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Dubai - Yasmine El Tohamy - Zamalek are set to face arch rivals Al Ahly in the highly awaited Cairo Derby with a squad composed of players from the club’s youth system.
Zamalek were set to visit Al Ahly in their postponed Egyptian Premier League clash this afternoon, Monday February 24th.
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The Whites board and coaching staff were already quite vocal about their disapproval of playing the game due to their hectic schedule.
Now just hours ahead of the encounter Zamalek have revealed that their squad will only include players from their youth squad with a mixture of players from the U-19s, U-18s and U-17s teams.
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The first-team coaching staff will also be replaced by a number of youth team managers, including U-18s head coach Ahmed Abdelmaksood, U-19s coach Amr Fahim, U-18s general manager Ahmed Abdelraouf, U-18s goalkeeping coach Ayman Al-Tawil and club representative Mahmoud Meghawry.
Surprisingly enough this is not the first time that an incident of this kind occurs as in 1985 Al Ahly decided to play their youth team when they were drawn against the Whites Knights Egypt Cup quarter-finals.
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Against all odds, the Red Devils ended up winning the game 3-2 with a squad that included the likes of Hossam Hassan. Al Ahly ended up lifting the trophy after beating Ismaily in the final.
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