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Wrote:
Hadi Al-Madani
Sunday 18 October 2020
08:24 pm
Zamalek achieved an important victory over Moroccan host Raja Casablanca, 0-1, during the match played tonight, Sunday, in the semifinals of the African Champions League at the Mohammed V Stadium.
Zamalek can already reach the final in the event of a positive result in the second leg, which will be played in Egypt on October 24.
Zamalek enshrined Egypt’s superiority off the field in the semi-finals of the Champions League, after repeating its neighbor Al-Ahly’s victory over Wydad Casablanca on Saturday.
Match events
Raja fired a set ball from a dangerous spot near the penalty area in the 9th minute and executed it in an unusual way, as Mohsen Metwally passed it to Abd al-Ilah al-Hafizi, close to him, for him to do. he shot, but it was easy in the hands of Mohammed Abu Jabal, who is well positioned.
Ashraf Bencharki responded in the 11th minute of the game with Zamalek’s first shot, from inside the box, after he was presented wonderfully by Mustafa Mohamed, but the ball also went to the same spot as the goalkeeper.
Sofiane Rahimi fell into the penalty area in the 15th minute of the game, after friction with Ahmed Eid, but the Cameroonian Allium Neom refused to say anything and ordered the continuation of the game.
Ashraf Bencharki advanced in favor of Zamalek in the 18th minute of the match, after Ahmed Sayed Zizou down the right wing and sent a cross that the Moroccan found with his head after he got up and passed everyone to get it into the net.
It was half the hour, and Raja had no sign of danger in Zamalek’s goal, as the target knew how to frame his lines perfectly, and possessed the midfield without rushing to pass the balls.
The first attack to sniff the scent of danger from Raja’s side came in the 35th minute of a quick counterattack, which was sent to Ben Malango deep into the Zamalek defense to fire a ball that hit the post.
Sufyan Rahimi threatened Abu Jabal’s goal in the 42nd minute with a dangerous header that hit the ground, and the Al-Zamalek goalkeeper took it off with his fingertips for a corner kick.
Zamalek tried to hit the offside line in the second half through two very dangerous balls, the first through Ashraf Bencharki and the second through Mostafa Mohamed, but in both cases the assistant referee was on the lookout and raised his flag after the game is over.
Muhammad Abu Jabal managed to deal with a very dangerous ball, which started with a fixed kick in the 65th minute after Badr Bannon took aim and bounced off the wall, then came another recommendation, which Abu Jabal eliminated.
Zamalek made the first change in the 85th minute, with the participation of Mohamed Onajem, instead of Youssef “Obama”, to take advantage of the speed of the Moroccan player in the final minutes.
Mahmoud Hamdi “Al-Wensh” managed to clear a dangerous ball that Rahimi hit the goal from close range in the 90th minute to turn it into a corner kick.
Despite Raja’s awakening in the last minutes, the team was unable to visit Abu Jabal’s goal thanks to the brilliance of the defense and the white goalkeeper, giving the Confederate champions a major victory before the second leg in Egypt.
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