Today, Saturday, the attention of Arab football fans is riveted to the Martyrs of Benin stadium in Libya, which will be the scene of the “Arab derby” between Sudan’s Mars and Egypt’s Zamalek as part of the African Champions League.
Exactly at (13:00) GMT, the match is scheduled, which is part of the second round of the group stage of the CAF Champions League.
Brazilian Heron Ricardo (65), coach of Al-Merreikh, starts with the following first team to meet his guest, the Egyptian giant:
Goalkeeper: Mohamed Mustafa
Defensive Line: Alex Silva, Hamza Daoud, Mustafa Karchum, Mazen Muhammadin
Midfield: Matteusinho, Tajuddin Yacoub, Sergio Rafael, Brian Angulo.
Offensive line: Al-Jazuli Noa, Paolo Sergio.
???? Here is our coach Ricardo’s choice for the match against Egyptian Zamalek | ????#Mars | #club _people_ | #TotalEnergyCAFCLrice.twitter.com/90cmkeo3jS
– Al Merrikh SC (@Almerrikh08) February 17, 2023
While the Portuguese Josevaldo Ferreira (76 years old), the coach of the Zamalek club, chose the following starting lineup for the meeting with the Sudanese host:
Goalkeeper: Mohamed Awad
Defensive line: Mohamed Abdel Ghani – Hossam Abdel Majid – Mohamed Tariq – Mohamed Abdel Shafi
Midfield: Saif Jaafar – Nabil Imad Dunga – Mahmoud Abdel Razek “Chikabala” – Syed Abdullah “Neymar”
Offensive line: Saif Al-Din Al-Jaziri – Ahmed Syed “Zizu”.
Official Zamalek formation against Sudanese Mars. ???? #Zamalek#MostTitledIn20C | #zamalekrice.twitter.com/o4hwta6pqH
– Zamalek SK (@ZSCOfficial) February 17, 2023
Zamalek started their career in the current version of the Champions League with an impressive home defeat against their guest, Algerian youth club Belouizdad, in a meeting that brought them together (0-1) last Friday at the International Stadium in Cairo. .
The Al-Merreikh club also started their way in the championship with a defeat, but away from home, against the Tunisian club Esperance, with the same result, with a single goal, in a match that took place at the Olympic Hammadi Al-Akrabi stadium “. stadium in the Tunisian city of Rades.
Youth teams Belouizdad and Taraji Athletic are tied for first place in the fourth group (D) standings with three points each, followed by Mars and Zamalek without points.
Source: RT
