Monday 23/June/2025 – 01:30 PM
Portuguese coach Manuel Jose, the former coach of the Al -Ahly club team, talked about many things about his journey, revealing some of the stories he faced at the time.
Manuel Jose’s comments
Manuel Jose said in a lengthy interview with the Portuguese newspaper Maisfutebol: Eight years.
And about walking in the streets of Cairo, Manuel Jose added: I used to say that walking in the streets of Cairo was difficult, on this second visit, it was impossible to walk in the street, neither on foot nor by car, there were young people in their cars moving trying to take pictures with me once, my wife was saying the photo or else the car of these young people would be destroyed, there were eight or nine people who had already broke their cars in order to take pictures with me.
He continued: Al -Ahly fans are not the only one who loved me, Zamalek invited me 3 times to train them but I refused, I also remember a position with my ophthalmologist, I set an appointment with him and told me that the appointment will be in the city center, I told him that it is impossible to go there, I cannot walk in the street there, I went with him to the clinic and then we had to walk to the glasses clinic and I said to him I will follow you and I am tired of me I entered, two policemen entered and told me that I should leave, the longer I stay there, the greater the number of fans, we asked for a car and went out and told me that I should not be there again.
Jose talks about his African flights to participate in the Champions League
On his African flights, he continued: Traveling in Africa, with the exception of Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and South Africa, was difficult, there were no direct flights, we stopped everywhere, traveling to Senegal and other countries took 22 or 24 hours, and we were playing every three days, and this was exhausted.
He added: Wherever we went to play, there was often a colored magician, and about 40 or 50 people wearing masks, throwing spells to help their team win, this black magic, is crazy, right? The stadiums were full of fans wherever we went, Al -Ahly was very famous, but that is mainly due to their strong love for football, but one of the worst countries ever was Zimbabwe.
The secret behind the second departure of Jose for Al -Ahly
On the reason behind his second departure in 2009, he said: I was naturally used to reading very much, and at a training time for Al -Ahly in that period I did not read one book for two years, I was tired of work, I had no time to spend with my son or my wife or to do anything else, I wanted to have time for my hobbies such as reading books and fishing, then my journey came to train Angola but they treated me in a bad way Amali, then moved to Saudi Arabia and then returned to Al -Ahly for a third and last period in 2010, two years after the club of the club.
And Abizaid: The third time I returned and I was happy again, but this third period was more unrest, due to instability in the country for the fall of the regime at the time, I went up to the plane and left with my wife and physician, we stayed in Portugal for about a week, then they called me to tell me that things calmed down, but I returned alone as a precaution.
Regarding his relationship with the players after returning at the time, he said: The soul was not at its best, the players were imprisoned in their homes and felt fear of the things that are being done.
Jose reveals the details of Al -Masry Al -Port Said match 2012
He added: The tournament was resumed and we became heroes, but at the beginning of 2012 the tragedy of Port Said, in which more than 70 fans were martyred in the team’s match against Al -Masry, this was the most sensitive situation in my life, I saw the fans expelled from the stands out of the field, I still remember it clearly.
And he continued: The referee stopped the match three times, one of them for 20 minutes due to the storming of the stadium, and it was always re -operated, but what should have been, because the atmosphere was very tense, one of the things that are still stuck in my mind that the fans of the opposing team raised a sign in the English language behind Marmana that he read: Today everyone will die here.
He added: The opponent’s fans ran to the field as soon as the referee launched the whistle at the end of the match, I was not afraid and thought that I was known for hardness, if I started running, these men will kill me, two men accompanied me at the time from the club, however, I received punches in my head and in my legs, I risked a lot, a man approached me and grabbed my arms, saying to me, raising your hand, This man will not take me to a good place, I clearly understood that he would take me to a place where he would kill me, I was known that I am a man who is not afraid.
And he continued: When I tried to enter the dressing room, where everyone was already present, I could not, because there are hundreds of players, and I could not overcome them, I returned, so they took me to the press room, after about 20 minutes I told the club president that I would return to the dressing room, so he said to me not to go, they will kill you, I told him that they would not, if they wanted to kill me, they would have done so, the players came with me The kicks could not enter the dressing room again, then put me in a car and took me into a military barracks, and after about two hours, they put me in another car and took me directly to the airport.
Jose: I do not follow Al -Ahly .. and I am surprised by the Club World Cup
On the Porto and Al -Ahly match in the Club World Cup, I concluded: I do not follow Al -Ahly and I do not know anything about it now, and the Club World Cup in my opinion is exhausting for the players, some want to spend a beautiful time with his family and then he found himself in a country that does not care about football, but the basket is the most important for her.
