Zamalek Announce 27-Man Squad For Raja Clash

Zamalek have announced their travelling contingent for the African Champions League semi-final first leg clash against Raja Casablanca.

The Egyptian giants will be gunning for their sixth African title when they meet the newly crowned Moroccan champions who are eyeing their fourth continental crown.

Jaime Pacheco and his charges are expected to arrive in Rabat on Wednesday before the encounter set for Sunday 18^th September 2020 at Stade Mohammed V arena.

Four goalkeepers including Mohamed Awad and Mohamed Sobhi made the squad that also has eight defenders, twelve midfielders and three strikers.

The White Knights captain Mahmoud Abdel Razek “Shikabala” has been included in the squad after recovering from a knee injury which he sustained during a recent Egyptian Premier League match against Pyramids.

Meanwhile, Tunisian international Ferjani Ssasi will join the team in Rabat directly from his national team camp despite his club on Sunday announcing he had contracted coronavirus.

The winners over two legs will lock horns with either reigning Egyptian champions Al Ahly or Moroccan giants Wydad Casablanca in the grand final billed for Cameroon’s Japoma Stadium.

Full squad

Goalkeepers: Mohamed Abogabal, Mahmoud Genesh, Mohamed Awad and Mohamed Sobhi

Defenders: Mahmoud Alaa, Mohamed Abdelghani, Mahmoud Hamdi El-Wensh, Ahmed Eid, Hazem Emam, Mohamed Abdelsalam, Mohamed Abdelshafy and Abdallah Gomaa.

Midfielders: Tarek Hamed, Ferjani Sassi, Mohamed Hassan, Youssef Obama, Karim Bambo, Shikabala, Ahmed Sayed ‘Zizo’, Mohamed Antar, Eslam Gabr, Mostafa Fathi, Achraf Bencharki and Mohamed Ounajem.

Forwards: Mostafa Mohamed, Omar El-Said and Kabongo Kasongo