Match Report
The table read 4th (Black Bulls Maputo, 4 pts) against 1st (Zamalek, 14 pts), 10 points apart. Recent form told a different story for Black Bulls Maputo: only 13th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Scoring rates set the scale: Black Bulls Maputo 1.17 scored and 2.17 conceded per game, Zamalek 1.83 and 0.67, with the league averaging 1.19.
Zamalek had not lost in 9 games.
Cairo International Stadium in Cairo, capacity 30,000, hosted the game. With 6 matches recorded and 2.2 yellow cards per game, F. Duarte was the man in the middle. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 1-3.
Goal scorers
Black Bulls Maputo: Ejaita Ifoni (62') · Zamalek: Hossam Ashraf (51'), Hossam Ashraf (53'), Zizo (82')