Al Ahly Smash Al Masry 3-1 in the Egyptian League | VIDEO
Al Ahly and Egypt playmaker Abdallah El-Said scored a goal and dished out two assists to lead Ahly to a crucial 3-1 home victory over highly-rated Masry in the Egyptian league on Sunday.
Striker Marwan Mohsen put his side in front early in the game before center-back Saad Samir made it two just a few minutes after the break to make Masry’s mission more difficult against the defending champions.
Masry, however, seemed at a certain point close to staging a comeback late in the game when Ahmed Salem reduced the arrears with a header in the 80th minute.
But after the Port-Said side had a penalty shout waved away by the referee, Ahly were awarded a penalty in the dying minutes – with the on-fire El-Said making no mistake from 12 yards to make it three.
Ahly, who managed to emerge unscathed through a difficult run of fixtures including victories over Maqassa, Smouha and now Masry, cemented their position on top of the table with 42 points – eight clear of their closest rivals.
Masry, coached by a manager renowned of continually upsetting Ahly in Hossam Hassan, are third with 31 points, with their six-match winning run coming to a halt.
Match Facts:
FT Ahly 3-1 Masry
Goals by: Marwan Mohsen 3, Saad Samir 47, Abdallah El-Saed 89 (pen) / Ahmed Salem 80
Yellow cards:
Hossam Ashour, Marwan Mohsen (Ahly)
Farid Shawki, Ahmed Salem, Ossama Azab (Masry)
Line-ups:
Ahly: Sherif Ekramy, Mohamed Hani, Mohamed Naguib, Saad Samir, Hussein El-Sayed, Hossam Ashour (Hossam Ghaly 79), Ahmed Fathi, Walid Soliman (Moemen Zakareya 74), Abdallah El-Said, Karim Walid (Rami Rabie 84), Marwan Mohsen.
Venue: Borg El-Arab stadium, Alexandria
Referee: Gehad Greisha
Watch the goals and highlights:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCGfM13tZKQ
MINI MATCH:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL19hjqIVBI
MATCH Video Review:
