The Al-Nasr and Shabab Al-Ahly match in the second leg of the quarter-finals of the Professional Football Cup (Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup) witnessed 10 goals scored, after the two teams tied 5-5 in a marathon match in which Shabab Al-Ahly took the lead and the score reached 4-2 in the 71st minute, before it turned To 5-4 for Al-Nasr in the 75th minute, but Shabab Al-Ahly succeeded in returning and achieving a draw, so the match ended with a score of 5-5, which led to Shabab qualifying. Al-Ahly won the first leg 2-0.
After the match and during the press conference, Shabab Al-Ahly coach, Portuguese Paulo Sousa, praised the match and Al-Nasr coach, Dutch Schroeder, as he confirmed that Al-Nasr coach succeeded with distinction in managing the match and the comeback, especially in the second half, in which Al-Nasr played a wonderful match with the coach’s substitutions.
Paulo Sousa said: “The Al-Nasr coach managed the match with excellence and his substitutions were wonderful. In the second half, the Al-Nasr coach brought on the player Abdullah Toure, who gave a wonderful performance, and after we tried to remedy the matter with a defensive change, the Al-Nasr coach changed his plan and changed the player’s position again. A great match and a wonderful performance from both teams. I congratulate the Al-Fursan players and also the Al-Nasr team for the great performance.”
For his part, Al-Nasr coach, Dutch Schroeder, was not late in responding to Al-Fursan’s coach, as he said: “The Al-Ahly youth team includes wonderful elements and a distinguished coach who knows what he is doing well. Thank you to him for the great match he presented, and we are happy with this great performance despite being eliminated from the tournament.” However, the performance was wonderful and a return to the team. It was my best match with Al-Nasr since I took over his leadership last season. The return was wonderful. The improvement in performance and to return in the result in this way and against the Shabab Al-Ahly team is very important. It was difficult, but it happened. Congratulations to Shabab Al-Ahly on the rise.”
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