Egyptian League
Al Ahly will face the league-bottom Harras El Hodoud on Thursday night in Cairo and they hope to restore their position atop of the table as they are two points behind the leaders, Pyramids, but with six games in hand.
Al Ahly's victory was their second in a row since losing the Cup final to Zamalek.
The Red Devils put on a poor performance and their defense helped them avoid dropping points against National Bank SC, who were the better side in the game.
Zamalek defeated El Entag El Harby 2-0 to secure the title with one game still to play in the competition.
The Red Devils are the defending champions and they are chasing their sixth straight league title and for sure they want to add their favourite trophy to their most-beloved one, the CAF Champions League trophy.
Shikababla called for some calm to help the team maintain the good performance and achieve the dreams of the fans
The French head coach stated that his team will fight to win the League and Cup titles this season.
According to the EFA, Al Ahly and Zamalek will meet twice on 18 April and 10 May at Cairo international stadium.
Zamalek players will have one eye on revenge as El Geish knocked Zamalek out of the Egyptian Cup semi-finals in December.
El Mahalla’s historic cathedral, El Mahalla stadium, hosted a league game for the first time this season after getting the security officials’ approval.
Al Ahly secured the treble last season as they won the Egyptian League title, Egyptian Cup title and the CAF Champions League title.
Al Ahly stadium will host the game and will witness the Red Devils’ celebrations of their 42nd league title
Al Ahly stadium will host the game and will witness the Red Devils’ celebrations of their 42nd league title
Al Ahly players aim to defeat Misr Lel Makkasa to celebrate their fifth consecutive league title and the 42nd title in the club’s history with a victory.
The two teams will miss some of their best players in the game.
Walid Soliman, Al-Ahly player, denied the accusations against him of causing the injury of Mohamed Abdel-Shafi, the Zamalek player.
Despite the delay in winning, one goal is sufficient to achieve victory over Misr Al Makasah thanks to Zamalek’s young talent, Hossam Ashraf.
Zamalek continued their training sessions at the club’s headquarters in preparation for the match against Misr Al Makasah next Saturday in the 19th round of the Egyptian League.
Zamalek stumbled with a draw in their second match since the resumption of the Egyptian League, as they tied 1-1 with Al-Ittihad Alexandria in the postponed match of the 18th round of the Egyptian League.
Abdullah Al-Saeed, the star of the Pyramids team, strengthened his lead ion the current Egyptian league top scorers list with 16 goals; also he is now equal with the number of Ahmed Al-Kas and overtaking Mohamed Abu Trika in the same competition.
