"Barakat felt pains in his kneecap, which forced him to leave Friday's training session," Ahli doctor Walid Abdul-Baki was quoted as saying by the Cairo side's official site.

The mercurial ace was given a 48-hour rest, and thus will miss the Red Devils' friendly match with MCDR on Sunday.

Ahli have so far won three friendlies against Tersana, Wadi Degla and Harras Hodoud in the current Egyptian Premier League stoppage.