Agence France-Presse
Al-Ahly stumbled into a negative draw with its guest Al-Masry on Thursday at El-Geish Stadium in Burj Al-Arab.
as part of the thirteenth stage of the Egyptian Football League.
Al-Ahly raised its tally to 31 points in first place, while Al-Masry is in eighth place with 18 points.
The performance of the two teams was affected by the heavy rain that fell on the stadium, so they exchanged control .
and possession in the first half, as the beginning was with an organized attack by Al-Ahly, which was sent .
by Muhammad Hani cross, and goalkeeper Mahmoud Gad removed it from in front of Muhammad Magdy “Afshah”.
to find the follower Muhammad Sharif, who fired it over the crossbar of the empty goal ( 9).
Al-Masry relied on organized defense and counter-attacks, and one of them, Marawan Hamdi.
penetrated Al-Ahly’s defense from the left side, and passed a cross to the one coming from behind without control.
Muhammad Abdel Latif “Grindo”, who hit a ball that was saved by Muhammad Al-Shennawy (20).
Play was confined to the middle of the field, with an advantage for the Egyptian players, thanks to the Tunisian trio.
Elias Jelassi, and the Algerian, Abdel Rahim Daghmoum, whose shot was blocked by the crossbar (49) and “Grindo”.
And from a counter-attack by Al-Ahly, “Afshah” passed from the middle of the stadium to Hussein Al-Shahat.
who was free of control, and he strangely shot it, passing next to the left post of the goal (50).
And condemned Al-Ahly’s control due to the changes of its Swiss coach, Marcel Koller, so he hit “Afshah” after Ali Maaloul’s cross (68).
and goalkeeper Jad continued his brilliance by blocking the shot of the single substitute Ahmed Abdel Qader.
from inside the penalty area (74), while the single substitute Shadi Hussein failed to exploit the ball.
The counterattack from Al-Masry’s defense was blocked by Barouna (85).
Ghazl El-Mahalla returned to the path of victories by defeating its guest, Enppi, 1-0 at El-Mahalla Stadium, scored by Nigerian Gabriel Uruk (39).