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Zamalek Maintain Perfect CAF Cup Record

Zamalek’s starting eleven pose for a group picture during the Lusail Super Cup football match at the Lusail Stadium on the outskirts of Qatar’s capital Doha on September 9, 2022. (File: AFP)
Zamalek’s starting eleven pose for a group picture during the Lusail Super Cup football match at the Lusail Stadium on the outskirts of Qatar’s capital Doha on September 9, 2022. (File: AFP)
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Zamalek Maintain Perfect CAF Cup Record

Zamalek’s starting eleven pose for a group picture during the Lusail Super Cup football match at the Lusail Stadium on the outskirts of Qatar’s capital Doha on September 9, 2022. (File: AFP)
Zamalek’s starting eleven pose for a group picture during the Lusail Super Cup football match at the Lusail Stadium on the outskirts of Qatar’s capital Doha on September 9, 2022. (File: AFP)

Ahmed 'Zizo' Sayed scored as Zamalek of Egypt maintained a perfect CAF Confederation Cup group record with a 1-0 win over Esperanca Sagrada of Angola in Alexandria on Saturday.

The 27-year-old winger struck on 42 minutes with a low shot across Congolese goalkeeper Nathan Keletshum and into the far corner of the net.

After a tougher than expected Group B win over the Angolan outfit, Zamalek have nine points, Salim and Esperanca three each and SOAR none, AFP reported.

Confederation Cup debutants Salim do not have an international-standard home ground so they will host Academie on Sunday in the Algerian city of Annaba.

Group winners and runners-up qualify for the quarter-finals of a competition whose 14 previous title-holders include Zamalek in 2019.

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Germany Summons Inter Milan's Bisseck for Nations League Games Against Italy

11 March 2025, Italy, Milan: Feyenoord's Givairo Read and Inter's Yann Bisseck battle for the ball during the the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Inter Milan and Feyenoord at the San Siro Stadium in Milan. Photo: Nderim Kaceli/Ipa Sport / Ipa-Ag/LiveMedia/IPA/dpa
11 March 2025, Italy, Milan: Feyenoord's Givairo Read and Inter's Yann Bisseck battle for the ball during the the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Inter Milan and Feyenoord at the San Siro Stadium in Milan. Photo: Nderim Kaceli/Ipa Sport / Ipa-Ag/LiveMedia/IPA/dpa
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Germany Summons Inter Milan's Bisseck for Nations League Games Against Italy

11 March 2025, Italy, Milan: Feyenoord's Givairo Read and Inter's Yann Bisseck battle for the ball during the the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Inter Milan and Feyenoord at the San Siro Stadium in Milan. Photo: Nderim Kaceli/Ipa Sport / Ipa-Ag/LiveMedia/IPA/dpa
11 March 2025, Italy, Milan: Feyenoord's Givairo Read and Inter's Yann Bisseck battle for the ball during the the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg soccer match between Inter Milan and Feyenoord at the San Siro Stadium in Milan. Photo: Nderim Kaceli/Ipa Sport / Ipa-Ag/LiveMedia/IPA/dpa

Germany is bringing in some local knowledge for its Nations League quarterfinal against Italy.
Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann gave a first senior call-up on Thursday to Inter Milan defender Yann Bisseck, who plays his club games at the San Siro, where Italy hosts Germany for the first leg on March 20, The Associated Press reported.
Bisseck is having a solid season for Inter, where he's played 29 games across all competitions. He started in Inter's 2-1 Champions League win over Feyenoord on Tuesday. The center back was one of the youngest Bundesliga players in history at the age of 16 for Cologne in 2017 but has spent much of his career since then outside of Germany.
Nagelsmann has recalled eight players to his 23-player squad, including Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka, who last played for Germany in November 2023, and Dortmund winger Karim Adeyemi, who was last in the squad for the 2022 World Cup.
The second leg is in Dortmund on March 23.

Germany:
Goalkeepers: Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim), Alexander Nübel (Stuttgart), Stefan Ortega (Manchester City)
Defenders: Yann Bisseck (Inter Milan), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt), Maximilian Mittelstädt (Stuttgart), David Raum (Leipzig), Antonio Rüdiger (Real Madrid), Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund), Jonathan Tah (Bayer Leverkusen)
Midfielders: Karim Adeyemi (Dortmund), Nadiem Amiri (Mainz), Robert Andrich (Leverkusen), Leon Goretzka (Bayern), Pascal Gross (Dortmund), Jamie Leweling (Stuttgart), Jamal Musiala (Bayern), Leroy Sané (Bayern), Angelo Stiller (Stuttgart)
Forwards: Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz), Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Deniz Undav (Stuttgart)