Ahly wasted a chance to close the gap on leaders Zamalek to seven points when they threw away their lead to settle for a 1-1 draw with Gouna in the Egyptian Premier League on Saturday.
Islam Roshdi, who also scored in Ahly’s 2-0 victory over Maqassa in their previous match, let fly from 25 metres to open the scoring midway through the first half but Islam Mohareb pounced on a defensive error to restore parity four minutes past the hour mark.
The title holders, who had already conceded title defeat, could have maintained their slim hopes of causing a huge upset had they defeated Gouna as arch-rivals Zamalek leaked a stoppage-time goal to draw 1-1 at Petrojet.
Match Facts:
Full time: Ahly 1-1 Gouna
Scorers: Islam Roshdi 22/ Islam Mohareb 64
Yellow cards: Hossam Ashour 16, Walid Soliman 44 (Ahly)/ Hassan El-Shami 32, Samuel Ocran 53, 90+5 (Gouna)
Red cards: Samuel Ocran 90+5 (Gouna)
Starting line-ups:
Ahly: Ahmed Adel, Mohamed Hani, Saad Samir, Mohamed Naguib, Sabri Rahil, Hossam Ashour, Hendrik Helmke, Walid Soliman (Ramadan Sobhi 56), Abdallah El-Saied, Islam Roshdi (Mahmoud Trezeguet 71), Ahmed Abdel-Zaher (Amr Gamal 63)
Gouna: Amer Amer, Ahmed Ibrahim, Hassan El-Shami, Mano, Ahmed Magdi (Karim Tarek 51), Islam Mohareb, Samuel Ocran, Ali Eid (Amr El-Saied 39), Mahmoud Sayed, Abdel-Fattah El-Agha (Mohamed Salah 78)
Venue: Petro Sport stadium
Watch the goals here:
Zamalek Goals:
