Hope Still Alive!

Zamalek fails to secure a win and had a positive 2-2 draw with Ahly in the CAF Champions League. Zamalek needed the whole 3 points badly but a late goal by Aboutrika meant that Zamalek can only get 1 point out of Cairo’s Derby match. Zamalek now has 5 points from 5 matches and has no choices but winning Dynamos of Zimbabwe and hope that Ahly makes a positive result with ASEC Mimosas.

Zamalek vs. Ahly: 2-2 (Gamal Hamza 41′, Junior Agogo 50’ - Flavio Amado 8′, Mohamed Aboutrika 69′)

Start-Up Line:
Abdel Wahed El-Sayed, Mohamed Abdallah (Alaa Abdelghani), Amr El-Safty, Mahmoud Fathalla (Karim Zekry), Ahmed Abdel-Raouf, Ahmed Magy, Mohamed Aboul Ela (C), Ahmed Ghanem, Osama Hassan, Gamal Hamza (Sherif Ashraf), Junior Agogo

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Zamalek in Action:

7′ Yellow Card-Amr El-Safty Misses next match

8′ Flavio scores the opener for Ahly!

33′ Hamza goes for a header from a corner, saved by the keeper!

36′ Agogo makes a run from the right, srikes one; ball goes wide!

41′ Hamza scores the equaliser!! Osama Hassan faints and shoots, keeper saves the shot, ball rebounds from the keeper and reaches Osama again who swifts it easy to Gamal who fires the ball at the back of the net!

50′ Agogo scores the second!! Abdallah gives a super through to Agogo who sends it low to the far post making the score 2-1 for Zamalek!!

57′ Yellow Card-Gamal Hamza Misses next match

60′ Osama fires one! Ball goes over the bar! what a close attempt that was!!

68′ Karim Zekry In Mahmoud Fathalla Out

69′ Aboutrika scores the equaliser for Ahly!

73′ Abdel-Raouf shoots one from distance, keeper stops it well.

80′ Sherif Ashraf In Gamal Hamza Out

82′ Alaa Abdelghani In Mohamed Abdallah Out

Just Notice: Hany Said was set to start the match but unfortunately, he caught a slight injury in the warm-up session before the match!

Overall Zamalek Players Rating: (5/10) You could’ve secured the win!

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

Zamalek coach Reiner Hollmann admitted the draw with rivals Ahly 2-2 wouldn’t do his side any favour although he was pleased with their display.

“Given the fact that we played the game without several regulars, we performed well,” he said.

“But we still need to beat Dynamos away from home in Harare,” the German tactician added.

“We are in a complicated situation and the worst thing about it that we cannot decide our faith ourselves”

Finally, we all wish the best for our beloved team in the upcoming matches. Further more, I want to apologise for the delayed blogging

LOOKING FORWARD TO READ YOUR COMMENTS!

Category: Match Preview, Zamalek Team News

Tags: Abdel Wahed El-Sayed, Ahly, Ahmed Abdel Raouf, Ahmed Ghanem, Ahmed Magdy, Alaa Abdel Ghany, Amr El-Safty, ASEC Mimosas, CAF Champions League, cairo derby, Dynamos FC, Flavio Amado, Gamal Hamza, Hany Said, Junior Agogo, Karim Zekry, Mahmoud Fathalla, Match Preview, Mohamed Abdallah, Mohamed Aboul Ela, Mohamed Aboutrika, MTNfootball, Osama Hassan, Reiner Hollmann, Sherif Ashraf, Zamalek, Zamalek Team News

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