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Football: five Al-Masry players absent against Al-Ittihad

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Egyptian club Al-Masry have left five players out of their squad to face Al-Ittihad Alexandria on the fifth matchday of the national league. The match is scheduled for Tuesday 15 September at 8pm at New Suez Stadium, according to Egyptian daily Al-Youm Al-Sabea.

Football: five players from Al-Masry, the Port Said club, will miss the league match against Al-Ittihad of Alexandria. Mustafa Abou El-Kheir, Mustafa Zidan, Mohamed Hashem, Ahmed Charaf and Abdelwahab Nader are absent because of injuries or a technical decision, according to information provided by Al-Masry.

The fifth-round match of the Egyptian league is scheduled for Tuesday 15 September at 8pm at New Suez Stadium. Al-Masry are coming off a 2-1 defeat by Petrojet, also at New Suez Stadium, in the fourth round, and have six points.

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