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Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>Al-Ismaili, the Egyptian champions three times, most recently in 2002, snatched the match points with a deadly timing scored by substitute Anwar Saqr in the 96th minute.<\/p>\n

With this victory, Ismaili raises his score to 17 points, to remain in 14th place, at the bottom of the ranking in the group to avoid relegation.<\/p>\n

In contrast, Petrojet\u2019s balance froze at 34 points in fifth place.<\/p>\n

It is noteworthy that the competitions of the first round of the Egyptian league were held with the participation of 21 teams, including the first seven clubs to compete for the title, and the qualifying places to participate in the African championships.<\/p>\n

The clubs that occupied the positions from the eighth to the twenty-first went to the relegation struggle, where four clubs will be relegated to the second tier.<\/p>\n

The points of all teams in the second round competitions were carried forward by the championship and relegation groups.<\/p>\n

Only six rounds remain at the end of the relegation group competitions, at a time when Ismaili finds himself 6 points behind Ismailia Electricity, the first to be threatened with fall, and the 11th place, and a full 11-point difference from the 10th-placed Union.<\/p>\n

Find more news and analyses on Africa<\/span> on the Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press. Al-Ismaili, the Egyptian champions three times, most recently in 2002, snatched the match points with a deadly timing scored by substitute Anwar Saqr in the 96th minute. With this victory, Ismaili raises his score to 17 points, to remain in 14th place, at the bottom of the ranking in the group to avoid relegation. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":5366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[120],"class_list":{"0":"post-5367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sport","8":"tag-africa"},"yoast_head":"\nIsmaili Secures Long-Awaited Victory in Egyptian League - Africa Press English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"-article-header-tag"> Africa-Press. 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