match. We lost two points in the Kalba match. It certainly had an impact on the players. We were not successful, but the team succeeded in achieving two consecutive victories that will have a role in the upcoming matches, especially the Khor Fakkan match before the match. Super Cup against Al-Wasl next Friday.”
Regarding the stopping of the tournament and its impact on the team, Al-Kaabi continued: “The stopping affects any team, not just Shabab Al-Ahly, especially if the rating of the players and the team is high, and the team needs a match or two to return to its pace and style to achieve victories.”
Regarding the Asian lead and Shabab Al-Ahly’s qualification to the round of 16, Al-Kaabi said: “We played two very strong matches in four days, and we succeeded in achieving the lead and qualifying. We are waiting for the 12th to determine the team we will face in the next round, but we are ready for any confrontation. We fight each match individually. Without focusing on another match, the goal is for all players to be ready for all confrontations.”
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