Zamalek challenges Einstein .. from top to bottom in 74 days

The first football team of Zamalek Club is going through a difficult period in terms of results, after it left the African Champions League competitions from the group stage for the third year in a row.

Zamalek bid farewell to the group stage of the current edition of the African Champions League, after being defeated by a clean double yesterday evening, Friday, against its Algerian counterpart, Shabab Belouizdad.

The white team wrote the end of its career in Africa before a final round in the group stage, which is scheduled to be held in front of the Sudanese Mars, which has become a foregone conclusion between the two teams.

Zamalek in 2023

And it seems that 2023 has not yet been merciful to Zamalek, in which it has suffered poor results locally and in Africa since the start of the new year, although it was experiencing great moments last year by winning the league and cup championships.

The White Knight began its new year in its first month, with a loss from Aswan, with two goals to one, in the 11th round of the Egyptian Premier League.

Al-Abyad’s results continued to decline after it fell into a 1-1 draw against Al-Dakhiliya, then a goalless draw against Al-Ittihad of Alexandria, so that the team ranked third in the standings table with 26 points.

On January 16, Pyramids increased Zamalek’s pain after eliminating them from the semi-finals of the Egypt Cup in the previous edition, “2021-2022”, with a penalty shootout, after the end of the original and extra time, with a score of 1-1.

The Al-Ahly summit in the Premier League came on January 21, to witness a severe defeat for the sons of Mit Oqba, by three clean goals.

The bad results of the White Castle continued after it fell in front of Ghazl El Mahalla with two goals to one in the 15th round of the league, which led to the dismissal of Portuguese Josevaldo Ferreira.

Osama Nabih assumed the technical leadership of the white team after Ferreira’s dismissal, leading Zamalek to its only victory in January, after a costly and difficult victory over Future, 2-1.

Ferreira returned once again to lead the technical staff of Zamalek after his dismissal for one match.

The Portuguese coach appeared in the Pharco meeting on February 2, which witnessed the fall of Zamalek, 3-0, in the 17th round of the Premier League.

Zamalek in Africa

The results of Zamalek continued to collapse with the start of the group stage of the African Champions League, after losing to Algerian Belouizdad youth with a clean goal in the first round in Cairo.

Zamalek returned locally to achieve its second victory in 2023, by defeating Smouha, 3-1, on February 13th.

The white team tied negatively with Al-Merreikh in the second round of the African group stage.

And Zamalek’s poor results in Africa continued to fall to Tunisia’s Esperance with two goals without a response in the third round of the group stage.

Zamalek tied goallessly with Pyramids in the local league, before achieving its third victory in the year at the expense of Tunisian Esperance, 3-1.

On March 12, the league champion in the past two editions fell to Enppi with two unanswered goals.

Yesterday, Zamalek bid farewell to the CAF Champions League, after losing to Algeria’s Belouizdad youth, with two goals without a response.

And the outcome of Zamalek will be in 74 days since the beginning of 2023, winning three matches out of 16 matches and leaving two tournaments (Egypt Cup and Champions League).

The white team ranks fifth in the Egyptian league table, with 33 points, from 9 wins, 5 defeats, and 6 draws.