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Champs final: Advantage Ahli
By Abdullah Al-Hariri Saudi Gazette
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 03 - 12 - 2008

Nasr and Al-Ahli will be seeking a third-time glory when they meet in the second leg of the GCC Champions League final at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh Wednesday.
Al-Ahli, Jeddah hopes are much better than its rival Al-Nasr which has to overturn the 1-0 deficit before thinking of winning the game.
Al-Ahli won the first leg on last Friday after Hassan Al-Raheb lifted his side with a 34th minute strike at the Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium in Jeddah. Al-Ahli and Al-Nasr have won the championship twice before but none of them could win the cup after restructuring the championship in 2006.
The teams have concluded their preparations for the clash which will be decided by penalty shoot-out if Al-Nasr wins 1-0, without extra time.
Al-Raheb who sealed the win in the first leg match is doubtful after he suffered a minor injury during his team's preparation last Monday.
The medical team in Jeddah club is struggling to get the striker ready especially after the great performance flowing Al-Raheb's move for Al-Khaleej team.
Ace striker Malek Al-Hawsawi will be in action. Besides Al-Hasawi, Al-Ahli relies on its Brazilian midfielder Harrison and Tasier Al-Jassem.
Al-Ahli coach Bulgarian Stoycho Mladenov is expected to apply the same format of the first leg.
In his last training session in Jeddah, Mladenov trained his players to shot from outside before he assigned some players for penalties.
Meanwhile, Riyadh's Al-Nasr misses striker Saad Al-Harthi who needs more time to recover from his knee injury. Benin striker Razak Omotoyossi will replace Al-Harthi alongside Rayan Bilal and Mohammed Al-Shahrani.
Al-Nasr depends on some young players who could lead the team to the fourth spot in the Saudi Premier League on 18 points.
Al-Nasr coach Serbian Radan said that he would start the match in a pressing style aiming to wipe out the deficit soon before thinking of the rest of the game. __


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