Zamalek - ENPPI: Dream final or final dream!!!

By: Tamim | May 24th, 2008

it is as simple as that for the players : either you win or leave, we had had enough. tomorrow’s evening match will not be an ordinary match for zamalek or its fans or the players, beside it is the final, it will be a decisive match in the history of this club, according to its result some people will leave forever or stay

we have been waiting for 4 years for anything to come but nothing came, we have heard a lot of promises and dreams but nothing happened, we have heard a lot of apologizes but nothing changed until we are sick of it. 4 years with nothing to cheer about!!!. these players are considered the worst in the club history and the fact that zamalek entered 18 championship but didn’t win any doesn’t make it any better for them.

on their hands, zamalek turned from a monster in Egyptian football that i feared by everyone and i mean everyone into a humble innocent team that is no longer a surprise to beat them. to prove what i am talking about is the last 2 humiliating defeats at the league 3/2 and 3/1. the players seem to provoke us , why?? i don’t know.

currently the team is in a bad condition but all this is nothing, we should everything now behind our backs and concentrate on only one thing the,the cup and the cup. these fans has really endured too much and deserve to celebrate for a while.

the situation is bad not only because the results but also, ahly has snatched each and every player we wanted to buy for the next season leaving us no super star so even the future doesn’t look pride. players are reluctant to join the team because of the miserable condition we are in and prefer to o where they find money and championships even if they won’t play at all!!.

now on to the match

ENPPI

that will be a hell of a opponent, the team is already the champion of the second round of the league and eager to win this cup after their 2005 triumph. now they are more eager putting in mind zamalek’s form in the last 2 matches.

their way in the cup was relatively easy. they are a team that plays dynamic football and can defend tightly and score easily.

they are a team of a petroleum company so they have no fans but ahly fans has pledged to fill their place so we can expect some red flags in the stands

zamalek

once thing to be optimistic about s that zamalek always play bad before cup matches so let’s hope this habit continues.

zamalek’s road to the final was relatively easy after all the big guns like ahly and ismaily were out so it was open for them as if they are saying ….win it for god sake…

anyway, the team will be missing ahmed ghanem, beshir el tabei, wesam el abdy, tarek el sayed, abd el halim and sherif ashraf because of injury , suspension and fan troubles!!

we will be having our deadly attack formed from amr zaki, shikabala and gamal hamza so 99% we will be scoring, i only fear the defense. because in all our matches we scored but then we made very silly mistakes that caused us the matches’ results.

expected line-up:
……………………abd el monsef…………….
mohamed abdallah…amr el safti…mahmoud fathallah…ahmed magdi….osama hassan
……………………….mohamed ibrahim…..ahmed abd el raouf…………….
………………………………….shikabala…………………..
…………………………amr zaki…………gamal hamza

key matchups

the players vs their career: they should win for their sake before anything else, they should prove to themselves that they are good players. if anything happens except winning a lot of faces will be shown the red card from the club

the players vs the fans: they supported them a lot, once for their sake give them sth to cheer about

defense vs second half: please stay focused or we will see what we saw in each and every match lately

amr zaki vs Europe dreams: if he want to play in england he must win this thing, otherwise he won’t be allowed to go besides, he should at least win a title with the team before he goes so that he will be remembered well

hazem emam vs good ending: he is a legend and he deserves to end his career with the club in style

match card:
what:egypt cup final
who: zamalek vs enppi
where:cairo stadium
when: 8 pm (clt)

prediction: 2-1 for zamalek (amr zaki and shikabala)

i hope the next post will be under the name champions with the picture of hazem lifting the cup