Zamalek bleeds more points against El Dakhleya | VIDEO
Zamalek’s fast-fading title hopes have been further dented after failing to overcome a plucky Dakhleya side to play out a scoreless draw in the Egyptian Premier League on Thursday.
Playing at Petrosport Stadium, Zamalek were even lucky not to emerge on the losing side, after a legitimate second-half free-kick goal from Dakhleya’s Islam Abdel-Naeim was wrongly disallowed by the referee.
Egyptian League holders Zamalek, who came into the game nine points adrift of leaders Ahly, will be hoping their arch-rivals stumble against ENPPI on Friday as the Whites’ title hopes have all but faded with 11 games left.
The Whites who suffered their second successive league defeat after being beaten by Ismaily 1-0 last week – are currently second on 42 points, while Dakhleya are sixth on 37.
MATCH FACTS
Full time : Dakhleya 0-0 Zamalek
yellow cards:
Amr Marei, Eslam Abdel-Moneam (Dakhleya)
Line-ups:
Dakhleya: Mahmoud El-Gharabawi, Assem saad, Ragab Bakar, Rashad Farouk, Shehab Mohamed, Abdel-Rahman El-Swessi (Ahmed Shaarawy 76), Farid Shawki, Mohamed Gamal, Cyrille Bayala (Eslam Abdel-Naim 22) Amr Marei, Emmanuel Karbogi
Zamalek:Ahmed El-Shennawi, Omar Gaber (Mohamed Salem 83) , Mohamed Koffi, Ahmed Dweidar, Hamada Tolba, Tarek Hamed, Maarouf Yussuf, Hazem Emam, Ahmed Hamoudi (Mahmoud Abdel-Razek 69), Mohamed Ibrahim (Emmanuel Mayuka 59) Mahmoud Kahraba
Venue: Petro Sport Stadium
