And he announced Egyptian Football Association An expanded investigation was opened into the leaking of some governors’ conversations.
A statement issued by the Federation, published on its official page, said:Facebook“: “Given the recent events that the sports arena witnessed regarding the refereeing file in Egyptian football, and the leaks that spread regarding the conversations of some referees through the video assistant referee (VAR) technology in Egyptian Premier League matches, the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Football Association decided to open an investigation. Comprehensive coverage of these facts.
The statement added: “The results of the investigation will be presented during the emergency board meeting, scheduled to be held today, Thursday, to take the appropriate decisions.”
In a match Zamalek And the National Bank, in the first week of the league, awarded 3 penalty kicks in a match moderated by the arena referee, Mohamed Adel, two assistant referees, Hani Abdel Fattah and Khaled Hussein, and the fourth referee, Mohamed Al-Atabani, as well as Mohamed Salama and Osama Mohamed via video technology (the mouse).
Zamalek won the match over Al-Ahly Bank 3-2 in a match that witnessed a controversial penalty kick awarded to Zamalek in stoppage time after a handball on a player. National Bank.
Following the meeting, a crisis erupted after an audio leak, which Egyptian media reported was of the conversation that took place between Muhammad Adel and the room (The mouse) After the Chamber summoned the referee to express his opinion on the possibility of awarding a penalty kick to Zamalek as a result of a handball on the National Bank player, where the referee decided to calculate it and Zamalek scored from it.
In the aforementioned recording, Muhammad Adel considers that awarding the kick is difficult due to the ball bouncing from the ground into the player’s hand, and directs his speech to the referee of the mouse room, saying: “Oh Mido, the ball is difficult because it bounced from the ground into the player’s hand.”
Despite this talk, the referee awarded the ball a penalty kick in favor of Zamalek, which emerged victorious 3-2, amid questions about the veracity of this leak.
The aforementioned leak, after it was shown in the Egyptian media, caused a storm of controversy regarding the extent of the fairness of arbitration and on what basis arbitration decisions are made.
Muhammad Adel quickly denied what was stated in the leak, confirming in press statements that he intends to resort to the judiciary against the program that published the leak.
Adel added, according to what Egyptian media reported: “The leak was fabricated, and I will report it to the Information Technology Investigation Department.”
The technical director of the Referees Committee, Ibrahim Nour El-Din, confirmed that he had not taken any decision to suspend referee Mohamed Adel, stressing that the nature of the decisions taken is announced transparently.
Nour El-Din explained that referee Mohamed Adel underwent a hearing, noting that the aforementioned match witnessed great controversy, but “what is being raised about stopping the referee is not true.”
