Ali Haider starred in the final against Australia (Gary Lutolong/Getty)
Lebanese player Ali Haidar stole the spotlight during the semi-finals Asia Cup 2022 Basketball And also in the final, thanks to his level before another story about his life away from stadiums spread on social media, which impressed everyone.
Ali Haider had arrived in Jakarta in Indonesia before the quarter-final against China, after recovering from the Corona virus, but he did not participate for a long time and showed signs of lack of focus, to gradually improve his level in the semi-final against Jordan, thanks to the global block-shot that he made and saved the country Rice from defeat to qualify for the final.
In the final match against Australia, Ali Haidar took on the offensive task alongside Wael Araqji, and was the second best scorer in the match with 23 points, with his distinguished defensive role, to lose Lebanon 73-75.
Ali Haidar returned to Lebanon yesterday, Monday, with his colleague Youssef Khayat, and the technical staff led by coach Jad Al-Hajj, while the rest of his colleagues preferred to go on a recreational trip on the island of Bali after obtaining approval from those concerned, following the exceptional tournament they presented.
The most interesting story of Ali Haider is the spread of a picture of him while working in a wood carpentry workshop, a profession that he has been mastering and has been working on for years. Poor families in Lebanon sometimes.
One of Ali Haidar’s neighbors wrote a story that the player also posted on his Instagram account: “Ali has a wood and carpentry workshop, and see how he spends his day standing, working in Edo, getting tired and living, as well as a family from the workshop, and after his hard day, he will train and play basketball.”
He continued in the story, “I am talking about this because you must know this heroic person, and it may not be the same. He gets tired and plays to outperform foreigners whose budgets are millions of dollars and are comfortable, while Ali and his companions are crying, but what separates is that Ali is in his heart in Lebanon, the pain of Lebanon and the oppression of Lebanon, and he wants to do something like sand, saying Lebanon is an enemy.” alive and not dead.”
In a previous video during the quarantine period due to Corona in Lebanon, Ali Haidar posted a video of him on Instagram, about his work in this profession.
It is reported that Ali Haidar posted on his Instagram account as well on Tuesday Story, in which he said, “Forget the national team and Basket, forget the carpenter and carpentry, today I have a bride to marry, it is my wedding day.”