2024-04-07 20:40:25
Al-Ittihad team won the Libyan Super Cup, postponed for the 2022/2023 sports season, for the 11th time in its history, after defeating Al-Ahly Tripoli on penalty kicks (6-5), after the end of regular time for the match in a positive draw with a score of (1-1), in the match that It took place yesterday, Friday, on the floor of Tripoli International Stadium.
This confrontation, mediated by the American referee of Moroccan origin, “Ismail Al-Fateh,” at the Tripoli Stadium is the first of its kind since its opening after maintenance and renovation works, as Al-Ittihad took the initiative to score at the beginning of the 15th minute with a header from its striker, “Saleh Al-Taher,” translating Zamila Abdel’s cross. Al-Ati Al-Abbasi” inside the goalkeeper, “Mohamed Nashnoush,” who was content with looking at her as she entered his net.
Al-Ahly won the last edition of the Libyan League Championship. It did not throw away the handkerchief, but rather continued the attack, looking to change the balance. From the beginning of the second half, Al-Ittihad goalkeeper “Ahmed Balashahr” blocked a shot by player “Nour El-Din Al-Qalib” into a corner in the 46th minute, and perhaps the most notable of his shots. Al-Ahly player “Abdulaziz Al-Suwaii” headed a header that hit the left post of goalkeeper “Ahmed Al-Bashara.”
Al-Ahly’s attacking tide continued on Al-Ittihad’s three lines, posing a major threat to Al-Ittihad’s back line, but Al-Ittihad remained cohesive throughout the 90 minutes. On the other hand, the national coach, “Jamal Khamis,” relied on counterattacks, perhaps bringing something new, especially since Al-Ittihad’s substitute striker, the Congolese “Baliki.” “He did not take advantage of Al-Ahly’s back spaces, wasting two shots that almost ended the match, in the 77th and 80th minutes.
The American referee of the match, “Ismail Al-Fateh,” awarded a penalty kick for Al-Ahly in the 90th minute, after returning to the VAR technique, so the player, “Mohamed Al-Munir,” went ahead for the kick, adjusting the strings of the score, so the two teams resorted to playing penalty kicks, which in turn smiled at Al-Ittihad and turned its back on Al-Ahly Tripoli. .
According to the Libyan newspaper Al-Anbaa, the team that won the title, Al-Ittihad, succeeded in this confrontation in scoring (6) penalty kicks, from eight balls played, as Omar Al-Khoja, Ahmed Al-Haram, the Congolese Baliki, and Rabih Al-Shadi, in addition to the Congolese Aliou Adam, scored. And Sobhi Al-Mabrouk, while Maad Issa and Maad Al-Amami failed to score.
It should be noted that last season’s double holder, Al-Ahly, was able to score (5) goals out of eight, as Moayed Al-Lafi, Muhammad Nashnoush, Abdullah Al-Arfi, Ahmed Karaoua, and Tunisian Murad Al-Hadali all scored for him, while Muhammad Al-Munir, Anis El Seltou and his Congolese professional, Thierry Manzi.
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2024-04-07 20:40:25