Ahmed Hamdy, a player for Al Ittihad Alexandria, will be absent for his team's match against his former club Al Ahly in the first round of the league.
Al Ahly will face Al Ittihad on Friday evening as part of the first round of the competition.
According to FilGoal.com , Ahmed Hamdy will be absent for Al Ittihad Alexandria against Al Ahly due to suffering from an ankle sprain, with plans to prepare him for upcoming matches.
Ahmed Hamdy joined Al Ittihad on a free transfer from Al Ahly after the end of his contract.
Al Ittihad's squad for the match against Al Ahly is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Sobhi Soliman - Ali Al-Jabry - Ahmed Al-Arabi
Defense: Moeen Awad - Ahmed El-Sayed - Mostafa Ibrahim - Islam Abdel Aal - Mohamed Mostafa "Mido" - Khaled Masoud - Moeen Sharif
Midfield: Mahmoud Emad - Isaac Saviour - Ahmed Atef - Joseph Armola - Mohamed Fakhry - Nour Alaa - Pascal Feri - Ahmed Nagi
Attack: Yasser Wahid - Hossam Hassan - John Eboeka - Kenneth Simakola.
The match between Al Ahly and Al Ittihad will take place at 8:00 PM and will be broadcast on On Sport channel.
Al Ahly are the defending champions of the Egyptian Premier League.
