Our focus is to finish the league in top four, El Nahas

CAIRO-28 August 2020: Arab Contractors manager Emad El Nahas, praised his players after their 2_1 victory over Zamalek in the Egyptian league on Thursday night. 

 

This is a 6-point victory for Arab Contractors against one of the main contenders for the second place, Zamalek. 

 

"It was a tough game against a great team. I want to thank my players for their performance despite we were down to 10 men for more than 50 minutes." El Nahas said after the game. 

 

Minutes before half time, the referee send off Arab Contractors' defender Fady Nagah who tackled Zamalek striker Achraf Bencharki. 

 

Arab Contractors were down to 9 men as the team striker Mohamed Essam got sent off before the final whistle after receiving the second yellow card. 

 

El Nahas added "Everyone talks about us finishing second in the league but our focus is to finish the league in top four." 

 

Arab Contractors achieved their first victory over Zamalek in the league since April 2002. 

 

Arab Contractors reached 40 points and they are in the fourth position, with two points behind Zamalek and Pyramids.