The White Knight fired three arrows in the face of the eagle to wound his series of matches unbeaten and write his first fall in the Egyptian League. Zamalek defeats Al-Ahly.
Zamalek won 3-1 at the expense of Al-Ahly in the 21st round of the Egyptian League.
The White Knight’s arrows were fired by Ahmed Sayed “Zizou”, Mustafa Muhammad and Usama Faisal, in the minutes 13, 71 and 93.
While Al-Ahly’s only goal came through Yasser Ibrahim in the 62nd minute.
Zamalek achieved its first victory over Al-Ahly in the league since 3 games, specifically when it defeated the red giant with a double Kasungu and Ayman Hefni in the 2017-18 season.
Zamalek reached point 42 in second place, while Al-Ahly stuck at point 56 in the lead.
Formation
Patrice Carteron relied on Mustafa Muhammad in the offensive line, pushing Joseph “Obama” and Ashraf Bencharki.
Hazem Imam led the right front, with the participation of Muhammad Abdel Shafi as a left back, and the two-core of the defense, Mahmoud Alaa and Mahmoud Hamdi, continued “Al-Winch”
Tariq Hamed and Ferjani Sassi believe in the midst of Zamalek and in front of them Ahmed Sayed “Zizou” accompanied Obama, Bencharki, and Mustafa Mohamed.
Zamalek formation – Patrice Carteron pushes Mostafa Mohamed as the only striker against Al-Ahly ⚪???? pic.twitter.com/suXPhNVaf6
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On the other hand, Swiss Rene Fyler relied on a trio in midfield, with the absence of some solutions on the offensive side.
Hamdi Fathy, Amr Al-Soulia and Aliou Diang participated in the midfield, with Mohamed Magdy “Afsha” in front of them.
And Ali Badji appeared in the starting lineup for the first time in the Egyptian League.
Badji led Al-Ahly’s attack, along with Junior Ajay, with Marwan Mohsen sitting on the bench.
Mohamed Hani played as the right-back, with central defender Yasser Ibrahim and Ayman Ashraf, and the usual left-back Ali Maaloul.
Memorialization
The Tunisian duo, Ali Maaloul and Ferjani Sassi, were keen to commemorate Hammadi Al Aqrabi, the Tunisian football star who passed away on Friday.
Ali Maaloul and Ferjani Sassi appeared in T-shirts bearing the image of Al-Aqrabi, dubbed “The Wizard of Tunisian Football”, before the start of the Zamalek and Al-Ahly summit.
Al-Aqrabi died at the age of 69, after a long struggle with illness.
Hammadi Al Aqrabi is one of the legends of the Tunisian club Sfaxien and the “magician” of the Tunisian national team. The Tunisian government named his name on Rades Stadium in memory of what he gave to Tunisian football.
Fiery start
Contrary to expectations, the summit started to fire from the first minute, and we did not wait for the pulse, so Diang fired on Zamalek’s goal after only two minutes.
And in the sixth minute, Yadji almost wrote his first goal against Zamalek.
A cross from Yasser Ibrahim and a perfect rise from Badji and an elaborate header, but the left post sympathizes with Abu Jabal and deprives Al-Ahly of a first goal.
Then, in the same way, Ajay’s face was vertical, but it came easy in Abu Jabal’s hand, before the latter shone again in front of Badji.
An elaborate cross from Afsha, Badji rose to it and directed strongly in the way of the net, but Abu Jabal shone and protected Zamalek’s goal from the first goal in the 12th minute.
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Zamalek’s response to my chance, Badji, came in the best possible way. Boooooooooom and a first goal.
Ashraf Bencharki went inside the Al-Ahly penalty area, after passing by Yasser Ibrahim in the best possible way.
Bencharki sent a medium-rise cross to Zizou, who penetrated behind Ali Maaloul, before shaking the Al-Ahly window.
First goal for Zamalek in the 13th minute.
Zizou wrote his first goal in the summit matches, while he reached his sixth personal goal in the league this season.
Failer’s method and the danger of Zamalek
Fyler’s reliance on the continued progress of Mohamed Hani and Ali Maaloul was shown, and this is what Carteron exploited in the best possible way in the first half.
Carteron stopped Bencharki and Zizou behind Mohamed Hani and Ali Maaloul, and therefore with every loss of the ball to Al-Ahly, the defense of Zamalek or in the middle of it is passed to Bencharki, who stands alone behind Hani.
