SHEIKH ZAYED CITY, Egypt (Interstat) — ZED defeated Samanod 5-1 on Monday behind Abdelrahman El Sakran’s goal and two assists. Walid F. opened the scoring in the 11th minute, El Sakran added a goal in the 18th, Mahmoud Sayed Okaa scored in the 24th and Gouda A. made it 4-0 in the 31st. Ismaiel S. pulled one back for Samanod in the 66th, and Ahmed R. completed the scoring in the 86th. El Sakran was ZED’s top star, while F. Walid, Okaa, Gouda and Rasheed Ahmed each scored once and Maged Hany provided two assists. The result moved ZED to 1-0 in this competition and 3-2-3 across all competitions. Samanod fell to 0-1 in the competition and 0-1 overall. ZED had previously drawn 0-0 with Gaish, lost 2-1 at Ceramica Cleopatra, lost 1-0 at Azam, beaten Modern 3-2, drawn 1-1 with Azam, drawn 1-1 with Arab Contractors and beaten Zamalek 3-0.