La JSK prépare Al Ahly – Le Jeune Indépendant

Remaining on an away defeat against CS Constantine in Ligue 1 Mobilis of national professional football, and taking into account the international break, the JSK players must return to training this Friday evening in order to prepare for their next match against Al Ahly in Cairo.

After four days of rest granted by coach Josef Zinnbauer, this first training session is scheduled on the annex pitch of the Hocine-Aït-Ahmed stadium in Tizi Ouzou. This meeting against the Egyptian club, which is part of the first day of the Champions League, is scheduled for November 22.

To ensure this return to Canaries training, coach Zinnbauer and his assistants, Marc Chirvaz and Dragan Parlgil, as well as the video analyst, are expected this Friday as well. For the moment, a lot of work awaits the players and staff of the JSK to prepare well in order to ensure a good result at the opening of this Champions League, version 2025-2026. We must therefore also ensure physical, technical and tactical preparation, without forgetting the mental and psychological side of the players.

And precisely, regarding the players, you should know that during the break, the coach has scheduled individual work for some of his players, Wednesday and Thursday. This program was developed based on several parameters, namely: the position of the players, the profile of each element and of course the workload of each. In other words, the technical staff does not want to leave anything to chance.

Which shows that coach Zinnbauer intends to go as far as possible in this continental competition to allow the club to regain its former glory. On the other hand, and according to the latest news, all players are fit for this match against Al Ahly Cairo, including goalkeeper Gaya Merbah, who has just had the green light from the medical staff to resume training following his latest injury. On the other hand, coach Zinnbauer will not be able to count on his internationals at the start of the resumption of training, namely: Boudebouz, Hadid, Mahious, Hamidi and Madani, for the players from the local players selection (A’), as well as Belaïd from the A selection. Here, it must be recognized that the absence of the internationals somewhat disrupts the plans of coach Zinnbauer, who must make do with…

Al Ahly weakened before JSK

The Egyptian press announced the withdrawal of Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet and Hocine Chahat. The first contracted an injury during the Super Cup played against Zamalek in the United Arab Emirates, while the second has been suffering from an injury for several days. Both players are undergoing treatment, but their return is ruled out according to Egyptian media. Furthermore, Imam Achour should resume training soon, but his participation in the match against JSK is very uncertain.

The sporting director of Ahly Cairo spoke on the case of Emam Ashour, announcing that he is not injured and that he should return to work when training resumes and that it is the physical trainer who will decide on the date of his return to the group.

The sporting director does not rule out his return against JSK, but he added that if he will not be ready by this Saturday, he will be operational for the second match against AS FAR. Ahly will also be without Nejc Gradisar suspended for 2 matches. Ahly officials had appealed to the Confederation of African Football to have his 2-match suspension canceled or reduced to at least one match, but their appeal was rejected. He received this suspension following his behavior during the return match of the second preliminary round of the Champions League against the representative of Burundi.

Despite these significant absences, the Canaries will have to be wary of the Egyptian ogre who aims to win the African title this season. Ahly has certainly lost its quality in recent years, but it remains one of the best teams in Africa. It has a very rich squad and its victory in the Super Cup against eternal rival Zamalek has only done good for the Ahlaouis. They are the favorites in the group, but Zinnbauer’s foals have arguments to put forward, especially since the Egyptian ogre is doing well at the JSK.

Unlike Ahly who will be deprived of some of their starters for different reasons, the Canaries will tackle this first match of the group stage in full force. The German coach will undoubtedly opt for caution, but he will try to opt for quick counterattacks to surprise his opponent in front of his thousands of supporters.