Mohamed Hani’s continuous progress, creates wholesale spaces for Bencharki behind the Al-Ahly center line. A ball that was repeated more than once and produced Zamalek’s first goal#On the top pic.twitter.com/TrW1opYUKQ
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Fyler’s style exhausted Afsha, who appeared moving between the right and center side, and at the same time it relieved Obama, who found himself on more than one occasion standing alone behind Al-Sulayyah, Hamdi Fathy and Diang.
The remaining minutes of the first half witnessed Al-Ahly’s reliance on crosses for Badji, who once again posed a threat to Zamalek’s goal, were it not for Abu Jabal.
And Muhammad Hani received a yellow card to block Obama, who pushed again behind the Al-Ahly back, who is constantly advancing.
A yellow card appeared again, but this time for Diang, before the referee blew his whistle announcing the end of the first half.
Second half
With the start of the second half, Fyler changed the way of playing and pushed Paul Slimane and Geraldo.
Diang and Ajay came out, and Giraldo and Walid Suleiman participated, turning both sides of the stadium with Afsha descending under the spearhead, the only Badji.
Like the first half, Al-Ahly pressed hard and almost scored from the crosses as well, but Abu Jabal stood in the lookout.
Carteron responded to Fyler, pushing Onajem instead of Zizou in the 53rd minute.
Red pressure
Al-Ahly pressed hard on Zamalek’s goal, taking advantage of the crosses weapon, which posed a great danger to Zamalek’s goal.
And he released a creeping ground shot that hit the right post, so Al-Ahly moved from the equalizer.
Al-Ahly’s pressure on the Zamalek defense continued, and Walid Suleiman fell, demanding a penalty kick before the referee returned to the video technology and continued playing normally.
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Amidst great red pressure on Abu Jabal’s goal, the net shook after a game of three lives.
A cross from the corner of Afsha, which Yasser Ibrahim rose to and around it strongly on the way to the net, before Muhammad Abdel Shafi removed it from the goal line.
Badji hit the ball back from Abdel Shafi, but Mahmoud Alaa Wallench’s fight prevented the Al-Ahly striker from scoring, amid intense crowding in the penalty area.
Very smartly, Yasser Ibrahim “pulled” the ball away from the crowd to make little room for himself before he hit a simple “lob” into Abu Jabal’s net.
Al-Ahly tied with Yasser Ibrahim’s goal in the 62nd minute.
Wonderful Mustafa Mohamed
After Al-Ahly tied, Carteron pushed Kabongo Kasongo instead of Obama, and Al-Ahly continued their pressure on Zamalek’s goal.
Then Zamalek regained control of the midfield, before El Shennawi shined in front of Kasongo, who penetrated behind Mohamed Hani, but failed to convert Onagem’s cross.
In the 71st minute, Mostafa Mohamed scored one of the league’s best goals this season.
A cross from Hazem Imam to Mustafa Mohamed inside the Al-Ahly penalty area, before the Zamalek striker received the ball and prepared it for himself in the best possible way in front of Yasser Ibrahim.
Mostafa Mohamed’s preparation for the ball was the first step before he fired a shot with a rocket with his right foot.
A goal, or the most amazing, for Mustafa Mohamed shakes the net of Al-Ahly.
Realized changes and opportunities and a fatal bite
The goal of Zamalek progress came with a barrage of changes. Marwan Mohsen and Ahmed Fathy participated in place of Hamdi Fathy and Afsha.
In Zamalek, Osama Faisal played instead of Mustafa Muhammad, and Muhammad Abdul-Ghani played instead of Hazem Imam.
Abdel Shafi was discharged from a severe shoulder injury, after intervention by Walid Suleiman.
Marawan Mohsen wasted an opportunity for Al-Ahly, after he stood motionless in front of Badji’s pass.
Then Walid Suleiman fired hard and nearly rocked Abu Jabal’s net if his shot had not passed near the post.
Zamalek responded in the best possible way again. A game of no cooler than Bencharki, Onajem, Osama Faisal, and the latter hit the net easily.
He penetrated from Bencharki and a cross from Onajem, and the touch of a striker from Osama Faysal dealt the knockout blow to Al-Ahly in the 93rd minute.
Before the referee blows his whistle, announcing the victory of the White Knight.
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