Mortada Mansour, president of Zamalek, the leader of the Egyptian league, entered the crisis line of his rival, Al-Ahly.
Mortada Mansour criticized the statement issued by Al-Ahly yesterday, Thursday, in opposition to what he described as arbitration errors, noting that Mahmoud Al-Khatib, head of the Red Castle, is behind the team’s decline in level during the recent period.
Al-Ahly issued a statement following the draw with Farco in the Egyptian League, in which he announced that 4 decisions had been taken, including the completion of the competition matches with youngsters and players returning from injury, and the demand for the dismissal of the referees committee and the suspension of the video technology referee for confronting Farco, pending investigation, in addition to not participating in the competitions organized by it. The Egyptian Football Association (Egypt Cup, Egyptian Super) until the club’s demands are implemented.
The president of the White Castle made a phone call to the Zamalek channel, during which he declared his club’s respect for the Egyptian arbitration, despite the injustice that the team has been subjected to for many years, as he described it.
Mortada Mansour said: “Everything that happens to the Al-Ahly team from the decline in the level is caused by its president, Mahmoud Al-Khatib, because he insisted on completing the season that witnessed the outbreak of the Corona virus in 2020, and we asked at that time as a league winner and we are entering a new season, but he insisted on his position. It might affect Zamalek or any other club.”
And Mortada moved to talk regarding Al-Ahly’s statement: “I tell him, are you sad regarding an arbitration error caused by infiltration from (one millimeter), so how should we act following we have been subjected to injustice for 60 years? The club that has been most oppressed is Zamalek.”
Regarding Al-Ahly’s threat not to participate in the Egyptian Super Cup, Mortada Mansour replied: “Will Al-Ahly participate in the Super from the ground up? The super is held between the league champion and the cup champion. Last season, Zamalek achieved the league and the cup, but Al-Ahly officials threaten to withdraw from the cup and the super for fear of defeat.” once more”.
And the president of Zamalek concluded, saying: “Al-Ahly must stop charging the masses and creating crises. I consider this a crime, and the country cannot tolerate what it is doing. The only legend in the history of Egypt is Mohamed Salah, and Al-Ahly is not above everyone, but Egypt is above Zamalek, Al-Ahly and everyone.”
