Mohsen Abdel Masih, a member of the club’s board of directors, confirmed IsmailiIhab Jalal, the technical director of the football team, continues in his position, and there are no plans for him to leave the Yellow Castle.
Mohsen Abdel Masih said, in exclusive statements to Al-Youm Al-Sabea, “Ihab Jalal is continuing with Al-Ismaili, and there is no intention of his departure, and the coach is not thinking about submitting his resignation, as he is on a special mission to correct the course of the Dervishes.”
A member of the Ismaili Council added, “What happened in the Mahalla Municipality match is an individual act that does not reflect the Ismaili fans, the primary supporter of the team and the technical staff, and Ihab Jalal is excused because of the pressures he is going through.”
Al-Ismaily is preparing to face the Arab Contractors at 4 p.m. next Saturday at Othman Ahmed Othman Stadium in Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar in the sixteenth round of the Egyptian League competition.
The Dervishes lost from the Mahalla municipality by an unanswered goal in the final round of the competition.
In another context, 5 players from the ranks of the first football team of the Ismaili Club are awaiting the announcement by the technical staff of the team led by Hossam Hassan of the list of the Pharaohs’ camp scheduled for the month of March, in the Emirates.
Al-Khamasi, Ahmed Adel Abdel Moneim, Abdel Rahman Magdy, Omar Al-Saei, Nader Farag and Hatem Sukkar, hope that their names will be on the list of the Pharaohs due to their distinguished performance with the Dervishes since the resumption of the league competition..
The Football Association agreed with the technical staff to start the Pharaohs’ camp on March 18 in preparation for participation in the UAE International Friendly Tournament from the 22nd to the 26th of the same month..
The draw resulted in the national team facing its counterpart, New Zealand, in the semi-finals of the friendly tournament, on March 22nd, and in the final match, if it qualifies, it will meet the winner of the match between Tunisia and Croatia..