Determine the fate of the Egyptian League if the Pharaohs succeed in qualifying in Tokyo

A source from the Egyptian Football Association confirmed that there was an agreement to postpone the Egyptian League if the Egyptian Olympic team qualified in the Tokyo Olympics, for the second round of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in a desire to achieve the principle of equal opportunities between the teams competing for the league title, especially the two poles, Al-Ahly and Zamalek.

The source revealed to the Egyptian website “Fil Joule” that the Football Association settled on the postponement and said: “It will be difficult to deprive the clubs of their players with the end of the competition, or to hold matches for some and postpone others, which violates the principle of equal opportunities, details of the league’s fate from continuing or The postponement is linked to the Olympic team's result against Australia."

The Egyptian Olympic team had lost its second match against the Argentine team, with a goal to none, and Spain rose to the top of the third group standings by defeating Australia and raising its balance to 4 points, followed by Australia with 3 points, such as Argentina third, while Egypt occupies fourth place in the ranking of the group with a point, The final matches of the group will be held on Wednesday, when Egypt plays against Australia and Spain faces Argentina. The group's champion and runner-up qualifies for the quarter-finals.

On the other hand, the Zamalek team leads the Egyptian League championship by 6 points from its traditional rival, Al-Ahly, which raised its score to 55 points in second place, and Al-Ahmar still has two postponed matches.

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