The 29-year-old suffered a torn medial collateral ligament in the 1-0 league win at Ghazl Mahalla, and is expected to be out for at least two weeks.

It is almost imminent that the Egypt wizard will miss Ahli's crunch league game with Zamalek on March 14th.

Abou-Treika has been instrumental in Egypt's 2008 African Cup of Nations triumph in Ghana, where he scored the winning goal in the final against Cameroon.