The Zamalek Chronicle
Match29 Aug 2026
Zamalek win it in stoppage time
The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 97th minute. Smouha will replay every second of the added time for a week.
Market31 Aug 2026
Mohamed Ibrahim puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Zamalek, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match29 Aug 2026
Zamalek make it 3 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Zamalek have 3 straight wins of it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Juan Bezerra in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Zamalek this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match29 Aug 2026
Zamalek get the job done against Smouha
A 4‑3 win over Smouha, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market31 Aug 2026
Zamalek plan ahead with Nicolás Sumavil from Platense
The most awkward business a club does is signing tomorrow's answer while today's is still in the building. Nicolás Sumavil comes from Platense for exactly that purpose, and the handover will not be discussed publicly by anybody.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Mohamed Sobhi
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mohamed Sobhi, and the manager let it.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Ninety minutes of Mohamed Shehata at his very best
Marked 8.29. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at Zamalek.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Juan Bezerra in the eights
A performance of 8.30 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Ahmed Hamdi
- Squad Too much change too quickly at Zamalek
- Squad Zamalek pick somebody else ahead of El Mahdy Soliman