Ashraf AboArafe
In the hundred and 21st, Al-Ahly defeated its host Zamalek with two goals to one, in the match that took place on Sunday evening at Cairo Stadium in a postponed match from the fourth week of the league.
The events of the first half were of a good level, in the midst of Al-Ahly’s complete control over its course, accompanied by an offensive activity, with Zamalek content to form counterattacks from the sides.
The first minute witnessed the first serious chances, as Al-Ahly succeeded in extracting the ball quickly from Zamalek, who was the owner of the kick-off, and Amr Al-Sulayyah took off and penetrated into the Al-Abyad Stadium, before passing the ball to Ayman Ashraf.
Ayman Ashraf received a ball on the edge of the penalty area from the left side, before sending a cross, Muhammad Sharif met it with a shot from the position asleep that passed next to the right post of goalkeeper Mahmoud Jensh.
In the 12th minute, during Al-Ahly’s complete control of the match, the midfielders exchanged the ball left and right before it reached Amr Al-Soulia, who passed an elaborate longitudinal ball, which reached Hussein Al-Shahat inside the penalty area in a completely solitary situation, but he acted strangely, as He did not aim or receive it, but rather reached into a goal kick.
In the 20th minute, Mohamed Magdy Afsha got a direct free kick at 25 yards, he shot it himself, but it hit the human wall and reached Ayman Ashraf, who dodged Ferjani Sassi to open the spaces in front of him.
With a magic touch, Ayman Ashraf passed a short ball to Mohamed Sharif inside the penalty area, who received the ball in a solo position from the right side, before hitting a powerful ball at the bottom of Mahmoud Jensh’s net.
Mahmoud Abdel Razek Shikabala managed to score the first goal for Zamalek and tied in the match in the 30th minute, after receiving a ball from the left side before penetrating and firing a ball in the far right corner by Ali Lotfi.
In the 35th minute, Youssef Obama made a mistake in a pass in the middle of the field while passing his defense line, to attack Muhammad Sharif and snatched it before Mahmoud Al-Wensh or Alaa reached it, where the Al-Ahly striker penetrated before he fired a thunderous shell on his left that resided above the net of goalkeeper Jensh, announcing the end of the first half By the progress of the red genie.
The second half was calm in the pattern, as Al-Ahly retreated to its defensive lines, relying on building attacks from the back at times and counterattacks at other times, while Zamalek launched an indiscriminate attack.
In the 56th minute, Mahmoud al-Banna, the referee in charge of managing the summit match, awarded a penalty kick to Zamalek after returning to video technology, due to a mistake by Lotfi inside the penalty area.
Mahmoud Alaa went to implement the penalty kick to hit it hard in the right corner, but Ali Lotfi shone in heading to it and confronting it before Ferjani Sassi followed it with a shot in the clouds.
Ali Lotfy returned to shine in the last seconds of the events of the meeting after a long ball, which Mahmoud Alaa rose to head it to keep the red giant goalkeeper out of the goal line.
