Zamalek club achieved its first victory, under the leadership of its Portuguese coach, Jose Pisero, after defeating his counterpart, Enppi, 3-0 in the match that brought them together on Tuesday evening, at the Arab Contractors Stadium, in the 17th round of the Egyptian Premier League.
Although Zamalek stumbled in the first three matches under the leadership of Pisero, the white team succeeded in achieving a valuable victory for him to balance and raised the morale of its players in light of its endeavor to continue the competition for the title.
The goals of Zamalek and the achievement of Abdullah Al -Saeed
Abdullah Al -Saeed opened the scoring for Zamalek in the 53rd minute through a penalty kick he successfully hit, before Nasser Mansi added the second goal in the 66th minute, to return Al -Saeed again and conclude the triple in the 90+4 minute, confirming his team’s superiority in the match.
This victory is a great moral boost for Zamalek and its fans, especially with the improvement of performance under the leadership of the Portuguese coach, who seeks to return the team to the right track.
With this victory, Zamalek raised its score to 32 points to occupy the third place in the table, while Enppi’s balance was frozen at 12 points in the 17th place, to remain in the circle of relegation.
Ismaili tied and increased in an exciting meeting
In another confrontation with the same round, the Z. Club match ended against its Ismaili guest with a positive tie 2-2, in a meeting held on Tuesday evening at the Cairo International Stadium.
The Zed team started the match strongly and succeeded in scoring two goals by Mustafa Saad and Ahmed Gamal, but Al -Ismaili did not surrender and returned in the result thanks to the goals of Mohamed Khattari and Marwan Hamdi, to end the meeting with an exciting tie that gave each team one point.
With this result, Zoo raised his score, led by his coach, Magdy Abdel -Ati, to 21 points, to occupy the ninth place in the league table, while the Ismaili balance led by his coach, Imad Suleiman, increased to 14 points to remain in the sixteenth place, continuing his suffering at the back of the table.
The fall of the Alexandrian Federation in front of Smouha
On the other hand, Smouha succeeded in restoring the tone of victories after achieving a precious victory over its Alexandria Union with a goal without a response, after a series of three consecutive defeats received by the Alexandrian team in the league.
The only goal of the match was the player of Smouha Mustafa Al -Badri in the 67th minute, to give his team an important victory in which he raised his score to 20 points, to occupy the eleventh position in the table.
As for the Alexandrian Federation, it received a new loss that stopped its score at 18 points, to occupy the thirteenth place, amid a state of frustration among its fans, who were hoping to achieve a positive result that brings the team back to compete for the advanced positions.
The effect of results on the journey of teams in the league
These results contributed to rearranging the scene in the Egyptian Premier League schedule, as Zamalek approached the teams, while Enppi and Ismaili continued to suffer in the last centers, which increases the pressure on the two technical devices of the two teams in order to improve the results in the upcoming rounds.
On the other hand, Smouha managed to improve his position in the table, while the federation continued its retreat, which puts it under great pressure to restore its balance in the upcoming matches.
It is expected that the upcoming rounds will witness a fierce struggle between the teams, whether at the forefront of the arrangement or at the bottom of the table, as the major teams seek to strengthen their position in the competition for the title, while the troubled teams are trying to escape from the whirlpool of landing and achieve positive results that keep them away from the danger zone.
