Translated by Sama Marwan,
The first football team of Al-Ahly Club has concluded its preparations for the match against Zamalek, which will take place tomorrow evening, Friday, at Al-Awal Park Stadium in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
The team trained at Al-Nassr Club Stadium, after the head coach, Marcelo Gallardo, held a lecture for the players before moving from the accommodation hotel to discuss many technical aspects related to preparing for the match.
The training began with the players and the coaching staff gathering to read Al-Fatiha, and then everyone performed physical exercises according to the training program before moving on to tactical training specific to the match.
The technical meeting for the match was held this afternoon, during which it was agreed that Al-Ahly would wear a kit consisting of a red shirt, black shorts, and red socks, while the goalkeeper would wear a blue kit. On the other hand, Zamalek would wear an all-white kit, with their goalkeeper wearing a full yellow kit.
It was confirmed that the match would kick off at 7:30 PM Cairo time, and in case of a draw at the end of the original time, extra time of half an hour, consisting of two halves, would be played. If the draw continues, the match will be decided by penalty shootouts from the penalty spot.
The technical meeting for the Zamalek and Al-Ahly match in the Egypt Cup final, scheduled for tomorrow, Friday, at Al-Awal Park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was held this afternoon, Thursday.
The technical meeting resulted in Zamalek wearing their traditional white kit (white shirt and white shorts), while the goalkeeper will wear yellow. Meanwhile, Al-Ahly will wear their red kit (red shirt and black shorts), with the goalkeeper wearing blue.
Present at the technical meeting from Zamalek were Amr Abu Al-Az, the administrative manager, Saad Aabidin, the team’s administrator, and Mustafa Hussein Mila, the missions officer, in the presence of officials from Al-Ahly Club, the Egyptian Football Association, and the Saudi Football Federation.
It was confirmed that in case of a draw at the end of the original time, extra time of half an hour, consisting of two halves, would be played. If the draw continues, the match will be decided by penalty shootouts from the penalty spot.
It is scheduled that Zamalek will face Al-Ahly tomorrow, Friday, at 7:30 PM Cairo time, 8:30 PM Saudi time, in the final of the Egypt Cup, at Al-Awal Park in Riyadh.
