Ahly managed to hold on for their title and win for the third time concecutavily when Ahly won Al Geish in Cairo Stadium 2-0 displaying good football, but the hipe came after the game and after the celbration of the 100th championship for the Reds in their 100 year history. After the game and celebrations, after careful study of the situation, it was found that Ahly players, who mostly are included also in the Egyptian National Team will not be able to rest due to continental and international commitments and as such, 6 main people of team will be given a short "vacation" for after the end of the EGyptian League, even though Al Ahly is to play Aluminium Club and Zamalek and Ismaily, the last 3 games in the Premiership.
These 6 players are the main players of the team, Emad Al Nahhas, Essam Al Hadary, captain Shady Mohammed, Abu Trika, Emad Meteeb, and Mohammed Shawky.
Zamalek is starting to come to their old days, playing excellent entertaining football once again, helped by the return of youth product Shikabala form PAOK, the team has shone again, beating Haras Al Hodood in Alexandria 3-0 and by thus remedying the loss that they had suffered last season in Alexandria when Zamalek was beaten 5-0, just 3 days before the Afro-derby with Ahly last season in the CAF Champions League.
If anything, even though Ahly have 6 key players out for R&R, and Zamalek having eleven players with cautions and could be disqualified for the derby, the game is sure to be exciting, Zamalek has announced that any player who gets a yellow card in their next fixture against Ittihad will bfined 10,000 LE. |
