Ismaili assistant coach Khaled Al-Qammash said that his team must comeback with a win when they travel to Masri in Thursday's Egyptian League game. After losing their last two games, The Dervishes are sixth in the table with ten points and Al-Qammash stressed that only beating Masri can keep their title hopes alive. "We are already out of the top four and we can't afford anymore slip ups. A defeat against Masri will rule us out as title contenders," Al-Qammash told FilGoal.com. Al-Qammash added that newly appointed Brazilian coach Ricardo is set to name a 3-5-2 formation due to the lack of time to imply his preferred 4-4-2 in trainings. Ismaili's only absentee will be defender Sherif Abdul-Fadil who is set to miss the game due to injury. Also in the league, Arab Contractors will be hoping to get over last round's defeat to Asyut Petroleum when they face bottom placed Police Union.
Radwan wants to overcome Asyut defeat Coach Mohamed Radwan expressed his optimism as Contractors enter the home game with a near full squad. "Apart of Salah Amin we don't have any absentees," Radwan told FilGoal.com. "I urged my players to forget the Asyut loss where we were the better but not lucky enough to win the game." On the other side, Police coach Talaat Youssef stated that the current international break has given him time to reach the team's best formula. "The friendly games allowed me to watch every squad player thoroughly." Contractors are seventh in the table with nine points out of seven games.
