Al Ahly’s football first team was held to a 2-2 draw in our friendly game against Misr Insurance Club at El Tetsh Stadium on Thursday.
Pitso Mosimane, Al Ahly’s head coach, used Thursday’s friendly game as an opportunity to try our youth players and involve those who recently recovered from their injuries.
The Reds started the match with the following line-up:
The first half started with the Reds quickly taking the upper hand of the game by maintaining the ball in our opponent’s half.
It was not until the 9th minute when Walid Soliman opened the score for the Red Eagles after being head to head with the opposition’s goalkeeper.
In the 40th minute, Metwally, who participated for the first time after recovering from his injury, left the pitch due to an injury.
Al Ahly continued to dominate the first half, however, our players weren’t able to double the score.
The second half began with Misr Insurance Club looking to equalize the score, as they had several chances. After only five minutes into the second half, our opponent was able to find the net for the first time in the encounter.
In the 61st minute of the game, Kahraba scored our second game in the game but it was quickly denied due to offside.
After five minutes, our opponent was able to take the lead for the first time in the game.
With only 15 minutes to go, Karim Nedved, Al Ahly’s midfielder, entered the game after recovering from his injury, which sidelined him for the entirety of the season.
In the minutes that followed the opposition’s second goal, the Reds looked to score the equalizer and we were able to do so in the 85th minute of the game.
Both teams then looked to score the winning goal, but they were unable to find the net as the referee blew his final whistle.
