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Zamalek defender Mohamed Ismail ruled out of Army FC clash with knee injury
October 16, 2026 at 09:32 PM
Zamalek defender Mohamed Ismail has been ruled out of Friday's African Champions League tie with Rwanda's Army FC after reporting knee pain.
- Zamalek face Army FC in the first leg of the second preliminary round at Amahoro Stadium in Kigali, kicking off at 7pm.
- A Zamalek club source told YallaKora that Ismail has suffered knee pain for two days and will miss the match.
- The coaching staff, led by Moataz Gamal, refused to risk Ismail and prepared Mustafa El-Zenary as his replacement.
- Zamalek reached this round by beating Djibouti's AS Port 6-1 on aggregate in the previous preliminary round.