ZANACO’S OPPONENT PYRAMIDS AND THE KEY STATS BEHIND THEM
By Osward Hamanyuma Jnr | February 6, 2020
Zanaco football club was drawn against Egyptian side Pyramids in the second tier of Africa’s most prestigious inter-club tournament the Confederation Cup. Zambia clubs has not had It easy to go past Northern African club.
A draw in Morocco proved that the Bankers are not intimidated by names, coming from behind to draw away against a team like FC Berkane is not a mean achievement, it calls for tactical discipline and putting in more than 100% effort. They look like a team which can go all the way to the finals.
Pyramids nearly won the 2018–19 and the 87th edition of the Egyptian Cup but lost the final match 3-0 to Zamalek.
Pyramids have been a very fast growing club in the Egyptian League and on the continent at large, they played their first season in 2018 after Saudi Arabian billionaire and then-chairman of the country’s General Sports Authority Turki Al-Sheikh successfully bought Al Assiouty FC.
Al Sheikh invested immensely into the team, signing players like Carlos Eduardo, Rodriguinho including an African-record buy of US$10m worth attacker Keno.
They played that season like a house on fire finishing third, behind Al Ahly and Zamalek. Fast forward to their second season which is the 2019/20 season, they have played a total of 21 games in all competitions scoring 38 goals in the process.
In the league, Pyramid have played 15 matches winning 8 of those game and are sitting fifth on the the log. They have drawn 5 time and losing 3 times on the road.
Their debut CAF Confederation Cup run has been very good, losing only once on the final day of the group stage to Nigerian outfit Enugu Rangers. Burkinabe midfielder Eric Traore is the top scorer in the competition with 3 goals.
Egyptian international attacker Said Abdallah has already scored 11 goals in 15 matches and he will be a threat to Zanaco.
Zanaco will need to keep an eye on 34 year old attacking Said Abdallah who has been the most standout player for the Pyramids and he is the current top scorer in the league with 11 goals, Eric Traore, Mohamed Farouk and Ghanaian center forward John Antwi are other players Zanaco should pay attention to.
Zanaco will need to keep an eye on 34 year old attacking Said Abdallah who has been the most standout player for the Pyramids and he is the current top scorer in the league with 11 goals, Eric Traore, Mohamed Farouk and Ghanaian center forward John Antwi are other players Zanaco should pay attention to.