Essam Abdel-Fattah, head of the referees committee, confirmed that he did not dictate to the referees any directive to expel Sayed Abdel Hafeez, the football director of the first team football in Al-Qad in Al-Ahly Club.
Abdel-Fattah said, during television statements, to the “Jamhour Al-Thala” program on “On Time Sports 2” with the media, Ibrahim Fayek: “I divorce at the third time.
Abdel-Fattah added: “Can anyone believe that I will force a referee to do something wrong?” We are trying to work hard and develop referees, and 15 rulings have been prepared in just 5 months.
The head of the referees committee added that the next summit match, scheduled for next June 19, will be conducted by a foreign referee team according to the request of the red administration, explaining that he addressed the five major leagues, revealing that arbitration is the weakest link in Egyptian sports and is subjected to a systematic criticism campaign.
Abdel-Fattah added: “I will not talk regarding supporting arbitration, because with him our Lord and there are ordinary mistakes and big mistakes in the league, and this is normal and there are people who do not want the Egyptian arbitration to succeed, and the arbitration needs a lot because the referees have been sitting for 3 years, no lectures or camps, and this is on my personal responsibility, and I tell people if I am a reason The problem is, I’m ready to walk.”
And the head of the referees committee concluded: “All the rulers will be subjected to the pressures of our life, we will not succeed, and the criticism of the arbitration is fabricated, and between me and our Lord, my evaluation of the referees is 8/10.
