Mostafa Gaafar notched home late in the second-half to help Zamalek register a hard-fought 3-2 home victory over Harras Al-Hodoud in a thrilling Egyptian League match on Tuesday.

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Haras Al-Hodoud came from a two-goal deficit to level the score through Mohamed Halim and Hani Saied after Tarek Al-Sayed and Youssef Hamdi put Zamalek initially ahead.

Mostafa Gaafar, who came off the bench in the second-period, sealed the precious win for Zamalek one minute from time to boost his side's morale ahead of the anticipating showdown against arch-rivals Ahli on Saturday.
Zamalek made up for their disappointing 2-0 loss at the hands of Masri last week.

The victory put Zamalek in third place of the league table with 29 points, two adrift of second-placed Ismaili and six behind leaders Ahli.


Caretaker manager Mahmoud Saad was in charge of Zamalek in the match until French coach Henri Michel, who was officially unveiled earlier on Tuesday, takes over.


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