Mahmoud Alaa misses a penalty for Zamalek against Al-Masry late in the first half.

Zamalek defender Mahmoud Alaa missed a penalty for his team against Al-Masry in the 52nd minute of the match between them at Burj Al-Arab Stadium, in which Zamalek managed to snatch the lead with the first goal over Al -Masry Al-Port Said, Mahmoud Alaa scored a penalty in the 17th minute of Omar The match, which is part of the activities of the 31st day of the League, then again wasted a penalty in added time from the age of the first half, so the score remains 1/0 in favor of Zamalek.

Zamalek started with offensive pressure to score the first goal, which was already achieved from the first organized attack and from a center from Kasungu, the Zamalek forward, in the hands of an Egyptian defender. Al-Masry’s goal, and in the 26th minute, Al-Masry’s players demanded a penalty, but the referee turned to video technology, which confirmed that the team had no truth in a penalty against Zamalek.

Sassi, the Zamalek midfielder, was sent off in the 36th minute, where the start came when the player intercepted one of the balls for the referee to declare him a yellow warning, then the player continued excited and went to the referee and lifted his receiver to that the referee expelled him and thus Zamalek completed the match with 10 players.

Zamalek’s formation was as follows:

Goalkeeper: Mohammed Abu Jabal.

Defense line: Hazem Imam, Mahmoud Alaa, Mahmoud Al-Wensh and Abdullah Jumaa.

Midfield: Farajani Sassi, Islam Jaber, Ahmed Zizou, Obama, Ashraf Bin Sharqi.

Offensive line: Kasungu.

Al-Masry was formed as follows:

Goalkeeper: Ahmed Masoud.

Defense line: Karim Al-Iraqi, Hassan Ali, Farid Shawky, Ahmed Shousha.

Midfielders: Amr Moussa, Eze Emeka, Abdel Rahman Zein, Omar Kamal, Moftah Taqtak.

Offensive line: Mahmoud Wadi

Al-Masry enters this match and has 33 points on his scoreboard, placing thirteenth after playing 28 games, winning 8, drawing 9, losing 11 times, scoring 26 goals and 31 goals, while Zamalek is second with 61 points. in 30 games, beating in 18 and drawing in 7 and losing. 5 and scored 44 goals against 25 goals.

In the last meeting between the two teams, Zamalek beat Mahmoud Alaa’s goal on matchday 14 this season in the first match after Corona’s save. The meeting was held on August 6, and the last hours before the match saw several sessions between Pacheco and the players to explain the roadmap for the next period, and the Portuguese was willing to follow up on the case. The injured, especially Mohamed Onagem, who suffers from knee pain, and Pacheco was keen to talk to Mustafa Mohamed, the team’s forward, about his future with Zamalek and focus on the field.