Al-Ahly achieved a difficult victory over its host Pharco 2-1 at Burj Al Arab Stadium in Alexandria, while Zamalek came from behind with a goal to win with the same score over its host Ceramica Cleopatra at the Green Mountain Stadium in Cairo in two postponed matches of the 11th stage of the Egyptian Football League.
In Alexandria, Imam Ashour (30, 90 + 3) scored a double for Al-Ahly, while Pharco’s goal came through Jaber Kamel (35), and Al-Ahly raised its score to 36 points from 16 matches to advance to fourth place, while Pharco’s score stopped at 21 points from 24 matches. In sixteenth place.
The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology was the hero of the first half, as it intervened effectively in Al-Ahly’s first goal and then Pharco’s equalizer.
After a quiet start that continued in the first half hour of the match, Al-Ahly won a penalty kick in the 30th minute with the intervention of the video assistant referee, who pointed out a foul by Ahmed Emad on Frenchman Anthony Modest, and from the penalty mark, Ashour scored the goal to put Al-Ahly ahead with a powerful shot that went past goalkeeper Farco Mohamed. Said Chica.
Five minutes later, Jaber Kamel received a through ball from Shukri Naguib and it went past Al-Ahly captain Mohamed El-Shenawy. The assistant referee ruled Kamel offside before the video technology intervened and awarded the goal because there was no offside.
In the third minute of stoppage time in the second half, Omar Kamal received a rebound from the Pharco defense and passed it to Ashour, who shot a powerful ball with his right from outside the penalty area into the upper right corner of Shika’s goal to restore Al-Ahly’s lead, and the first half ended with the visitors leading 2-1.
At the Green Mountain Stadium, Abdullah Al-Saeed excelled in the final minutes, leading Zamalek to come back from a goal down to win 2-1 over its host Ceramica Cleopatra.
The hosts took the lead with a goal by Ahmed Ramadan “Beckham” (26), before Al-Saeed (80) scored the equalizer for Zamalek, then made the second goal for Senegalese Ibrahima Ndiaye (88).
Zamalek raised its score to 31 points from 18 matches in eleventh place, while Ceramica Cleopatra’s score stopped at 34 points from 24 matches in ninth place.
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