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Al Ahly Comeback from 2-Goal Delay to Secure Win over Al Mokawloon (3-2)


Thu 21 Jan 2021 | 09:03 PM
Mohammad Elzoheiry

Al Ahly marvellously turned a two-goal delay in front of their guest Al Mokawloon Al Arab, to a 3-2 victory in the match that was held, Thursday, in the ninth round of the Egyptian Premier League.

The Red Devils raised their score to 20 points to top the Premier League table standings temporarily, with Zamalek SC in 2nd place having 19 points.

On their part, Al Mokawloon Al Arab stopped at 7 points ranking 12th in the table standings.

Al Ahly’s brilliant substitutions in the second half had the magical effect to turn the game upside down, as the substitutes participated in flipping the score, whether by scoring or assisting.

Starting lineups:

Ahly: Ali Lotfi; Ali Maaloul, Ayman Ashraf, Yasser Ibrahim (Salah Mohsen 78), Mohamed Hani, Hamdi Fathi, Aliou Dieng (Marwan Mohsen 57), Mohamed Magdi "Afsha", Hussein El Shahat (Amr Al Soleyya 78), Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim kahraba (Taher Mohamed 46), Walter Bwalya (Mohamed Sherif 57)

Al Mokawloon Al Arab: Hassan Shahin - Amir Abed, Mohamed Samir, Farouk Nour Eddin, Hassan El Shamy - Mohamed Megali (Haytham Jouinin 85), Bassem Ali (Youssef El-Gohari 71), Mohamed Hamdi Zaki (Luis Henistroza) - Wassim El-Naghmoushi, Ahmed Daouda (Ahmed Shokri 74), Seifeddine Jaziri (Karim Mostafa 85)

Scorers: (Taher Mohamed Taher 59, Mohamed Sherif 70, Mohamed Magdi Afsha 80) / (Ayman Ashraf 39, Seifeddine Jaziri 43).