2021 Egypt Cup Final

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Football match

2021 Egypt Cup Final

Cairo Stadium will host the final

Event| 2020–21 Egypt Cup
| Al Ahly | Zamalek

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1 | 2
Date| 21 July 2022 (2022-07-21)
Venue| Cairo International Stadium, Cairo
Referee| Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Attendance| 5,000
Weather| Clear
29 °C (84 °F)[1]

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The 2021 Egypt Cup Final was the 89th Egypt Cup Final, the final match of the 2020–21 Egypt Cup, Africa's oldest football cup competition played at Cairo Stadium in Cairo, Egypt, on 21 July 2022 between Al Ahly and Zamalek.

Since the competition wouldn't finish by the CAF deadline for associations to submit participating teams in African competitions for the 2021–22 season, for the second Consecutive time the spot awarded to the Egypt Cup winners (Confederation Cup preliminary or first round) was passed to the fourth-placed team in the 2020–21 Egyptian Premier League, Pyramids.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Route to the final
* 1.1 Al Ahly
* 1.2 Zamalek
* 2 Match
* 2.1 Details
* 2.2 Statistics
* 3 Notes
* 4 References

## Route to the final[edit]

Main article: 2020–21 Egypt Cup

In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first. From the round of 16, all matches were played on neutral grounds.

### Al Ahly[edit]

Round  | Opposition  | Score

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R32  | Al Nasr | 2–1
R16  | ENPPI | 1–0
QF  | Pyramids | 2–1
SF  | Petrojet | 2–0

As an Egyptian Premier League club, Al Ahly started in the round of 32 where they were drawn with Egyptian Second Division team Al Nasr. Al Ahly won 2–1 with one goal from Walid Soliman and one from Walter Bwalya. In the round of 16, they drew fellow Egyptian Premier League team ENPPI and won 1–0 with Salah Mohsen scoring the only goal of the game. In the quarter-finals, they were drawn with Egyptian Premier League side Pyramids, the team that eliminated Al Ahly from the round of 16 of 2018–19 Egypt Cup, Al Ahly was able to avenge their last meeting loss and won 2–1 with one goal from Taher Mohamed and one from Hossam Hassan. In the semi-finals, they were drawn with Egyptian Premier League side Petrojet and progressed to the final after a 2–0 win with Afsha and Mohamed Abdelmonem on the scoresheet, this was the first match for Al Ahly new manager Ricardo Soares.

### Zamalek[edit]

Round  | Opposition  | Score

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R32  | Haras El Hodoud | 3–1
R16  | Ismaily | 1–0
QF  | Misr Lel Makkasa | 2–0
SF  | Aswan | 2–1

As an Egyptian Premier League club, Zamalek also started in the round of 32. They were drawn at home against Egyptian Second Division side Haras El Hodoud. Zamalek won 3–1 with a goal from Youssef Obama and two goals from Mahmoud Alaa. In the round of 16, they drew fellow Egyptian Premier League team Ismaily and won 1–0 thanks to a goal from Achraf Bencharki.In the quarter finals, they played against fellow Egyptian Premier League side Misr Lel Makkasa and won 2–0 with the two goals scored by Youssef Obama. In the semi-finals, they were drawn against Egyptian Premier League side Aswan and progressed to the final after a 2–1 win with one goal from a goal from Youssef Obama and a goal from Mahmoud Alaa.

## Match[edit]

### Details[edit]

21 July 2022 (2022-07-21)

21:00

Al Ahly| 1–2| Zamalek

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* Hassan 55'

| Report |

* Zizo 5'
* Ashour 29'

Cairo International Stadium, Cairo

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Zamalek

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GK | 1 |  Mohamed El Shenawy (c)
RB | 30 |  Mohamed Hany |  46'
CB | 6 |  Yasser Ibrahim |  |  73'
CB | 12 |  Ayman Ashraf |  20' |  46'
LB | 21 |  Ali Maâloul |  80'
CM | 17 |  Amr El Solia |  |  46'
CM | 8 |  Hamdy Fathy |  77'
CM | 15 |  Aliou Dieng
RW | 19 |  Mohamed "Afsha" Magdy
LW | 35 |  Ahmed Abdel Kader
CF | 10 |  Mohamed Sherif |  |  25'
Substitutes:
GK | 16 |  Ali Lotfi
DF | 5 |  Ramy Rabia
DF | 24 |  Mohamed Abdelmonem |  |  46'
DF | 20 |  Mahmoud Wahid
MF | 11 |  Walid Soliman |  47' |  46'
MF | 22 |  Mohamed Mahmoud |  |  46'
DF | 28 |  Karim Fouad
FW | 18 |  Salah Mohsen |  |  73'
FW | 9 |  Hossam Hassan |  |  25'
Manager:
Ricardo Soares
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GK | 21 |  Mohamed Awad (c)
RWB | 24 |  Hamza Mathlouthi
CB | 28 |  Mahmoud Hamdy |  57'
CB | 36 |  Hossam Abdul-Majeed
CB | 5 |  Mohamed Abdel Ghani
LWB | 29 |  Ahmed Abou El Fotouh |  8' |  73'
CM | 8 |  Emam Ashour |  3'
CM | 39 |  Sayed Abduallah |  |  67'
RW | 25 |  Zizo |  87'
LW | 20 |  Achraf Bencharki
CF | 30 |  Seifeddine Jaziri |  |  59'
Substitutes:
GK | 34 |  Mohamed Nadim
DF | 22 |  Abdallah Gomaa
DF | 7 |  Hazem Emam |  |  73'
DF | 4 |  Mahmoud Alaa
MF | 10 |  Shikabala
MF | 27 |  Mohamed Ounajem
MF | 14 |  Youssef Obama |  84' |  59'
MF | 12 |  Mohamed Ashraf |  |  67'
MF | 18 |  Ayman Hefny
Manager:
Jesualdo Ferreira

### Statistics[edit]

Overall[3] | Statistic  | Al Ahly  | Zamalek

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Goals scored  | 1  | 2
Total shots  | 10  | 14
Shots on target  | 2  | 5
Ball possession  | 71%  | 29%
Corner kicks  | 7  | 8
Yellow cards  | 4  | 4
Red cards  | 0  | 0

## Notes[edit]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Nasr City Historical Weather".
2. ^ @EFA (10 August 2021). "اتحاد الكرة يرسل أسماء الأندية المصرية المشاركة في بطولتي أفريقيا" [EFA sends names of Egyptian clubs participating in the Champions League and Confederation Cup next season to CAF] (Tweet) (in Arabic) - via Twitter.
3. ^ https://www.365scores.com/en-us/football/egypt/egypt-cup/match/al-ahly-sc-zamalek-sc/8200-8201-553/stats#id=3586675

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