Spanish referee Cesar Soto initially awarded a penalty to Al Ahly due to the ball hitting the hand of Zamalek player Mahmoud Bentayeg at the 45th minute of the match currently held at Cairo International Stadium, as part of the ninth round of the league competition. Zamalek is still leading 1-0.

The VAR referee intervened and called the main referee to review the incident, who then reversed the penalty decision after determining the ball hit the player’s chest, not his hand.

Al Ahly’s lineup includes: Mohamed El Shenawy, Yasser Ibrahim, Yassin Marei, Ahmed Nabil Koka, Mohamed Hany, Marwan Atiya, Mohamed Ali Ben Ramadan, Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet, Taher Mohamed Taher, Ashraf Ben Sharqi, and Mohamed Sherif.

Substitutes include: Mostafa Shobeir, Omar Kamal, Ahmed Reda, Ahmed Ramadan Beckham, Ahmed Abdelkader, Hussein El Shahat, Mostafa El Ash, Aliou Dieng, and Hamza Abdel Karim.

Zamalek’s starting lineup consists of: Goalkeeper Mohamed Sobhi; defenders Mahmoud Bentayeg, Hossam Abdel Meguid, Mohamed Ismail, Omar Gaber; midfielders Nabil Emad Donga, Abdullah Al-Saeed, Nasser Maher; forwards Adam Kayid, Adi Aldabbagh, Juan Bezira.

Substitutes for Zamalek include: Mahdi Suleiman, Ahmed Fattouh, Mahmoud Hamdy “El-Wensh”, Salah Mosadek, Ahmed Hamdy, Abdel Hamid Maaly, Ahmed Sherif, Amr Nasser, and Nasser Monsi.

Zamalek leads the Premier League table with 17 points after 5 wins, 2 draws, and 1 loss in 8 matches.

Al Ahly is eighth in the league with 12 points after 7 matches, with 3 wins, 3 draws, and 1 loss.

An all-Spanish refereeing team leads tonight’s match, headed by 45-year-old Cesar Soto Grado, assisted by Ivan Maso Grando and Antonio Ramon Moreno, with Alejandro Ruiz as the fourth official, and Jose Montero and Mario Lopez handling the video technology.