Zamalek requests an Emirati whistle for the Super Final against Al-Ahly

Zamalek Club asked the Referees Committee of the Egyptian Football Association to assign the refereeing of the final match of the Super Cup against its traditional rival Al-Ahly, next Thursday, at Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, to a team of foreign referees, and to rule out the idea of ​​appointing Egyptian international referee Amin Omar to manage the match.

An official in the Board of Directors of Zamalek Club told Emirates Al-Youm that his club addressed officials in the Professional League, the Football Association, and the Referees Committee about abandoning the idea of ​​appointing an Egyptian arbitration team for the match, given the extreme sensitivity that would accompany it, and the fear that the Egyptian whistle would not be able to control the confrontation in the way it should. It ensures that justice is achieved between the two sides, as he put it.

The official, who requested to remain anonymous, added, “Zamalek suggested that, in the event of difficulty agreeing to bring in a foreign refereeing team, that the management of the match be entrusted to an Emirati arbitration team, especially since Emirati arbitration has a good reputation, whether at the continental or Arab level, and we are still waiting.” Officials responded to our demands.”

The two semi-final matches between Zamalek and Pyramids, which Zamalek ended with kicks 4-3 (regular time 1-1), and Al-Ahly with Ceramica Cleopatra, in which the former won 2-1, witnessed arbitration controversy, at a time when the Egyptian arbitration expert and the international referee confirmed Previously, Jihad Greisha, that “Pyramids and Ceramica have been unfairly arbitrated.”

Greisha said in television statements: “The referee, Mohamed Maarouf, overlooked the expulsion of Zamalek’s Moroccan defender, Mahmoud Bentaik, after he deliberately obstructed the Pyramids striker, on his way to score a goal, and awarded it a penalty kick, and showed him a yellow card, even though the law stipulates that the player must be expelled.” In that case.”

He added: “If we go back to the origin of the game in which Zamalek scored the equalizer, we will find that the assistant referee indicated a side throw in favor of Zamalek, even though the origin of the game was in favor of Pyramids.”

He explained, “The goal scored by Pyramids in stoppage time was not a legitimate goal, and the intervention of the VAR technique must be praised, as there was an offside case against the player who scored the goal, Youssef Obama.”

Regarding the refereeing errors in the Al-Ahly-Ceramica match, Greisha said: “The referee, Ahmed Al-Ghandour, did not show the second yellow card to Al-Ahly player Akram Tawfiq after he deliberately touched the ball in order to disrupt the play, and therefore there was damage caused to Ceramica, and Al-Ahly benefited from it.”

For his part, the sports director of the Pyramids Club, Hani Saeed, objected to the arbitration decisions, and said: “The goal scored by Youssef Obama is 100% correct.” He said during an interview with Abu Dhabi Sports Channel: “We have footage in our possession that proves that the position in which the Pyramids player was present is correct, and there is no suspicion of offside.”

Kahraba was fined and excluded from Al-Ahly camp in Abu Dhabi

Al-Ahly club’s sports director, Mohamed Ramadan, decided to exclude striker Mahmoud Abdel Moneim “Kahraba” from the team’s camp in Abu Dhabi, and return him to Cairo due to his lack of commitment, according to what was stated in the official statement issued by Al-Ahly yesterday morning. Al-Ahly decided to fine the player one million pounds as a financial penalty after his actions against the technical staff.

A source confirmed to “Emirates Today” that “Kahraba objected during the match to the decisions of Swiss coach Marcel Kohler, not to include him in the Ceramica match, and his objection continued inside the dressing room after the match, despite the attempts of a number of his colleagues to calm him down, which prompted the sports director to take the penalty issued.” against the player.

. Zamalekwi’s fear of the Egyptian whistle’s inability to control the major confrontation.