Zamalek club announced its apology for not playing the Egyptian Super Cup football match against its traditional rival, Al-Ahly, which is scheduled for next Friday in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, against the backdrop of suspending the penalty for suspending Al-Ahly player Mahmoud Abdel Moneim “Kahraba.”

The Egyptian Federation announced the selection of Pyramids Club, the runner-up of the League and Cup competitions last season, as a replacement for Zamalek.

Mortada Mansour, President of Zamalek, against whom a judicial ruling was issued to remove him from his post, after executing a one-month prison sentence in the case of insulting and slandering Mahmoud Al-Khatib, President of Al-Ahly Club, said, “Zamalek will not participate in a farce, and it is unacceptable what happened in the crisis of punishment for Al-Ahly player Mahmoud Abdel Moneim + Kahraba.” +".

The Appeals Committee, "Grievances" of the Egyptian Football Association, decided to suspend the penalty for the attacker, "Kahraba", issued by the Disciplinary Committee, which had previously announced that the Al-Ahly player had been suspended for 12 matches and fined one million pounds, due to offensive chants with his club's fans after the Zamalek match in the league.

Mansour added, in a video broadcast on his official Facebook page, on Tuesday, "We do not take our decisions from social media. Our decisions are based on the interest of the club ... and it will not preserve the interest of the club more than its board elected by the General Assembly."

Mansour explained that the real audience is the one who sees the council’s ability to achieve its interests, and that in order to preserve the club’s dignity, it refused to apologize to Mahmoud Al-Khatib, President of Al-Ahly Club, with the text of a message he received, preferring to be imprisoned.

And he added, "The electrification penalty was postponed more than once... The matter provokes the fans of Zamalek, and I apologize to the Zamalek fans in Egypt and the UAE for not attending the team, and we cannot play in these circumstances."

And he continued, directing his speech to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Ashraf Sobhi, “We took the right decision, despite the threats that come to me daily, to isolate or expel from the club. What did I do when 100 million pounds were seized for the club’s account in Banque Misr?”

The Egyptian Federation announced the selection of Pyramids Club, the runner-up of the League and Cup competitions last season, as a replacement for Zamalek.

The federation sent an official letter to the Pyramids Club inviting it to participate in the Super Cup match, provided that the mission’s travel will be tomorrow evening, Wednesday.

A member of the Board of Directors of the Federation, Ehab El-Komy, revealed in televised statements that Pyramids officials agreed to participate in the match, adding that there are penalties that “will be imposed on Zamalek for withdrawing from the match, according to the regulations of the Football Association’s Competitions Committee, up to the ban from playing the Super Cup for two consecutive years and a fine.”

Al-Koumi revealed earlier today, in press statements, that the Pyramids club will participate in the Super Cup instead of Zamalek, in the event that its withdrawal is confirmed, according to the regulations.

The Football Association gave Zamalek club, in an official speech today, 60 minutes to formally define its position on participating or apologizing for not playing the super match.

Zamalek responded in an official statement on the club's website, confirming its apology for not participating, pointing out, "Zamalek's apology for participating in the match at the expense of its dignity and pride."

Zamalek confirmed resorting to the International Federation of the Game (FIFA) "to put an end to injustice, favoritism, crude courtesies, and disregarding laws and regulations in favor of a single club, in addition to bullying and racism against some of its players."

It is noteworthy that Al-Ahly arrived in the Emirati city of Abu Dhabi, on Tuesday afternoon, in preparation for the meeting.