At a time when Al-Ahly was losing the Egyptian League title for the second consecutive season, the traditional rival Zamalek channel was broadcasting several motivational messages.
balance Al Ahly With Ismaily 0-0, Sunday, at Borg El Arab Stadium, in the postponed match of the 18th round of Egyptian League.
Thus, Al-Ahly failed to win the Egyptian League title for the second consecutive season, following losing the title last season to the traditional rivals Zamalek.
Immediately following the end of the match, the Zamalek channel published a video clip of Mortada Mansour, the club’s president, meeting with the players, before facing the Alexandrian Federation, on Tuesday, in the 32nd round of the Egyptian League competitions.
In his session with the players, Mortada Mansour said: “You changed the map of competition in Egypt with coach Josevaldo Ferreira.”
He added, “Ferreira has come to Egypt, and Al-Ahly is the leader in the league, and he has postponed matches, but he returned Zamalek to compete strongly and topped the competition schedule.”
The president of Zamalek warned his players before facing Al Ittihad of Alexandria, where the white team needs to win to officially win the title for the second season in a row and the 14th time in its history.
Mortada stressed, “There is no strong team and another weak team, you must play with a high spirit, as the league has not yet been decided.”
And he concluded: “An important confrontation awaits us once morest Al-Ittihad of Alexandria, which defeated Al-Ahly Bank by three in the last match.”
While Mahmoud Abdel Razek “Shikabala”, the captain of Zamalek, seemed optimistic, saying during the same session: “We will win the league and the cup, we must resolve matters in the Alexandrian Federation match.”
Zamalek leads the Egyptian league table with 75 points, behind Pyramids 68 points, and Al-Ahly 64 points, 3 rounds before the end of the competition.
In the Egypt Cup, Zamalek qualified for the quarter-finals, where they will face Al-Masry Al-Borsaidi, early next month.