Staff Reporter.
Ex-Al Ahly’s German manager Reiner Hollman believes the Reds can overcome Bayern Munich in the Club World Cup semi-finals.
After beating Qatari champions Al-Duhail in the second round of the Club World Cup thanks to a Hussein El-Shahat strike, Al Ahly have booked their spot in the tournament’s semi-finals.
They will now face European champions Bayern Munich in hopes of qualifying to the final for the first time in the club’s history.
If they managed to cause a shock, they will face Tigers UNAL of Mexico in the final, something which retired German Reiner Hollmann see it could happen.
“Bayern Munich have a strong attacking life for sure, but Al Ahly can stop them and apply pressure on them, “Hollmann said.
“Al Ahly is the biggest club in Africa and they similar to Bayern Munich in Europe.”
“We can notice that Bayern are not in their top condition lately, especially in defence and the midfield.
“Al Ahly need to close all the gaps against both Robert Lewandowski and Leroy Sané.
“They also need to focus on the counter-attacks, especially that David Alaba is not in form and we saw that in the Hertha Berlin game. He has become a weak point lately,” he added.
Kick-off is at 20:00pm (SA Time).