The former Namibian Benson Shilongo, the Ismaili striker, participated with the Dervishes against the Martyrs team in the currently friendly match to prepare the substitute players for the upcoming matches.
Shilongo obtained a ruling fining Al-Ismaily $90,000 as the player’s dues, in addition to 50% compensation for the player, bringing the total to $135,000. The Ismaily management is trying to get out of this crisis with minimal losses after the player fled the Ismaily ranks during the middle of last season.
This March, Ismaily will play 3 confrontations in the Nile League, starting yesterday, Saturday, with the confrontation with the Mahalla Municipality, then facing the Arab Contractors on March 9 at the Arab Contractors Stadium, and concluding the confrontations with the Smouha match on March 31 at the Ismaily Stadium.
Earlier, the Ismaili Club revealed the reason for excluding the trio, Abdel Rahman Magdy, Mohamed Hassan, and Hamdy Al-Naqaz from the team’s roster in the Mahalla Municipality match in the framework of the fifteenth round of the Nile League competition. Al-Ismaili confirmed on its official website that the trio, Abdel-Rahman Magdy, Mohamed Hassan, and Hamdi Al-Naqaz, were excluded from the team’s list to face the Mahalla Municipality for various reasons, as Magdy and Hassan suffered from an injury they sustained during their participation in the last El Gouna match, while Al-Naqaz was absent from the match due to his wife being involved in an accident and being forced to travel to… Cairo to check on her.