Mohammed Jalal
Posted on: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 – 9:31 PM | Last update: Wednesday, March 30, 2022 – 10:35 PM
The Egyptian football fans lived in a state of doubts and controversy during the last hours following our national team was eliminated from the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, by defeating Senegal on penalties.
Senegal qualified for the World Cup following beating Egypt 3-1 on penalties in the match that was held yesterday, Tuesday, in the second leg of the World Cup qualifiers.
Before Mohamed Salah, the captain of the Egyptian national team, paid the first penalty kick for the Pharaohs, which he missed, the Senegalese fans pointed green laser beams at his face, which some believe – especially in the Western media – affected him and took out the ball with a missile shot over the goal by a great distance.
The failure of the national team to make the fans put the arguments and reasons that affected the players of our national team during the course of the match or the time of the penalty kicks, and the most prominent anti-Pharaohs weapon was the laser beams, which are prohibited from being used inside football stadiums by the International Football Association.
The Football Association announced that, before the match, it had submitted complaints to 4 different parties once morest the Senegalese Football Association and the fans, citing racist chants once morest Mohamed Salah, the star of the Pharaohs, during the match, in addition to the use of lasers.
The Egyptian side also complains that the effect of the laser pens was present from the first minute of the game and damaged the vision of the visiting footballers who complained on several occasions to the referee and his assistants, who did not seem too concerned regarding solving the problem.
And the questions remain.. Does the laser actually affect the players? Is it possible to impose a penalty on a team because of the use of lasers?
Clause No. 1 of Article No. 83 of the Regulations of the African Union K provides that:
Sports federations are responsible for ensuring that the game is not in any way jeopardized by crowd behavior (particularly by the use of dangerous objects or lasers), and the penalty is up to a rematch without an audience.
But this text is not applied on the ground, as the last match for which a union was punished was the FA when the England team faced its Danish counterpart in the semi-finals of the European Nations Cup “Euro 2020”.
UEFA had opened an investigation following England fans’ behavior once morest Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, by directing a green laser at him during the England penalty kick by Kane, to distract the Denmark goalkeeper.
The European Union decided at the time to impose a fine of 30,000 euros on the FA for misconduct by the fans once morest Schmeichel.
for his part; The refereeing expert, Jihad Greisha, confirmed that the players of the Egyptian national team should have asked to stop the match, noting that referee Mustafa Ghorbal was obligated not to play the match until the stadium was cleared of the laser.
Jihad Greisha, in exclusive statements to Al-Shorouk, indicated that he was surprised by the behavior of Mohamed Salah, Ahmed Sayed Zizou and Mohamed El-Shennawy during the course of the match, especially during the penalty shootout period, because they completed the match normally.
Greisha stated that the laser greatly affects the player’s decisions while executing the penalty kick, noting that the laser was a green light that affects the player’s vision in a state of instability.
Yasser Rayan, the former star of Al-Ahly club and the Egyptian national team, confirmed that the laser beams do not affect the player, especially as he plays the ball while he is in constant movement, and there is no laser that remains fixed on the player’s face while he is moving.
The father of the striker, Ahmed Yasser Rayan, added that the match ended in the first leg when our team failed to beat Edward Mendy with more than one goal.
Ryan stated that he hoped the match would be repeated, but he ruled out this scenario, criticizing Carlos Queiroz, coach of the Egypt national team, and describing him as having not left a real imprint so far.
