Shabab Al-Ahli will host Al-Nasr Al-Saudi tonight at 9:20pm at the “Al-Awal Park” stadium as part of the AFC Champions League’s Group Stage Sub-match. The winner of the tournament will take part in the group stage which is scheduled to start in September and continue until next December, and his draw will take place two days after the qualifiers.

Shabab Al-Ahli reached the decisive playoffs in the AFC Champions League qualifiers with a 3-0 win over Jordan’s Al-Wehtam in the first preliminary round last Tuesday.

Shabab Al-Ahli enter the clash in good form, after beating Al-Wehtam by three in the Champions League, the ADNOC Professional League kicks off with three more matches against Ajman, although it played the match with 10 men. Shabab Al-Ahli showed a strong personality at the start of this season’s appearance, domestically or consecutively, led by Serbian coach Marko Nikolic, who convinced everyone with his style and philosophy, resulting in six goals in two matches. Leave a goal.

Al-Fursan have been strong in the last two matches and are relying heavily on the experience of a number of players led by veteran goalkeeper Majid Nasser (39), who recalled his performance in the Gulf 18 hosted by Abu Dhabi. In 2007, he was one of the stars of the tournament.

However, apart from defender Blahnik, there is huge reliance on foreign players, particularly the duo, Aziz Kaniyev, Monis Tabor and Matyosov, while Argentine star Kartabia is expected to remain absent due to personal reasons. Al-Ahli youngsters will try to capitalize on the level of pressure experienced by Al-Nasr after losing two matches in a row to Al-Itifaq 1/2, and Al-Taoun 2/0 in the Saudi league.

Al-Nasr, who won the Arab Championship title at the expense of Al-Hilal, won two goals to one and lived in the underdog, which threatens the future of coach Luis Castro, and therefore bids farewell to the Asian Championship, which is one of Al-Nasr’s main goals this season, ending the journey of the Portuguese within two months of taking the job. will bring

Hopes will continue to be on Portugal star Ronaldo to reconcile the public after modest results in recent times. Al-Nasr finished second in the Saudi Roshen League last season in the AFC Champions League, while Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad clubs directly qualified for the group stage, and are holders of the Saudi Cup title. , Al-Fayha.

• Shabab Al-Ahli won against Al-Wehdad (3-0) in Asia by the same scoreline (3-0) and at home in Ajman, while Al-Nasr have lost their last two matches in the Saudi league.