Zamalek only managed to register a 1-1 draw with their visitors Wadi Degla in a game that witnessed clashes between the home fans and the security forces. The disappointing draw meant little for Hossam Hassan's men, who knew the season was over with Ahli's decisive victory over Arab Contractors. A second-half penalty from Amr Adel was cancelled out by Zamalek substitute Wagih Abdul-Azim four minutes from time. The Whites are now seven points adrift of their bitter rivals, but they secured second place to book a place in next season's CAF Champions League. Degla better as violence erupts The first half unexpectedly witnessed more chances from the visitors who were denied by Abdul-Wahed Al-Sayed after just five minutes following a breakaway by Ahmed Mostafa. Mostafa Talaat and Ashour Al-Taqui also came close to Abdul-Wahed's goal as Zamalek seemed to be dearly missing the services of Hussein Yasser and Shikabala. Violence erupted at the stands after news came from the Military Academy that Ahli are three-nil up.
The White Knights clashed with police Clashes between the angry Zamalek fans and security forces prompted the latter to evacuate the Cairo Stadium stands, with one member from the police suffering a head injury in the process. Dull half...two goals Amid the tense conditions, the second half kicked off and Degla were in front on the hour mark with a penalty from Adel after Ahmed Ghanem tackled a through-on-goal attacker. Adel, who was offloaded by Zamalek last season, punished his former club with a cool penalty past Abdul-Wahed. Shortly after, Degla were reduced to ten men after midfielder Ahmed Dorgham was sent off for a second bookable offence. It then turned into a one-way traffic, with the nervous Zamalek players missing a host of easy chances to level the scoring. Amr Al-Safti, Ahmed Gaafar and Abou Kone all missed from inside the six-yard box, only for substitute Abdul-Azim to save the day with a scrappy equalizer. Six minutes from time, the out-of-favor midfielder claimed his first goal for Zamalek when his shot was deflected past a defender to flow over the advancing keeper into the net. The title race was over for the Whites anyway as Ahli's comprehensive victory in Cairo settled it.
