Al-Ahly seeks in Guinea-Bissau a 393-day absence

Friday, September 13, 2019

11:47

In the first match of the Swiss coach Rene Feiler, Al-Ahly will try to end his suffering outside Africa when he will face Kano Sport against Kano Sport in Guinea-Bissau, in the first leg of the first leg. 32nd of the Champions League of Africa (2019-2020).

This match is the first test of Feyler, who took over Al Ahli earlier this month, just 13 days before his first official match with Al Ahli, knowing that it was the first experience of training for the 46 year old player on the African continent.

Al-Ahly, Egyptian league champion and record holder of the African Princess' 8-time record, has not won any of the last eight games played outside the continental competition. for more than a year, there are precisely 393 days.

The last victory of the Red Genius will take place on August 17, 2018, after defeating the club-host of the Esperance of Tunisia in Radès 1-0, signed by the Moroccan Walid Azzaro, at the end of the group stage of the last edition of the competition.

Al Ahli was then headed by Frenchman Patrice Carteron. Since then, Red Genie did not know the taste of victory. He had six defeats for two draws, scoring only two goals and 14 goals in eight games.

The knot in Guinea started with Al-Ahly tied with Huria (0-0) in the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2018, before losing to ES Setif in Algeria (2-1) in half -final and Esperance in Tunisia (3-0) in the final.

The negative results of Al-Ahli continued outside the country at the beginning of his career in the latest version (2018-19), after the loss of Ethiopian Gemma Aba Gevar (1). -0) in the round of 16 under the direction of Mohamed Youssef.

During the group stage with Uruguayan Martin Lasarte, Al-Ahly was tied with JS Saoura (1-1) in Algeria, before losing to Tanzania's Simba and Vita Club Congolese by the same result (1-0).

Al-Ahly ended in a 5-0 defeat to the Sundowns in South Africa in the first leg of the quarter-finals, the biggest defeat in the history of Egyptian clubs' participation in the continental leagues .

Al Ahly will seek to recover the title after the ninth dream has been avoided in the last six years. The last title dates back to 2013, when the team led by Mohamed Youssef was opposed to the Orlando Pirates of South Africa.