Zamalek asks to change the stadium for its match with Al-Ahly .. and without an audience!

Zamalek club demanded the Ministry of Youth and Sports in Egypt to change the stadium for its match with its rival Al-Ahly, scheduled for Sunday at Al-Salam Stadium (at 22:00 UAE time), within the Egyptian Premier League competitions, and to hold the confrontation without an audience, to achieve the principle of equal opportunities.

The first leg, which was scheduled on the land of Zamalek, was held at Cairo Stadium in the absence of the fans, while the return match at Al-Ahly Stadium will witness the attendance of the fans, with the entry of about four thousand Ahly, compared to 1500 Zamalek, which is rejected by the Zamalek administration.

The Zamalek administration held an emergency meeting, on Saturday, headed by Mortada Mansour, which ended with addressing the Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports, Ashraf Sobhi, with a request to transfer the match, and issued a press statement published on the club’s website, in which it said: “The match between Zamalek and Al-Ahly was previously held in the first round without fans, and at Cairo Stadium. .. But we were surprised that the next match between Al-Zamalek and Al-Ahly will be held with fans, as Al-Ahly Club will be allowed to enter about four thousand, and the Zamalek Club with about one and a half thousand.”

He continued: "This violates the principle of equal opportunities, because the first match was played without fans, and the main stadium that receives the two teams' matches is Cairo Stadium, and it is the stadium where the match was held in the first round, so its establishment at Al-Ahly Stadium (Al-Salam Stadium) is A grave breach of the principle of justice and equal opportunity.

And he concluded: “Please issue your directives to the Football Association, and to the so-called Association of Clubs, which is boycotted by Zamalek Club because of the insulting of the so-called Diab to the club’s chairman of the board of directors with obscene words, as well as informing your honor of the security services, as Al-Ahly Stadium called Al-Salam Stadium is located within residential areas, which May cause security problems, Yours faithfully."

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