The fifth round of the Lebanese Football League begins on Friday, with a single meeting between Shabab Al-Sahel, third in the standings (8 points) and the last Al-Ahly Brotherhood without credit, at Al-Ahed Stadium on Airport Road, and it is the first to be hosted by him following the recent improvements.
Shabab Al-Sahel, under the leadership of their Serbian coach Dragan, hopes to score their third win in a row following the resounding double they achieved at the expense of Al-Ahed and Al-Najma in the last two rounds. In the league this season, and stopping the series of consecutive defeats, which amounted to 4, made it to the bottom of the standings with an empty score.
The round continues on Saturday, and Al-Ahed, the defending champion, who is in sixth place (7), will be a Alex Reed of the Tripoli team, and the summer of Al-Qaa (2) will be on the grounds of Al-Mardashiya Stadium in Zgharta.
Al-Ahed seeks to continue its uprising following it began to regain the hero’s personality, and to seize a victory that seems within reach, at least on paper, without considering his technical capabilities that qualify him to stay at the top for an additional season, while the people of the northern capital are still looking for the identity of the team, not the competitor, but the one who is able to withstand in the first degree, Especially since it is the team that receives the most losses in high numbers.
Also on Saturday, Al-Ansar, the runner-up (10) will face Al-Safaa the fifth (7) at the Amin Abdel Nour Municipal Stadium in Bhamdoun.
Al-Ansarians, led by their coach Jamal Taha, are looking forward to continuing their series of victories, which amounted to three in a row, coupled with offensive performances that reflect their technical capabilities, knowing that their task in this round will not be easy to face Al-Safa, who will not accept a second loss in a row, so that he does not miss the train of competition, and return to the cycle of the season. the missed.
Al-Hikma Eight (4) will host its Al-Shabab Al-Ghazia X (2) at the stadium of President Fouad Shehab Complex in Jounieh in the third match scheduled for Saturday.
On paper, the chances of the two teams seem equal with the odds of a referee, as coach Emile Rostom hopes to build on the awakening of his players during the last round, especially his striker Buconta Sarr, to score his second victory, which will make him advance strongly in the ranking list, but his endeavors will collide with the ambition of the sons of Ghazia who are looking to achieve their first victory, and break They have been fasting since the start of the season.
On Sunday, Al-Najma will be fourth in the ranking (7) as a Alex Reed of the ninth peace (3) in the grounds of the Mardashiya complex in Zgharta.
Al-Najma team and its coach, Bilal Fleifel, realize that any new stumble, following the recent setback of the Sahel youth, will have prices that will be paid on the day of harvest. A knot for them in recent years, which makes the star-studded quest to break the psychological barrier and thus build confidence that will benefit the upcoming occasions.
The tour concludes with the meeting of the leading Burj team, holed up in the full mark (12) with the solidarity of Tire Seven (5) in Jounieh.
It is certain that the men of the tower, led by their coach Osama Al-Saqer, are the most attractive to attention since the beginning of the season, especially with their confirmation through the succession of matches, that their presence at the top of the ranking is not a coincidence, but is achieved with merit and with integrated technical capabilities, so solidarity will, in turn, be a kiss of interest, in anticipation that it will be honored The first to snatch points this season from the mouth of the yellow castle men.
