Pyramids FC won the Egypt Cup for the first time in its history, beating ZED 1-0 in the final match at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria.
Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Fiston Mayele scored the only goal of the match in the 87th minute, giving Pyramids their first title in their history since their establishment in 2008 under the name Assiouty Sport before changing the name to Pyramids in the summer of 2019.
Pyramids previously reached the final of the Egypt Cup twice before losing to Zamalek in 2019 and Al-Ahly in the 2022 edition. Meanwhile, ZED played the final of the Egypt Cup for the first time in its history.
After a goalless first half with few chances, Mayele scored the only goal of the match three minutes before the end when he received a pass from Mohamed Hamdy from the left side after a corner kick to give his team the winning goal for the first time.
Croatian Krunoslav Jurisic led Pyramids to achieve the first title in the history of the club, which is owned by Emirati businessman Salem Al Shamsi.
Pyramids became the 13th team to win the Egypt Cup, and the first team outside of Al-Ahly and Zamalek to win the title since the 2011 edition, which was won by Enppi.
Al-Ahly withdrew from the round of 16 of the tournament due to the desire of the team’s technical staff, led by Swiss Marcel Koller, to give the team a rest, while Zamalek was eliminated from the same round after losing to Tala’ea El-Gaish on penalties.
Thus, Pyramids will participate in the Egyptian Super Cup, which will be held in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, with Al-Ahly, the league champion, Ceramica Cleopatra, the League Cup champion, in addition to a fourth team by special invitation.
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