The Egyptian League kicked-off yesterday evening with three games played.
Last season's runners up Ismaily came back from 2 goals down vs newly promoted Mansoura to snatch a precious away draw. Egyptian International goal keeper Essam El Hadary had his debut yesterday for Ismaily and conceded twice, news that I'm sure would have come as music to many Ahly fans' ears.
Defending Champions Al Ahly started off their campaign with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Mahala in Cairo. Egypt Captain Ahmed Hassan opened up the scoring on 40 minutes while new signing Francis Doe or Foreky (not sure which is the right name) sealed the result by scoring on his debut with a well taken finish.
Ahly opted for a 4-5-1 formation, which for some reason the whole of Egypt likes to call 4-4-2, with Doe supported by Abu Trieka. Ahly dominated most of the match although never really impressing and Gilberto looked really out of place in the new set up, still, on his off day he was much better than his substitute Eino. The only positive to come out of the game (other than Doe) was young Goal Keeper Ahmed Abdel Moneim. He made a couple of decent saves and kept Ahly up 1-0 with an excellent 0ne-on-one stop. He still has a long way to go to prove that he is worthy of being Ahly's number one but looking at his current competition he should do well.
As for Doe..check out these 2 goals in the MLS
Elsewhere Tala' El Geish and Arab Contractors played out a 1-1 draw. The rest of the opening week's games are to be concluded tonight with the highlight of the games being the newly rejuvenated Zamalek taking on strong Enppi
Elsewhere Tala' El Geish and Arab Contractors played out a 1-1 draw. The rest of the opening week's games are to be concluded tonight with the highlight of the games being the newly rejuvenated Zamalek taking on strong Enppi
A Healthy start for Al-Ahly... Impresses with Francis Doe (It is the first time I have seen him play) and the young right back, But even more impressed with the 4-4-1-1 that El Badry is implementing... It seemed that he would be more of a 3-5-2 guy (El Libro and Two Masakeen)... Actually I am looking forward for a Good Ahly Season... Even though the chances of winning the title are slimmer than previous years.
ReplyDeleteWell i'm glad someone is optimistic. I saw the pre-season friendlies and we were very poor so that might be why I can't see us doing well. El Ahly 7ayefdal Ahly and when Barakat and Meteb get back it's gonna be interesting
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