Egyptian fans exchange visits to the two teams' camp to welcome the players before the "Super" match

An atmosphere of love between Al-Ahly and Zamalek in Al-Ain

• A large crowd of supporters of the Zamalek and Al-Ahly teams is expected to attend the Super Cup match tomorrow.

  Photography: Eric Arrasas

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The preparations of Al-Ahly and Zamalek teams witnessed an atmosphere of love and mutual respect between the officials and fans of the two ancient Egyptian clubs, in preparation for the Egyptian Super Cup match, which will be hosted by the Emirates, and will take place tomorrow at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain.

A number of Zamalek fans, who are in the Emirates, gathered around the residence of Al-Ahly players, wearing white shirts, to welcome the team upon its arrival in Al-Ain, and the same thing was repeated by Al-Ahly fans for Zamalek.

The general supervisor of the ball in the Zamalek club, Amir Mortada Mansour, lavished praise and praise on the Al-Ahly team and its players before tomorrow’s match, stressing that Al-Ahly owns a respectable team, and it has players at a high level, wishing that the match would come out as high as the organization prepared by the Emirates for the match. the mission.

Amir Mortada said in a press statement: “We know very well that the match will not be easy for the two parties who have the motives to win. the new".

In terms of technical preparations, the coach of Zamalek, Portuguese Ferreira, refused to give his players a rest on the day of their arrival in the city of Al Ain, as he insisted that the team train at half past nine the day before yesterday, at Al-Qattara Stadium, where the duo Omar Jaber and Amr Al-Sisi missed him, The fact that they did not accompany the mission, and arrived yesterday under special circumstances.

Ferreira held a meeting with his players yesterday morning, as part of his own way before the matches to motivate them morally, and explain their assignments during the match.

Zamalek is heading to give up his white dress in the super match, and play in the blue shirt, which became a source of optimism for the team and its management, after winning the Egypt Cup against Al-Ahly at the end of last season, after winning 2-1.

At the level of the Al-Ahly camp, the atmosphere seems very calm, and there is a state of intense focus between the players and the technical staff to provide the required level and win.

The team management preferred not to make any statements to the media and gave similar instructions to the players to increase focus.

The president of Al-Ahly club, who is currently in France for treatment, Mahmoud Al-Khatib, made a phone call to his deputy, Al-Omari Farouk, to check on the team's preparations.

For his part, Al-Ahly coach, Marcel Koller, preferred not to participate in any training unit after arriving in Al-Ain.

Al-Ahly held its first training at Khalifa bin Zayed Stadium at seven in the evening yesterday, which is the training that Kohler preferred to be secret, in preparation for the formation of the squad and the way the match will be played, amid great speculation about the player who will succeed Malian midfielder Diang, who was injured in a match. Aswan in the local league.

Amr Al-Sulayya has become the first candidate to succeed Diang in the super match, along with Hamdi Fathi, while media sources in Egypt confirm that Kohler may surprise everyone, and push the right-back Akram Tawfiq in the place of Diang, to include Mohamed Hani in the right-back position.

Amr Al-Sulayya is a strong candidate to compensate for the absence of Maliki Diang from Al-Ahly in the Super match. 

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