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Radu Marian Petrescu to Officiate Egypt Cup Final


Sat 07 Sep 2019 | 04:47 PM
Mohamed Helba

The Referees Commission of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) appointed the Romanian Radu Marian Petrescu as the center referee for the Egypt Cup final.

The chairperson of the Referees Commission Gamal El-Ghandour said that Petrescu will take charge of the final game between Zamalek and Pyramids at Burj Al-Arab Stadium on Sunday.

It is worth mentioning that Pyramids' officials asked the EFA's Normalization Committee, headed by Amr El-Ganainy to name a foreign referees staff for their clash against the White Knights.

Zamalek qualified for the final game after snatching a late victory over Al Ittihad Alexandria in the semi-final to book their place in the final game. Whereas Pyramids reached the final after defeating Petrojet (2-0). Both teams' coaches named their squad for the upcoming tasty game.

The White Knights' head coach Milutin Sredojević Micho named a 21-man squad, while Pyramids' manager Sebastian Desabre announced his 26-man squad for the game.

Zamalek squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Mohammed Awad, Mohammed Abu Jabal, Mohammed Subhi.

Defenders: Hamdi Al-Naqaz, Mahmoud Alaa, Mahmoud Al-Wensh, Mohamed Abdel-Ghani, Mohamed Abdel-Salam and Abdallah Gomaa.

Midfielders: Tarek Hamed, Ferjani Sassi, Mohamed Antar, Mahmoud Abdel Razek "Shikabala," Mohamed Ounajem, Imam Ashour, Youssef Obama and

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Forwards: Mustafa Mohamed and Omar El Saeed Khalid Boutaib.

Pyramids squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Ahmed El Shenawy, El-Mahdy Soliman and Ahmed Daadour.

Defenders: Ali Gabr, Mohamed Hamdi, Ahmed Ayman Mansour, Omar Gaber, Abdullah Bakri, Rajab Bakkar, Tarek Taha and Mohamed Atto.

Midfielders: Ahmed TawfiK, Mohamed Farouk, Islam Issa, Abdullah El-Saeed, Eric Traoré, Abdo Lomala, Nabil Emad Dunga, Mahmoud Hamada, Mohamed Fathi, Ibrahim Hassan, Hossam Ivona and Ibrahim Adel.

Forwards: John Antwi, Ahmed Ali and Dudu El-Gabbas