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

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