Books / Mahmoud Hassan
In the presence of more than two thousand witnesses, the red genie seized the National Bank of the Wei Salam branch and prevented all its football transactions
From reaching the goal of Ali Lotfi, and the bank’s mechanization failed to stop the waves of the red attack, and for a long time as a result of a temporary malfunction in the red attack system, until the fault technician nicknamed Sharif Al-Makheib attended and was able to decode the match and scored the only goal of the match, so that Al-Ahly won three points from the Al-Ahly Bank reserve.
With this victory, Al-Ahly raised its score to the sixth point at the top of the standings table, with a goal difference from second-placed Zamalek, before facing the summit that brings them together next Friday at Cairo Stadium.
While the balance of Al-Ahly Bank froze at 3 points in sixth place.
Mohamed Sherif scored the winning goal for the Red Genie in the 62nd minute of the match.
The events of the first half between Al-Ahly and the Bank
The match began with attempts by the players of both teams to impose control of the ball in the midfield areas early.
Al-Ahly players put pressure on the bank’s defenders in an attempt to extract the ball early, amid a retreat from the guest players to the back line.
In the 9th minute, Mohamed Magdy sent Afsha cross into the penalty area, where Hamdi Fathi received it with a touch with his foot, goalkeeper Mahmoud Al-Zanfali brilliantly blocked it and pushed the ball away to a corner kick.
In the 11th minute, Al-Ahly player Amr Al-Sulayya passed the ball into the penalty area of the bank. There was no significant offensive follow-up and it reached the goalkeeper easily.
In the 18th minute, Akram Tawfiq passed a long ball into the penalty area towards Mohamed Hani, but it came out too strong and turned into a goal kick for Al-Ahly Bank.
In the 29th minute, Akram Tawfiq, Al-Ahly club player, shot from outside the penalty area and passed next to the left post of the goalkeeper’s goal
In the 30th minute, Al-Ahly Bank almost snatched the first goal after a cross from the left side, to be lifted by Mohamed Bassiouni, before the ball hit Fadi Farid’s foot on the goal line to prevent his team from advancing the first goal.
The match was stopped in the 33rd minute due to Akram Tawfik’s injury, before the match resumed normally.
In the 37th minute, Mahmoud Sayed, Al-Ahly Bank player, shot from the edge of the penalty area, and goalkeeper Ali Lotfi saved it firmly.
Second half
Al-Ahly started the second half with strong pressure, and Musimani made a change by landing Mohamed Sharif instead of Mohamed Hani.
Muhammad Sharif managed to score the first goal for Al-Ahly in the 62nd minute after a missile shot from Amr Al-Suliya, which was blocked by goalkeeper Mahmoud Al-Zanfali, and Sharif followed it into the net.
Musimani made two changes, with Ahmed Abdel-Qader and Hussein El-Shahat replacing Percy Tau and Luis Miccisoni.
Mohamed Sharif participated as a substitute in the second half after Mohamed Hani left, so Pitso Mosimane decided to play in a 4-2-3-1 method.
Al-Ahly players retreated, while Al-Ahly Bank players pressed and took possession of the ball in search of scoring the equalizer.
Mohamed Hilal almost equalized in the 72nd minute after a shot inside the penalty area was removed by Ali Lotfi with his foot.
The National Bank pressed hard in the last minutes, especially after the departure of Mohamed Magdy Qafsha and the descent of Ammar Hamdi.
He almost equalized in the 86th minute after a cross cross from Moussa Diawara bypassed Ali Lotfi and was pushed away by Ali Maaloul at the last minute.
Hamdi Fathi hit a powerful ball in the 91st minute that rebounded from the post until the match referee blew the whistle at the end of the match, with Al-Ahly winning 1-0.