Today’s evening .. Clasico is hot between Al -Ahly and Zamalek

A high -caliber confrontation takes place on Monday, when Al -Ahly hosts its traditional rival Zamalek in the famous Cairo derby in the ninth stage of the Egyptian Premier League football competition.

The Al -Ahly and Zamalek match, the oldest derby in the Arab region, the Middle East and Africa, will be the most important in that round due to its historical value and importance.

Zamalek occupies the lead with 17 points after running 8 games, as he achieved 5 wins and two draws and received a single loss, and its players scored 12 goals and his goal was only four goals.

As for Al -Ahly, it is in sixth place with 12 points, after only 7 games, as it achieved 3 wins, a draw in the same and lost a single confrontation against Pyramids.

The Monday match bears the number 131 in the history of the top meetings between the two teams in the Egyptian League competition, where Al -Ahly won 59 games, the two teams tied in 41 games, and Zamalek won 30 games.

Al -Ahly, the owner of the land, suffers from shaking the results and performance at the beginning of this season, which led to the dismissal of Spanish coach Jose Ribeiro and the appointment of his assistant Imad Al -Nahhas as a temporary technical director.

Al -Ahly’s suffering did not stop at the departure of his coach and not to contract with a foreign alternative, but also loses a number of important and influential elements, led by the midfielder, Imam Ashour, who suffers from a virus in the liver, as well as Mohamed Shoukry, Karim Fouad, Ahmed Mustafa Zizou, Moroccan Ashraf Dari, Mohamed Magdy Afsha, and Jennik Gradeshar for injury.
Imad Al -Nahhas, in the summit match, is counting on the experiences of his players, Mohamed El -Shennawi, Mahmoud Trezia, Yasser Ibrahim, Marwan Attia and Mohamed Hani, as well as Mohamed Sharif and Ashraf Bin Sharqi.

Al -Ahly players realize that the victory over Zamalek will return the team to the image again in the competition for the title, which crowned the red team in the last three seasons.

As for Zamalek, he dreams of continuing the career of excellence in the current season, after John Edward took the position of sports director, who insisted that the white team is training away from its historical place in the dead Aqba, where he is running his daily training in the Military College stadium, which provided stability and calm according to those close to the team.

Zamalek is characterized by its relatively completion of its ranks. There is one player hovering around the suspicion of the midfielder Mohamed Shehata, while the white list appears completely complete, and his coach, Yanik Yannick Ferrera, will confront the striking force.

Ruling on the summit match

The main referees committee of the Egyptian Football Association announced that the Al -Ahly and Zamalek match will be managed by a Spanish crew that includes Cesar Soto Grado (a referee of the square), assisted by Ivan Masso Grando and Antonio Ramon Moreno in addition to Alejandro Ruiz as a fourth referee.

In the Assistant Video Ruling Right (Var), Jose Montero will be assisted by Mario Lopez.

The referee Cesar Soto, 45, is one of the well -known names in Spanish and controversial arbitration at the same time, especially with major clubs such as Real Madrid and Barcelona earlier.

Real Madrid attacked through its televised channel last February because of its decisions in the Madrid derby between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, which ended in a draw (1-1) at the time in the league championship.