Hassan ruled Zaki out of contention for this month’s round of 32 tie in Tunisia, fearing the 27-year-old would aggravate his nagging knee injury.

Even though he was not selected in the team travelling to Syria for a pre-match camp, the Egypt forward seem to have a chance of playing against the Tunisians.

“He’ll have a scan in Qatar and then he could join us for the game in Tunisia,” Hassan told FilGoal.com.

Untrue

Zaki, who made his comeback from a three-month layoff against Ulinzi Stars last month, played down fears of an injury recurrence.

“It was a knock in the friendly match with National Bank last week. It is untrue that the old injury was aggravated,” the former Wigan striker said.

“I visited (renowned specialist) Ahmed Abdul-Aziz and he ensured me I’m OK.”

Zamalek will face Africain on March 18/19/20.