Al Ahly imposed their superiority during the first minutes, and almost opened the scoring early when Emam Ashour headed a cross from a corner kick, but his header went over the crossbar in the sixth minute.
The Red Devils continued their pressure, and the Moroccan Sofiane Bendebka missed a dangerous opportunity in the ninth minute, after receiving a cross pass from Ahmed Sayed "Zizo", but he shot the ball over the goalpost, wasting an opportunity for his team to take the lead.
In response, Zamalek tried to reply through some attacking attempts, the most prominent of which was a pass inside the penalty area towards Mohamed Shehata in the 28th minute, but Marwan Attia intervened at the right time and cleared the danger from Al Ahly's goal.
Al Ahly's superiority resulted in the lead goal in the 38th minute, when right-back Mohamed Hany launched a powerful shot from outside the penalty area, which hit one of the defenders and changed direction, deceiving goalkeeper Al-Mahdi Sulaiman and finding the net.
Zamalek almost equalized before the end of the first half, but Angolan Chico Panzo missed a dangerous opportunity in the 45th minute, after receiving a pass from Ahmed Sherif, ending the first half with Al Ahly leading by one goal.
At the start of the second half, Zamalek tried to return to the match atmosphere, but goalkeeper Mostafa Shobier excelled in the 52nd minute, brilliantly saving a header from Ahmed Sherif, maintaining his team's lead.
Al Ahly responded with a dangerous attempt from Emam Ashour in the 64th minute, but his shot went wide of the post, before the technical staff made attacking changes, the most prominent of which was bringing in the Algerian Mansaf instead of Emam Ashour.
Mansaf succeeded in confirming Al Ahly's victory in the 80th minute, after launching a skillful ground shot from outside the penalty area, which settled in the net, doubling his team's lead and clinching the match in favor of the Red Devils.
