Escalation and deception within 5 scenarios for the Zamalek match and

The mystery persists over the date of the match between Zamalek and the second leg of the semi-final of the African Champions League, which was scheduled for next Saturday at the Cairo International Stadium.

A source told “Yalla Koura” earlier that the African Football Confederation decided to postpone the match between Zamalek and Raja until the end of October due to the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus among the players of the Moroccan national team.

But the news channel “BN Sports”, the exclusive bearer of the tournament, confirmed in urgent news this morning, Thursday, that the CAF had set the first of November as the date for the match, that is, five days before the final set of the six November, which fires Mortada Mansour, president of Zamalek, who threatened not to play the final match. For violating the principle of equal opportunities.

There are still 5 scenarios left, and no fifth will be the way to end or ignite the crisis, namely:

1- Zamalek refused to appeal to the International Court of Sports

The weakest scenario, especially with Zamalek’s almost wiped out chances of reaching the final and the possibility of obtaining the title “El Sueño”, is that Zamalek decides not to play the final match in case his match with Raja is postponed five days before the end date.

Mortada Mansour, president of Zamalek, hinted at this scenario at dawn this Thursday morning, of not playing the final if the date was not changed, saying: “I don’t play, I agreed to postpone the game due to the circumstance in which hope is going through and I solved a problem for the African Union. The problem is if the final date is not modified, and if there is no equal opportunity, they will see who will play the final.

The consequences of this decision will transfer the conflict between El Kef and Zamalek to the International Court of Sports. The latter will surely accuse the African Union of violating the principle of equal opportunities and will cite a similar case in the AFC Champions League when the AFC considered that Al Hilal Saudi Arabia was withdrawing from the Asian Champions League due to the spread. of Covid-19 among its ranks and failed. By providing the required list of 13 players to play the match in Group Two of the AFC Champions League for the West.

2- Absolute approval

Absolutely in accordance with everything that the CAF decides regarding the Zamalek match, and please only a weak scenario that occurs in this way, especially since according to the leaks issued by “BBC Sports”, CAF chose the worst date for the representative of Egypt.

Moroccan reports previously indicated that the CAF is choosing between October 30 and 31 and November 1 to celebrate the semifinals, so the African Union chooses a date just five days before the final.

3- Al-Ahly and Wydad postponed

The third scenario represents Zamalek’s point of view and guarantees the approval of the White Club and its president, which is to postpone the Al-Ahly and Wydad match until the end of October, which will be held 24 hours before their confrontation with Raja.

This solution guarantees the principle of equal opportunities according to Zamalek’s point of view and is consistent with the CAF’s decision not to compromise the date of the final by the international agenda.

But this solution did not take any step on the part of the CAF, as Wydad’s team arrived in Egypt to face Al-Ahly at Cairo International Stadium on Friday in the second leg of the semi-final.

4- Postponement of the final

The proposed scenario is “in theory” that the CAF comply with Zamalek’s request and hold the semifinal match on November 1, with the final match postponing so that the white team can take a break.

This scenario faces an “impossibility” of implementation in practice, since the CAF is linked to the international agenda and the qualifiers for the 2022 African Cup of Nations.

5- Strategic deception

Mortada Mansour, president of Zamalek, described his refusal to compete in the African Super Cup last February in Qatar, and then to fight it and win the championship, as a “strategic deception”, which is a proposed scenario.

It is true that Zamalek will reject the new date for his match with Wydad, and that the end date will not be affected or the match between Al-Ahly and Wydad will be postponed, and then he will play the match after registering his objection.

The Moroccan team Raja had previously announced that he could not travel to Egypt due to the presence of 8 Corona virus infections in the team’s ranks, and officially requested that the match be postponed before the number of infections rose to 15, according to a statement issued by the Moroccan club today Thursday.

The CAF intervened to discuss the crisis and decided to postpone the match after the two clubs agreed for a period of one week, adding an exceptional clause to allow the incorporation of up to 3 young players to the list of any team if the list contained less. of 20 players.

It should be noted that the match between Raja and Zamalek, which was played last Sunday on the Mohamed V boat in Casablanca, ended with the victory of the Egyptian representative with a clean goal from Moroccan Ashraf Bencharki.