A love affair between Al-Ahly and "Hazza Stadium" .. 3 titles and 5 resounding victories

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 Al-Ahly hit several birds with one stone after winning the Egyptian Super Cup at the expense of its traditional rival, Zamalek, on Friday, at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain.

Al-Ahly won the Super Cup for the “2020-2021” season, after defeating Zamalek with two goals without a response, and the

Brazilian Bruno Savio scored the first goal for Al-Ahly in the 39th minute, and Karim Fouad added the second goal in overtime.

Al-Ahly stars succeeded in restoring the confidence of their fans after losing the Egyptian League and Cup titles last season, to get a boost of confidence and high morale at the beginning of the season. Al-Ahly has the advantage in most of its matches with Zamalek.

Al-Ahly also continued to set records at the expense of its traditional rival, by winning it in six meetings that brought them together in the Super, compared to only twice.

What is remarkable in the super match between Al-Ahly and Zamalek, is the state of love that Al-Ahly associated with Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, as Al-Ahly did not know the taste of loss in five meetings he played on this stadium, which became a witness to the victories of the Egyptian and African champions.

Al-Ahly scored three championships at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, which imprinted on the first championship, “Ahlia” in 2015, when it was crowned the local Super Cup, which was held for the first time outside Egypt, at the expense of Zamalek with a score of 3-2, and in 2017, the same stadium witnessed the coronation Al-Ahly also won the Super Cup, but this time it was at the expense of Al-Masry Al-Portsaidi after winning it 1-0. On Friday, Al-Ahly returned to the same stadium to achieve the third title of the Super at Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium after dropping the traditional rival Zamalek with two goals without a response.

The Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, which was called by the Red Genie fans as the stronghold of Al-Ahly championships in the Emirates, also received a friendly match with Rome in May of 2016. The Egyptian champion was signed by Ahmed El Sheikh, John Antwi, Moamen Zakaria and Walid Suleiman, while Mohamed Salah, Bosnian Dzeko and French William Vanker scored for “wolves.”

Hazza Stadium also witnessed another European victory for Al-Ahly in 2018, at the expense of Dutch Ajax 1-0, with a goal scored by Salah Mohsen in the retirement match of the former star and current club board member Hossam Ghaly.

For his part, the director of the Al-Ahly football team, Sayed Abdel Hafeez, confirmed that his team’s crowning of the Super title is the biggest response to those who doubted Al-Ahly’s stars and their ability to win championships, and said in press statements: “Everyone knows the difficult conditions that Al-Ahly players experienced last season. Between the cohesion of local matches and at the African level as well as at the international level, there was no physical and health impact on the players. Otherwise, Al-Ahly would not have given up on those titles easily.

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