Ahli finished their local campaign this season after beating Harras Al-Hodoud 4-2 in the Egyptian league round-25 match that took place on Friday. The Egyptian champions were handed the competition trophy officially from Egyptian Football Association (EFA) president Samir Zaher and Egyptian Council for Sports president Hassan Sakr. Emad Al-Nahhas opened the score for Ahli from a spot-kick in the 20th minute and Mohamed Abou-Treika extended their lead in the 34th minute before Emad Meteb and Hassan Mostafa secured Ahli's victory with goals in the 62nd and 77th minutes respectively, while Abdel-Hamid Basyouni and Ahmed Abdel-Ghani score Harras Al-Hodoud's two goals. Former Ahli skippers Sayed Abdel-Hafiz and Hadi Khashaba, who hung up their football boots a couple of days ago, watched the final match and were the ones presented with the trophy. Ahli top the Egyptian league standings with a tally of 69 points, while Harras Al-Hodoud stand at fifth place with 35 points. The captivating thriller witnessed three spot-kicks, two for Ahli and one for Harras Al-Hodoud, with Abou-Treika wasting the first one and Al-Nahhas scoring the second, while Basyouni squandered his spot-kick before picking up the rebound and netting into the Ahli net.
Portuguese coach Manuel Jose celebrates the result of a season's hard work Ahli were crowned Egyptian champions officially for the 31st time in their history and for the second consecutive season after defeating arch-rivals Zamalek 2-0 on Sunday. Elsewhere, Zamalek gave Talae Al-Gaish a 4-1 drubbing in the match that took place at the Military Academy stadium. Wael Al-Kabani put Zamalek ahead from a penalty-shot in the 38th minute, Tarek Al-Sayed scored the second in the 42nd minute before Gamal Hamza and Abdel-Halim Ahli secured their side's victory with goals in the 54th and 90th minutes, while Hossam Abdel-Aal scored Al-Gaish's only consolation goal in the 59th minute. Zamalek were awarded two spot-kicks, but Hamza blew the first one, while Al-Kabani scored the second. Zamalek come second in the Egyptian league standings with a tally of 58 points, while Al-Gaish stand at sixth place with 34 points.
