Gross to change in Zamalek's line-up against Petro Atletico

CAIRO, 28 February 2019: Zamalek’s coach, Christian Gross, is set to change in the starting line-up which will face Angola’s Petro Atletico on Sunday.

The White team will face Petro Atletico in the fourth round of CAF Confederation Cup,
The coaching staff considers giving the chance to their young striker, Omar Al Saied, instead of Khaled Botayeb, who didn’t shine in the last encounter.

The second change will be the participation of Ayman Hefny instead of Kahraba who was banned from playing with the team after insulting the fans.

Mahmoud Abdelaziz, known by Zizo, is set to start the game instead of Tarek Hamed who was suspended due to the third yellow card given to him during the last game.
Zamalek suffered on Sunday night against the Angolan team and they were losing the game 1-0 until Youssef Obama secured the draw for Zamalek minutes before the final whistle.

The draw kept Zamalek chances to reach the second round alive but the team needs to gain as many points as they can at the remaining games.

Gor Mahia leads the group with 6 points, two points ahead of Algeria’s NA Hussein Dey and Petro Atletico who share the second place while Zamalek sit at the bottom of the group with two points from two draws at home and a 4-2 loss in Kenya to Gor Mahia.