Al-Ahly coach forecast Enyimba FC's fall

This was revealed to nigeriasports.com soon after the referee from Mauritius, Li-Kim Chong shrilled his whistle to signify the end of the match, by the Egyptian team's tender. He told us that, Enyimba put up quite a good fight but "I knew that they would fall. Having beaten the 'People's Elephants' at home, Jose promised to come up with other strategies against other teams on their path to the victory rostrum.

The visiting Egyptians needed only 10 minutes to wrap up victory for themselves in the encounter, which left thousands of fans, who watched the match, speechless.  Taking advantage of a defensive slip by the homers, Al-Ahly attackers swooped on the defenceless goalie, Aiyenugba with their point man, Tarek to slot the ball into the goal for the only goal of the encounter.

According to Jose, he found the antidote to Enyimba FC's successful runs so far, in their video clips, which they watched over, and over again with wrapt attention.  "We had taken time out to really study vidoe clips of the Nigerian team...their style of play, their approaches, strong points, weak points, et al.

"All I had to do before coming for the match, was only to think well on how to counter them.  So, our victory today, was due to the strategy we adopted for the game.  We know that, we still have a long way to go; so, we are ready to strategise for every match.  We are the leading team on the local league table back in Egypt.  We have not lost a match since 2004 and we knew that, this one against Enyimba, would not be different,"he boasted in a post-match chat with nigeriasports.com.

.Chigozie Chukwuletta