He Pachuca Mexican, led by the Venezuelan striker Salomon Rondon or Dutch-Moroccan Oussama Idrissi, face off this Saturday at Doha (Qatar) to the Egyptian team Al-Ahly, African champions, for a place in the final of Intercontinental Cupwhere the winner will face the real Madrid next December 18th.
In it derby of the Americasthe Uruguayan coach’s team Guillermo Almada was thrashed 3-0 in his debut match Botafogo of Brazil with annotations by Moroccan Osussama Idrissi, by Colombian Nelson Deossa and Rondón.
The result increased the motivation of the players led by Almada, who after passing the monarch of Libertadores Cup, They believe they have real options to win the semi-final and compete for the title against Real Madrid.
Concacaf ChampionsTuzos showed that they are in good form, but they should not underestimate the Egyptians of Swiss strategist Marcel Koller, winners, also 3-0 Arab Al-Ain in the African derby in their ‘quarterfinal’ match.
“Our ambition is to compete in every game. We showed (against Botafogo) that we have character, that we have quality in our team. We came here with dreams, like everyone else,” he stated Idrissi is a former Sevilla and Cádiz playeramong other teams.
The Argentinian Sergio Barreto, who was injured in the match against Botafogo, confirmed that his departure from the pitch was only a precaution and that he was theoretically at the disposal of his coach.
He Al-Alhy, king of African football, will not be able to rely on players like Oufa Shobeir, Mohamed Hany and Karim Fouadwho was not called up for this tournament due to injury, but will still be out in search of success with Wessan Abou Ali as offensive leader; excited to face the meringues in the final, the team Koller They will try to maintain order in the defense and, from there, they will try to hurt the Mexicans.
“Pachuca is a strong team, They eliminated the South American champion. We saw the match against Botafogo, where they showed a high level of performance by scoring three goals in just 30 minutes,” commented midfielder Hussein Elshahat.
This is the second time that both teams will meet in a tournament of FIFA after the quarterfinals of Club World Cup Japan 2008, a match in which Pachuca won 4-2 after extra time.
The winner will compete for the title next Wednesday against Real Madrid at the stadium in Lusailvenue of the final of Qatar World Cup 2022where Argentina defeated France after the penalty shootout.
Possible lineups:
Pachuca: Carlos Moreno; Sergio Barreto, Bryan González, Luis Rodríguez, Andrés Micolta; Pedro Pedraza, Arturo González, Nelson Deossa, Elías Montiel; Oussama Idrissi and Salomón Rondón.
coaches: Guillermo Almada.
Al Ahly: Mohamed Elshenawy; Rami Rabia, Yasser Ibrahim, Akram Tawfik, Yahya Attiat-Allah; Marawan Attia, Hussein Elshahat, Emam Ashour, Taher Mohamed, Ahmed Koka; and Wessam Abou Ali.
coaches: Marcel Koller.
Referee: Alireza Faghani, from Iran.
stadium: 974 (Doha, Qatar)
schedule: 18:00 (Spanish time)
TV: FIFA+/Mitele.es
Source: La Verdad
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