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Abdullah Al-Saeed – Pyramids – Al Ittihad of Alexandria – Photo from the official Pyramids Club account
The Pyramids club achieved its second victory in the Premier League this season, after beating El Entag El Harby 3-2 on Friday’s fifth matchday, in a game that lasted 97 minutes and saw two expulsions.
Goals were scored by El Entag El Harby, Moaz Al-Hinnawi and Mustafa El-Gamal, while goals by Pyramids were scored by Abdullah Al-Saeed, Ramadan Sobhi and Eric Traore.
The game spared no emotion from the first moments, in the sixth minute Alaa Salama sent a dangerous cross from the right wing to reach his colleague Mohamed Vieira, the war production player, who shot Sherif Ikrami’s face and almost got went to the net without the brilliance of Ahmed Fathi, the Pyramids defender.
In the 16th minute, Ramadan Sobhi exchanged the ball on the edge of the penalty area with Ahmed Al-Sheikh, and fired without supervision or direct pressure on the production goal, but goalkeeper Ahmed Yahya flashed and delivered the ball.
Abdullah Al-Saeed sent a very dangerous pass to John Antwi in front of goal only in the 17th minute, but he tripped over the ball and was unable to shoot in front of the six-yard box.
Abdullah Al-Saeed scored the first goal of the match in the 18th minute, after receiving the ball from his teammate Mohamed Hamdy, dodging between three players and scoring a beautiful goal.
This is Abdullah Al-Saeed’s 110th goal to surpass Mahmoud Al-Khatib, the Al-Ahly legend, on the club’s 100 list.
Pyramids midfielder Nabil Dunga nearly cost his team a goal after he missed a pass in the 32nd minute and the ball hit Mamadou Nias, who started but stumbled and lost the ball to return to Dunga.
El-Entag’s pressure El-Harby continued to equalize, and he nearly scored in the 38th minute, following a dangerous opportunity from a long pass that Pyramids failed to grapple to reach Nias, who started from the left side of the goal. Sherif Ikrami and hit the net from outside.
The atmosphere of the match was lit during the minute calculated in time instead of being lost in the first half, after a very dangerous opportunity in favor of Production Militar, a launch by Mamadou Nias inside the penalty area on the left side of Pyramids, and a center that the defense sent to Abdel Rahman Osama “Sheka” who pays but rebounds. From the defense, then you get to Mustafa Al-Jamal, who paid, but passed safely.
Before the game ended, the video referee technique asked the referee to review the shot and not end the game, and after reviewing the shot until the fifth minute, Pyramids defender Ahmed Sami received a penalty and warned.
Al-Entaj defender Moaz Al-Henawi scored the tying goal from the penalty spot in the sixth minute after the end of the original first half time.
Ahmed Sami will not face the National Bank in the next round, as he received the third warning.
Pyramids started the second half in full force, following the participation of Islam Issa in place of Omar Jaber before the start of the match, and the substitute had the opportunity to score in the 54th minute after a very strong shot, which was brilliantly blocked by Ahmed Yahya, the production porter.
Al-Entag scored the second goal in the 61st minute, after a pass from Bassem Morsi, the substitute, to Mostafa El-Gamal, who hit hard on Sherif Ikrami’s goal, sending the goalkeeper’s ball into the net.
The 70th minute saw the expulsion of Nias, the production striker, after a strong intervention on Ahmed Sami, and the review of the footage with video technology.
Pyramids almost leveled in the 77th minute, after Islam Issa’s shot was tackled by Ahmed Yahya and the production defense, then Mohamed El-Shebiny headed away from the empty goal.
Pyramids forward Mahmoud Wadi was sent off in the 89th minute following a very strong intervention against Moaz Al-Hennawi, the production player, and a review of the video referee’s technique.
Ramadan Sobhi equalized for Pyramids in the 91st minute, following a pass from Abdullah Al-Saeed down the right side of El-Entag El Harby, to enter the player into the penalty area, dribble, shoot and score a beautiful goal.
Eric Traore added the third goal in the 96th minute, after Abdullah Al-Saeed’s corner kick was played by Ahmed Sami with his head back to catch up with Unmarked Eric Traore, who in turn scored the third goal.
This is the fourth victory for Pyramids in the history of the two teams’ Premier League meetings and the third in a row. This is the second time the Pyramids have won 3-2 after winning the same score in the fifth round last season.
Pyramids raised its score from 7 points to 7 in fifth place, while Military Production held to 4 points in 16th place.
