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Ghazl El Mahalla players celebrate Mahmoud Fathallah’s goal in Mahalla township
Ghazl El Mahalla may not have scored his first league win since February 24, 2014, but he did win a valuable point and embarrassed his host Smouha at the end of the league first round.
Given the formation of the two teams, the majority of the fans expected a comfortable victory for Samouha, but Mahalla’s resistance brought him back with a point from Alexandria Stadium in a big surprise, in a match that saw long stops to recur. to video technology.
Smouha began hosting Al Mahalla, returning to the league for the first time since the 2015/2016 season, under heavy pressure looking for an early goal.
In the ninth minute, Islam Jamal missed a confirmed goal after a wonderful pass from Hossam Hassan, after the midfielder struck the sole of his foot on the almost empty goal of his goalkeeper, Mohamed Al Bashbishi.
Offside annulled a first goal by Samouha, after a center from Mohamed Al-Tarhouni met Hossam Hassan -the infiltrator- with a magnificent header, but the offside and the confirmation of the video technique annulled the goal.
And in the 44th minute, Smouha came close to scoring the first goal against the crowded Mahalla, following an error by Al-Bashbishi.
Late in the first half, Smouha nearly scored after hitting the valley from inside the 6-yard box on Bashbishi’s post.
Smouha’s pressure continued into the second half, as Kabo received the ball inside the penalty area and crossed into the valley, who fired into the net in the 59th minute.
After 7 minutes of deliberations with video technology, the referee, Muhammad Al-Adawi, calculated the goal.
What came next was the control of the peasant leader. A veteran Fathi Mabrouk cross found Abdo Yahya’s head in the shadow of a misguided exit by Mahdi Suleiman, but the ball went inches from goal in the 79th minute.
In the 82nd minute, Al Mahalla surprised everyone with a cross from Khaled Raslan and found Islam Fouad’s header, completely unsupervised, to hit Smouha’s goal equalizing.
Contrary to expectations, Al Mahalla did not turn to defense at the end of the match, but Smouha exchanged the attack, unsuccessfully for both teams, and the match ended in a 1-1 draw.
