Zamalek defeats Al-Ahly and crowns the “forgotten version” of the Egypt Cup

 Zamalek scored two goals in the first half to beat its arch-rivals Al-Ahly 2-1 and crown the “forgotten version” of the Egypt Football Cup for the 2020-2021 season at Cairo Stadium today, Thursday.

Al-Ahly goalkeeper and captain Mohamed El-Shennawy made a fatal mistake by coming out of his own net to send Tunisian Seif El-Din El-Jaziri with a cross pass on the head of Ahmed Sayed "Zizou", who gave Zamalek the goal to advance after six minutes from the start.

With a similar mistake by defender Yasser Ibrahim next to the goal line, Zizou extracted the ball to pass it to Imam Ashour, who fired a powerful shot from the edge of the penalty area that deflected Al-Shennawy in the 30th minute.

Ten minutes after the start of the second half, Hossam Hassan reduced the difference for Al-Ahly with a header after a header from substitute Mohamed Mahmoud.

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