The game witnessed Amr Zaki's return to the White Knights after spending last season on loan at Wigan Athletic in the English Premiership.

Zamalek new signings Amir Azmi and Mohamed Abdul-Shafi also started the game.

After a quiet first half which ended in a stalemate, Sochaux managed to score three times after the interval to win the game.

Edouard Butin broke the deadlock on 54 minutes before Vaclav Sverkos and Sloan Privat hit the net on 62 and 82 minutes respectively.

Zamalek didn’t look at their best as Michel Decastel's men failed to pose any threat on their opponent apart from one header by substitute Sherif Ashraf.