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Zamalek’s team saved a disappointing draw at home, against their counterpart Mouloudia Algeria, in the match that brought the two teams together, at the Cairo International Stadium, in the first round of the African Champions League group stage. , so the two teams shared the top of Group D with one point each.

Zamalek is in Group D of the African Champions League, accompanied by MCA, Esperance from Tunisia and Senegalese Toungit.

In the same group, the Tunisian Esperance will host the Senegalese club Tongith, which is participating in the group stage for the first time in its history, and after exploding a strong surprise when they dismissed Raja Casablanca in the previous round.

Arab clubs won the title of this competition 8 times over the past decade, including 3 titles for Al-Ahly from Egypt and Esperance from Tunisia, one title for ES Setif from Algeria and Wydad Casablanca, Morocco, while two titles returned to TP Mazembe of the Democratic Party. Republic of the Congo and Mamelodi Sun Danuz, South Africa.

The match was moderated by an Ethiopian control team led by Pamalak Tesima, assisted by Kennedy Musa, Timisegin Atango, assistants and Tawadros Mitikwe, fourth official.

First half

The game started quickly and Zamalek winger Ahmed Sayed Zizou threatened the visitors’ goal with a powerful shot that went over the crossbar from the Mouloudia goalkeeper in the third minute of the game.

The Algerian team players tried to respond with an organized attack led by the duo Bilal Lamara and Ben Saada, but the Zamalek defense spoiled their danger from the limits of the Abu Jabal penalty area.

In the tenth minute, Imam Ashour managed to position himself well in front of Mouloudia’s penalty area, to receive a ball and hit a ball with a missile that went through the right post of guest goalkeeper Abdelkader Salhi.

Ferjani Sassi moved down the right wing to represent a great danger for the White Knight, amid the indignant defense of the guests.

After a quarter of an hour, Mouloudia’s team regained their balance, attacking Zamalek from the left front, and in a cross pass that passed by all and Abdel Rahman was taken by crowds who shot him from the edges of the penalty area far the goal.

And the game was stopped for a minute by the fall of Ben Sahara on the field, after which Zamalek regained control over the course of the match, trying to decipher the Algerian defense code.

Imam Ashour disturbed the defenses of the Algerian national team with his continuous plays from the left front for Zamalek, and Moaz Haddad saved his Zamalek goal from the goal line after an error was left by his goalkeeper.

A double shot from Sami Friwi’s Khalifah from inside the box passed by the left post, after which there was clear defensive confusion in the penalty area rows, and a shot from Ferjani Sassi from inside the box was blocked by the goalkeeper. and then scattered across the defense line.

Second half

Portuguese Jaime Pacheco tried, at the beginning of the second half, to increase the offensive strength of his team with two early changes, as the pair Shikabala and Hamid Haddad replaced Marawan Hamdi, the newcomer to the white team and captain Hazem Imam.

After the first half, the second half of the match began with pressure from Zamalekawi, and a pass from Abdullah Jumaa to Shikabala came from the left of the penalty area, and he shot it, but it hit the defender and went out to the side of the area. left post.

But Mouloudia’s players did not sit idly by, and a counterattack came through Abdel Nour Belkheir and sent a cross that was dispersed by Mahmoud Alaa, after which Zamalek stepped up his attempts and the referee deprived Haddad of explicitly pointing out the goal for offside.

A minute before the time was completed, Shikabala played a cross from a stable position, who tried to pay, Muhammad Abdul-Ghani, but the visiting defense and his goalkeeper rejected the white attack, and a ball came after Hamid Ahadad, who He played with his head, passed the post.

As the scoreline reached the 67th minute, Morocco’s Pacheco called Ashraf Bin Sharqi in place of Imam Ashour, giving the white team an offensive advantage, but the knockout almost went to Zamalek on an error leaving Abu Jabal to cover a counterattack.

The final minutes saw the Zamalek players’ demands to count a penalty for touching the ball that Ferjani Sassi shot into the hand of the Mouloudia defender, but the referee insisted that there was no need for a violation and Zamalek had the right to a penalty.

In the final seconds, Shikabala lifted an elaborate cross to the head of Hamid Ahadad, the Algerian goalkeeper, before coming back and dispelling Zizou’s dangerous attempt.

The referee referred to 3 minutes instead of lost time, in which the white team tried to pressure the offense to put them on top of the group, the most dangerous of which was the attempt by Yusef Obama, who fired off the bar and the in charge.

Form the two teams

The formation of the Mouloudia of Algiers came from:

Goalkeeper: Abdelkader Salehi

Defense line: Muhammad Marwani – Nabil Sa’dou – Nabil Lamara – Miloud Rabiei

Midfield: Moaad Haddad – Diamondi Island – Abdel Rahman Hachoud

Offensive line: Bilal bin Saha – Abdel Nour Belkheir – Sami Friwi

While the formation of Zamalek occurred as follows:

Goalkeeper: Muhammad Abu Jabal

Defense line: Hazem Imam – Mahmoud Alaa – Mahmoud Al-Wensh – Abdullah Jumaa

Midfield: Tariq Hamed – Imam Ashour

Offensive line: Ferjani Sassi – Obama – Zizou – Marwan Hamdy