Ahmed Ramadan Beckham, defender of Al Ahly’s first football team, expressed his deep sadness after his team’s loss to Brazil’s Palmeiras in the second round of the group stage of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. He confirmed that the team entered the match with great ambitions to win and secure early qualification, but the result did not meet expectations due to bad luck and some technical details.

Here are the key statements made by Ahmed Ramadan Beckham after the match:

1. We had high hopes of winning and securing early qualification, but luck was not on our side.

2. We still have a chance in the next match against Porto to win and secure qualification.

3. Coach Ribeiro asked us to push forward offensively and tried to adjust the result by making four substitutions to compensate for the deficit.

4. The draw in the first match and then the loss to Palmeiras were the result of bad luck, and we promise to give our all in the next game.
Al Ahly now faces a decisive clash against Portugal’s Porto in the third and final round of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup group stage. The match will be held in the early hours of Tuesday, June 24. It will kick off at 4:00 AM Cairo and Mecca time, 5:00 AM Abu Dhabi time, and 2:00 AM Maghreb countries’ time.

Al Ahly aims to achieve victory in this crucial encounter to ensure progression in the global tournament, after the group’s calculations became more complicated following the defeat to the Brazilian champions.