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:
