The three defenders got their second booking yesterday when playing against Ittihad and have been automatically banned.

The Portuguese tactician suffers from big losses as Islam Al-Shater and Reda Al-Weeshi are ruled out with injuries in addition to the departed Wael Gomaa and Hassan Mostafa.

Jose doesn’t have a lot of options as Ahmed Sedik is the only choice on the right flank while sweeper Emad Al-Nahas will have two new stoppers: Rami Adel and youngster Mohamed Samir, or maybe Hossam Ashour.