Zamalek's influential quartet Junior Agogo, Ayman Abdul-Aziz, Gamal Hamza and Mohamed Aboul-Ella have returned to the squad for the league game against Police Union. Abdul-Aziz, who was recently stripped off Zamalek's captaincy, has been named in the team's 20-man squad for Saturday's match after the club lifted the ban imposed on him. The former Trabzonspor man was punished after refusing to sit on the bench during Zamalek's 1-0 defeat to Harras Hodoud earlier this month. He consequently missed Zamalek's 1-0 loss at the hands of Asyut Petroleum in their last league encounter. Ghanaian striker Agogo returns after serving a three-match suspension for making an inappropriate gesture during last month's goalless draw with Petrojet. The squad also featured midfielder Aboul-Ella and talented forward Hamza, who missed five league games after being banned by Zamalek as a disciplinary measure. The Cairo giants were trying to overhaul their squad after a string of poor results, promoting several youngsters to the first team and punishing the underperforming players.
Hamza pardoned But their efforts did not pay dividends as Zamalek suffered more misery, slipping to seventh place in the league table after extending their winless streak to six matches. Zamalek, who last won Egypt's premier competition in 2004, will be looking to climb out of their crisis at Police Union's expense. Zamalek squad: Goalkeepers: Abdul-Wahed Al-Sayed, Mohamed Abdul-Monsef Defenders: Hani Saied, Mahmoud Fathallah, Karim Zekri, Ahmed Magdi, Ahmed Ghanem, Mohamed Abdullah Midfielders: Ayman Abdul-Aziz, Mohamed Aboul-Ella, Ahmed Abdul-Raouf, Mahmoud Abdul-Razek 'Shikabala, Alaa Kamal, Ahmed Al-Merghani, Hazem Emam, Alaa Ali Strikers: Gamal Hamza, Sherif Ashraf, Abdul-Halim Ali, Junior Agogo
