Super Cup Derby is scheduled one hour earlier

CAIRO – 19 September 2019: Zamalek President, Mortada Mansour, revealed on Thursday that the Egyptian Super Cup Derby between Al-Ahly and Zamalek will be played on 7:00 pm instead of 8:00 pm.

This edition of the Super Cup is for the 2017-2018 season when Al Ahly won the Egyptian league while Zamalek won the Egyptian Cup.

Borg El Arab Stadium hosts the clash, which will witness the attendance of 5k fans for each club.

EFA announced on Wednesday that the German referee, Felix Brych, will officiate the game and will be joined by assistants Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp.

rych officiatd many big clashes in Europe including 2012 UEFA Champions League semi-final between Chelsea and Barcelona, UEFA Europa League Final in 2014 Sevilla and Benfica and 2017 UEFA Champions League Final between Real Madrid and Juventus.

The Egyptian fans followed the German performance on Tuesday as he officiated the clash between Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool and Napoli at UEFA Champions League which ended with a 2-0 victory for the Italian club.