Al-Ahly dismissed Carteron, appoint Mohamed Youssef

CAIRO –23 November 2018: Al-Ahly SC announced the dismissal of Patrice Cartieron from the helm of the football first team, and the appointment of Mohamed Youssef as a temporary coach until reaching an agreement with a new coach.

Al-Ahly also dismissed Michael Lindman, fitness coach, and appoint Sayed Abdelhafiz as a football director.

Al-Ahly witnessed a tough week as they recently knocked out from the 16th round of the Arab club championship on Thursday after they ended their game against Emirati club, Al-Wasl, with a 1-1 draw to say bye to the Arabian tournament.

Carteron also failed in the final game of the CAF Champions League as Al-Ahly lost 0-3 against ES Tunis at Rades stadium.

The French coach has been on Al-Ahly's bench for only five months. He managed to play 21 games; won 12, lost 3 and 6 games ended with a draw.

Mohamed Youssef, Al-Ahly's temporary coach, fined each player EGP 100,000 after they got knocked out of the Arabian tournament.

Youssef declared that he repeated the fine over Al-Ahly's players for the second time in just a week after the African failure.

Al-Ahly prepares for the next game against Al-Mokawlon Al-Arab in the 16th round of the Egyptian league next Tuesday.