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Zamalek’s team managed to beat Al Masry 1-0 in matchday 31 of the Egyptian Premier League on Thursday, to repeat their victory with the same result in the first round, something that has not happened since the 2016-2017 season to win. back and forth to the Port Said team.
Zamalek’s only goal was scored by Mahmoud Alaa in the first half, from a penalty in an eventful match.
This victory raised Zamalek’s balance to 64 points, and 3 points will be deducted at the end of the season, in addition to Al-Masry’s balance stalled at 33 points in position 14, 3 points behind the first relegation centers, which It is occupied by the border guards at position 16.
This is the first game in which Jaime Pacheco leads the Zamalek coaching staff.
Here are all the events of the match.
First half
Al-Masry started the first half, trying to surprise Zamalek a few seconds after the start of the match, from a long ball to the head of Mahmoud Wadi, which started inside the area, but Muhammad Abu Jabal, the White Knight goalkeeper, was at stalking.
In the 12th minute, Al-Masry again sent a wonderful cross to the head of Mahmoud Wadi after a beautiful line behind the Zamalek defense from the left. However, Mahmoud Hamdi “Al-Wensh” saved his goal brilliantly and took the ball with his body from the goal line.
Zamalek’s first attack, which witnessed seriousness, came in the 13th minute after a long ball from Ahmed Sayed “Zizou” that reached Kasungu Kabongo, who tried to send a cross, to hit the hand of Ahmed Shousha, the Egyptian defender , and after reviewing the VAR technique of the game at 3 minutes, a penalty kick was calculated in the minute. 16 Mahmoud Alaa scored the progression goal one minute after the count.
Kasongo used his physical strength to hold the ball before exchanging it and starting, to reach the ball from the right side inside the penalty area from Al-Masry to Zizou, who sent a ball that passed in front of the goal line and supervised seriously to Bencharki in the 24th minute.
And the game was stopped in the 27th minute to review a shot by Omar Kamal in the body of Mahmoud Hamdi Al-Wensh and hit Mahmoud Alaa, and after Amin Omar counted the penalty of the match, he withdrew in his decision and decided drop the ball to Abu Jabal.
The 38th minute witnessed a moment of intense anger from Ferjani Sassi after interfering with him demanding a foul, but Amin Omar refused, so the player went into a state of extreme anger and got into a dispute with the referee, who ended with his expulsion from the game after his warning.
During the 38th minute, immediately after sending off, Izzi Emeka tried to surprise Zamalek with a very strong shot, but Abu Jabal was on the prowl.
Al-Masry goalkeeper Ahmed Masoud saved his team from the exclusive against Kasungu after a wonderful game in the 42nd minute.
Muftah Taqtq sent a very strong shot in the first minute, calculated from injury time, but Abu Jabal was alert.
After the intervention of Abdel Rahman Zain, defender of Al-Masry, against Zizou inside the penalty area, a penalty confirmed by the VAR was awarded at 7 minutes of calculated time instead of lost. Mahmoud Alaa paid for it, but the post prevented him from entering the network.
Second half
Zamalek started the second half with a substitution aimed at increasing the density of the defense in the midfield, by involving Imam Ashour in place of Kasungu to make up for the numerical deficit in their ranks.
Al-Masry sent a corner in the 47th minute of the game, Imam did not improve his withdrawal, but Abu Jabal was there to save the situation.
In the 58th minute, Mahmoud Hamdi Al-Wensh cleared a dangerous ball that was played to the rear of the Zamalek defense.
Al-Masry came very close to scoring a draw in the 59th minute after a beautiful pass between Emeka and Wadi and caught Omar Kamal inside the penalty area, who only shot once, but Abu Jabal was on the lookout again.
More than 10 quiet minutes passed, during which Al-Masry tried to press without being able to decipher the Zamalek defense sheets.
As in the first half, Ahmed Masoud saved his team from a quick rebound from Zamalek and was left alone in the spaces behind Al-Masry’s defenses.
Abdullah Jumaa sent a wonderful ball after dribbling in the 77th minute, sent it to Ahmed Zizou, who fired in return, but passed peacefully into Masoud’s goal.
Austin Amotu participated as a substitute in the 79th minute instead of the apple crunch, but that participation lasted only 3 minutes, as he received a blow to the head and was taken to hospital, and Ahmed Jumaa participated in his place in the 85th minute.
Ahmed Masoud starred in the 88th minute after a complete solitude against Ashraf Bencharki, who received and shot, but the goalkeeper shines.
Zizou sent a pass to Yusef Obama, who was about to score after throwing the ball from the top of Massoud and Shusha took it off the goal line, but Al-Raya’s referee settled the controversy by counting offside in the minute 91.
Hassan Ali sent a missile shot with his left foot, but it passed seamlessly into Zamalek’s goal in the 92nd minute.
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This is Zamalek’s seventh victory in the last 10 league matches between the two teams, while the White Knight lost twice and the Port Said team drew once.
Mahmoud Alaa scored the winning goal in the first round against Al-Masry and now scored in the second round, and this is his third goal in the history of his confrontations with Al-Masry, either with Wadi Degla or Zamalek, and the player scored all his goals with the Zamalek jersey against Al-Masry.
This is Mahmoud Alaa’s 10th goal in 26 games for Zamalek this season, to become the fifth in the league’s career of top scorers, which Abdullah Al-Saeed has led with 16 goals.
