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Saudi Professional League missteps can bolster Al Hilal hopes in AFC Champions League
A 2-0 defeat to historical rivals might not seem ideal preparation for Asia’s premier club competition.
Yet Al Hilal’s competitors in the West should not get carried away. There are reasons why a tricky Saudi Professional League title defence can bolster AFC Champions League hopes, beginning with Thursday’s Group A kick-off versus Uzbekistan’s AGMK.
A neck-and-neck title race with Ever Banega’s Al Shabab certainly contrasts with 2019/20’s commanding run to top-flight domination. This intense competition with a Riyadh rival has all the hallmarks of 2018/19’s run-in against Al Nassr.
Hilal, narrowly, lost out on Saudi supremacy in 2018/19. But channelled this competitive spirit into ending an insufferable 19-year wait for Asian success, during November 2019.
These contrasting campaigns covered their cherished run to ACL glory.
The 2019 group stage was less demanding than 2021’s expanded version. A rampant coronavirus outbreak would then put paid to 2020’s defence at the same juncture during September’s abridged running in Doha.
The previous format witnessed a top-two finish guarantee progression. It was also, pandemic aside, played out over several months in a familiar home-and-away fashion.
Now only top spot, or being one of three-best runners-up from five four-team pools, will do. Everything will be decided within 16 frantic days at one location, fortunately for the three Saudi sides they’ve all been decreed home-turf advantage.
This feeling of intense action, though, should be familiar for Rogerio Micale’s men. No matter the debatable merits of Tajikistan’s first-ever group-stage entrants in Istiklol or the 2021 Uzbekistan Super League’s sixth-best club in AGMK.
Rogerio Micale has recorded four wins and two defeats in the SPL (EPA).
A stern examination, though, can be expected from Carlos Eduardo’s Shabab Al Ahli Dubai Club who made it 21 games unbeaten with victory in last week’s Arabian Gulf Cup showpiece. Senses must be fully honed in pursuit of first place – it shouldn’t be readily attained.
Important lessons have, also, been learned along the way.
Micale’s six SPL fixtures have produced four wins and two, chastening, losses. All were attained with a 4-4-1-1 system.
With only four foreigners allowed in the ACL from the six on Hilal’s books, deadweight cannot be carried.
Ex-Italy maestro Sebastian Giovinco shone in 2019’s double-headed final versus Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds. He’s now, though, enduring a 19-match scoreless spell.
Trust has been earned by improving Argentine Luciano Vietto, who has recorded two goals and one assist from his previous five matches, that he can replace injured Saudi Arabia winger Salem Al Dawsari.
The merits of Micale compared to celebrated predecessor Razvan Lucescu can be debated. So, too, the relative form and function of this Hilal squad in relation to its immediate predecessors.
Insights should have been gleaned among the current struggle. They must be heeded in the coming weeks. -
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Hollie Murphy completes seven marathons across the Emirates in aid of people with determination
A former teacher who launched a pioneering sports network for people of determination has completed seven marathons across seven emirates on consecutive days to raise money and awareness for the cause.
Hollie Murphy, 34, began the incredible journey in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, March 27 – notching over 294km by the time she crossed the finish line on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah on Friday, April 2.
The challenge, supported by New Balance, raised over 5,000 dirhams for Heroes of Hope – a non- profit organization Hollie launched to help people of determination build relationships through sports and Al Jalila Foundation, which helps provide medical treatment for individuals unable to afford
quality healthcare.
Hollie, an Irish expat who lives in Dubai, said: “Heroes of Hope is all about enabling children and young people with physical and intellectual disabilities to participate and interact through sports as well as enjoy a sense of achievement, regardless of their physical capability.”
“It seemed fitting that I should take on a physical challenge that pushed me beyond my comfort zone to raise some funds and awareness for the cause. There were times, particularly in the middle of the challenge that I wondered what I was doing! I really had to dig deep and just keep putting one
foot in front of the other.”
She added: “The level of support I got from members of the community who sponsored me, my colleagues and so many others were amazing.”
New Balance through their partnership with Hollie and Heroes of Hope have committed to donate 294 pairs of trainers to kids of determination; for every kilometer run by Hollie, New Balance would donate a pair of trainers. Hollie’s 7 marathons, across 7 emirates in 7 days, amassed over 294 kilometers.
Hollie’s work with people of determination began when she was a PE teacher in Dubai. She set up an after-school club for children of determination which attracted support from organizations and facility owners who enabled it to grow.
After witnessing the benefits of the Special Olympics World Games in Abu Dhabi, Hollie gave up teaching in 2020 and founded Heroes of Hope as a free community outreach initiative. Heroes of Hope was selected by the social incubator programme of the Authority for Social Inclusion – Ma’an.
It is an Abu Dhabi based authority for social contribution that brings together the government, the private sector and civil society to support a culture of social contribution and participation.
Stuart Henwood of New Balance said: “Hollie has shown so much spirit over the years and especially in the last seven days through this incredible challenge. We were only too happy to enable Hollie’s running journey across the 7 emirates. Our aim was to ensure she had the maximum comfort over
the 7 days, this is why we provided our Fresh Foam franchise to her. As a brand we are very proud to be associated with Heroes of Hope and this initiative, we are a brand of movement and through this initiative we have been fortunate enough to enable 294 kids of determination to move better
with our donation of trainers.”
