Al-Ahly lost 3-4 to Al-Ahly Bank during the match that was held between them this evening, Tuesday, at Cairo Stadium in the fifteenth round of the Egyptian League.
The Al-Ahly trio scored, Modest, Reda Selim, and Hussein El-Shahat, while the Bank quartet scored, Karim Bamboo, Mohamed Hilal, Saidou Simbouri, and Yao Anwar.
With this result, Al-Ahly’s balance freezes at 17 points and occupies tenth place out of 8 matches, while the bank’s balance rises to 15 points out of 16 matches.
The basic lineup included: Mustafa Schubert, Omar Kamal, Rami Rabia, Ali Maaloul, Akram Tawfiq, Marawan Attia, Imam Ashour, Mohamed Magdy Afsha, Karim Fouad, Reda Selim, and Modeste..
The formation of the bank included: Mohamed Abu Jabal, Ayman Ashraf, Mahmoud Al-Gazzar, Mohamed Abdel-Ghani, Mohamed Bassiouni, Ishaq Yaqoubou, Mohamed Fathi, Saidou Simbouri, Mohamed Hilal, Yaw Anwar, and Karim Bamboo..
Tonight’s match was officiated by Mahmoud Al-Banna as referee, and he was assisted by: Hani Khairy and Khaled Al-Sayyid, along with Muhammad Youssef as fourth referee, and Muhammad Al-Hanafi as technical referee.VAR Ahmed Tawfiq requested an assistant referee VAR
first half
The match started offensively on the part of Al-Ahly, which succeeded in scoring an early goal in the fourth minute through Modeste, who handled a ball well that bounced off the “hand” of Mohamed Abu Jabal, the bank goalkeeper, who blocked a strong shot from Imam Ashour, but Modest followed the ball and deposited it into the net.
The bank responded quickly to score the equalizer in the seventh minute through Karim Bamboo, who took advantage of Omar Kamal Abdel Wahed’s mistake in the defensive position to score the goal against Mustafa Schubert.
After the equalizer, Al-Ahly’s performance was active, searching for the second goal. The bank also resorted to a counterattack, and Bamboo and Yao Anwar threatened Mustafa Schubert’s goal more than once, amid a retreat from Al-Ahly, which left the midfield area to the bank.
However, Al-Ahly succeeded in a counterattack in scoring the second goal through Reda Selim, who took advantage of the mistake of Mohamed Abdel-Ghani, the bank’s defender, to score the goal that advanced Al-Ahly in the 28th minute.
The match between the two teams was active, but the real danger declined, and the first half ended with Al-Ahly leading by two goals to one.
Second half
The beginning of the second half came in an enthusiastic manner on the part of the bank, which pressed hard, taking advantage of the state of stress that Al-Ahly was suffering from. Mustafa Schubert saved a cross from in front of the heads of the bank’s attackers, and the bank continued the pressure until Mohamed Hilal succeeded in scoring the second goal for his team with a powerful shot that landed in Mustafa Schubert’s goal. .
Marcel Kohler, Al-Ahly’s technical director, made a triple substitution: Taher Mohamed Taher instead of Karim Fouad, Hussein Al-Shahat instead of Reda Selim, and Karim Nedved instead of Emam Ashour.
In the 73rd minute, Hussein Al-Shahat scored a goal from Afsha’s pass after a good statement started by Taher Muhammad Taher to Afsha, who passed a good ball to Al-Shahat, who deposited it into Abu Jabal’s net.
Al-Ahly players put pressure, and a ball shot by Al-Shahat touched the hand of one of the Bank’s players in the team’s penalty area, but Mahmoud Al-Banna refused to award a penalty kick to Al-Ahly, after which Mohamed Hani participated instead of Akram Tawfiq.
Al-Ahly Bank put pressure and Saidou Simbouri scored the third goal in the 84th minute, taking advantage of Al-Ahly’s defensive laxity. Kahraba participated in the 88th minute instead of Marwan Attia. Yaw Anwar scored the bank’s fourth goal in the fourth minute of stoppage time, taking advantage of Al-Ahly’s naive defense mistakes, and Al-Ahly failed to return. For the match, the match ended with Al-Ahmar losing 3-4.