Zamalek received his first defeat in his preparatory camp for the new season, after falling against Wadi Degla with a goal without a response in a friendly meeting held in the administrative capital, amid offensive performance without effectiveness and a solid defensive appearance from the opponent.
Zamalek stumbles for the first time this summer
After two consecutive victories against Orange and the sun and the sun, the series of Zamalek victories stopped in its preparatory camp by losing against Wadi Degla with a clean goal, in the meeting that brought the two teams to the club’s club stadium in the administrative capital.
On the sidelines of the confrontation, the players of the two teams were keen to take memorial photos with the shirt of the Tigris Valley goalkeeper, Mohamed Abu Al -Naja, who is lying in the hospital, in a humanitarian gesture before the start of the meeting.
How did Zamalek start the meeting?
Zamalek entered the match with a formation consisting of: Mohamed Sobhi in the goalkeeper, in front of him the quadruple of defense Omar Jaber, Mahmoud Hamdi “Al -Wensh”, Hossam Abdel Majid, and Hani Yasser. In the middle, Nabil Imad, Saif Jaafar, and Abdullah Al -Saeed, behind the offensive trio Chico Panza, Nasser Maher, and Nasser Mansi.
Despite an offensive start on both sides, Mohamed Sobhi starred in the first minutes and saved a dangerous header, while the most prominent chances of the first half of the signing of Chico Panza, who missed more than one achieved opportunity, one of them after a successful dodge that ended with a shot over the crossbar. On the other hand, Winfoul wasted our clinics from the Tigris explicitly, ending the first half with a negative tie.
Wholesale changes in the second half
With the beginning of the second half, Yannick Ferrera made several changes, as he paid with Mahdi Suleiman, Ahmed Abdel Rahim “Ishu”, Mohamed El -Sayed, Ahmed Hamdi, and Saif Al -Jaziri, instead of Muhammad Subhi, Hani Yasser, Nabil Emad, Saif Jaafar, and Nasser Mansi. Later, Amr Nasser, Ahmed Sharif, Ali Nofal, Ali Abdel Majid, and Mustafa Al -Zanari instead of Abdullah Al -Saeed, Omar Jaber, Nasser Maher, Hossam Abdel Majid, and Al -Wansh.
Despite the multiplicity of alternatives and a relative improvement in the offensive pressure of Zamalek, the Tigris Valley seemed more organized and benefited from the spaces in the back, and relied on the elaborate rebounds.
A penalty setting the confrontation
In the 87th minute, the Tigris Valley got a penalty kick, Ali Hussein succeeded in turning it into the goal of progress, to surprise Zamalek three minutes before the end. Despite the white team’s attempts to remedy the result, the time did not help him, to referee the final whistle, announcing the Wadi Degla victory 1-0.
