In the first match, Tunisian Saif Al -Din Al -Jaziri (10) and Ahmed Fattouh (87) scored the goals of Zamalek, who raised his score to 6 points, with a goal difference against Al -Ahly, while the ceramica balance was frozen at 3 points in third place, and Aswan remained without a balance with the second loss in a row.
On Friday, Al-Ahly and Zamalek will cross paths at an early hot top in the Emirates’ local super cup.
Zamalek pressed from the beginning and Ahmed Sayed (Zizou) hit a strong ball from inside the penalty area that wore defender Mohamed Bassam (7), before Al -Jaziri succeeded in opening the scoring, taking advantage of a cross for Imam Ashour (10).
When Hamza Al-Mathlouthi, the Tunisian defender, was taken off from in front of Mido Jaber, Mohamed Nassef nearly earned Ceramica Cleopatra a point by heading a cross by Rajab Nabil (40).
In the second half, Ceramica Cleopatra continued to try to draw the game. Nigerian John Ebuka struck a hard shot that went by Awwad (49), and another shot by Ahmed Yasser Ryan was handled by Awwad (59).
Zamalek was active, due to the changes of his Portuguese coach, Josefaldo Ferrera, and Fattouh hit a strong ball that Bassam dominated (74), and another for Azizo next to the left post (77), and Ryan responded with a shot that Awad caught twice (80), before Fattouh directed the strike of the host by scoring the goal The second is a solo effort from the centre of the stadium that is completed with a right-handed shot to Bassam’s right (87).
In the second match, Ali Maaloul, a Tunisian international defender, scored the game’s only goal as Al-Ahly defeated Aswan 1-0. (17 of the penalty kick).
Al-Ahly was the preferred team, and in the 12th minute, following a corner kick that goalie Amr Hossam parried, he came close to scoring. He set himself up in front of Ahmed Abdel-Qader, who took the kick, but she faded from the guard’s foot and scattered the defence.
After goalkeeper Hossam blocked Shadi Hussein, Al-Ahly were awarded a penalties, which Maaloul successfully converted (17).
The former Al -Ahly player, Gabonese Malik Evona, responded with a powerful shot from inside the area, which was distressed by Mohamed El -Shennawi with difficulty (32).
Hussein Al -Shahat almost added the second goal for the owners of the land, after receiving a pass from Abdelkader behind the defense, and he fell and hit a strong ball that Hossam kept to a corner (39).
Ahmed Belhadj of Morocco struck a powerful shot from the edge of the box that Al-Shennawi pushed hard to a corner (47).
The rhythm of the match calmed down and the game was confined to the midfield with offensive attempts by the two teams, which missed the effectiveness and danger, until the 80th minute when the Brazilian alternative Bruno Savio hit a ball that Hossam fought to a corner with difficulty.
At the Burj Al Arab stadium, Pyramids and Al-Masry Al-Portsaidi drew 0-0 in a third game.
Since the 44th minute, Pyramids has only fielded eleven men as Moroccan midfielder Walid Al-Karti was dismissed for obstructing Egyptian player Walid Al-Jalasi as he advanced toward the goal.
Al-Masry earned his first point of the season, and Pyramids tied for the second time in a row. Pyramids was the champion from the previous season’s summer.
Zamalek and Al-Ahly are off to a solid start in the league with Tunisian foot.
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