Game Over!

By: MiDoS | September 25th, 2008

Zamalek is out of the race after loosing to Dynamos of Zimbabwe 1-0. A late goal scored by David Shoko meant that Zamalek is officialy out of the race. Zamalek ended last in Group A standings with 5 points from 6 matches.

Zamalek vs. Dyamos FC: 0-1 (David Shoko 89′)

Start-Up Line:
Abdel Wahed El-Sayed, Mohamed Abdallah, Wisam El-Abdy, Mahmoud Fathalla, Ahmed Abdel-Raouf (Abdel Halim), Ahmed Magy, Mohamed Aboul Ela (C) (Mostafa Gaafar), Ahmed Ghanem, Osama Hassan, Sherif Ashraf, Junior Agogo (Ayman Abdelaziz)

Zamalek in Action:

18′ Fathalla goes for a header from a corner , ball goes to near the left post!

26′ Agogo shoots one! ball goes wide! A wild shot that was!!

56′ Yellow Card- Osama Hassan

59′ Ayman In Agogo Out, Mostafa Gaafar In Aboul Ela Out

60′ Yellow Card- Ayman Abdelaziz!

76′ Fathalla again goes for a header from a free-kick, ball goes near the left post!

80′ Abdel Halim In Abdel Raouf Out

86′ Halim strikes one! Ball goes over the bar! What a miss!!

89′ It’s over! David Shoko scores for Dynamos! A free-kick well taken by Shoko sends the ball at the back of Abdel Wahed’s net!

Overall Zamalek Players Rating: (0/10) Game Over!

Man of the match: Abdel Wahed El-Sayed

MTNfootball.com covered the press conference and came up with:

“The players insisted to fast because it was the holy month of Ramadan and they were not able to match their opponents” the German said.

“It was very tough because the game was played during daylight.” Hollman also insisted that his team was looking for victory in Harare.

“We wanted to win but this is football.”

“We should now drop the issue of the champions’ league and concentrate on the Egyptian league,” said Hollman.

On the other side, Ayman Abdelaziz asked his teammates to retain a good league form following their ousting of the CAF Champions League.

“I told all the players that now we should focus on the league and forget the Dynamos defeat,” Abdelaziz told Zamalek’s official website.

“Winning the next two postponed games against Telecom Egypt and Tersana will be of a paramount importance for our league competence.”
Source: FilGoal.com

Finally, we all wish the best for our beloved team in the upcoming matches.

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