Refereeing analyst Ahmed El-Shennawy responded to the statements of Moroccan Raja Club officials, who carried their team’s defeat once morest Al Ahly For the refereeing team for the confrontation that took place on Saturday evening at Al-Ahly WE Al-Salam stadium, in the quarter-finals of the African Champions League.
Al-Shennawy said in televised statements on the “On Time Sports” satellite channel: “I heard the comment of one of the Raja officials who carried the mouse technology referee as a result of the match, and I want to tell him that the referee of the field is the decision-maker.”
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He added, “The second thing is that he talked regarding not expelling one of Al-Ahly’s players directly, and he did not mention the loss of time by the players of Raja, as long as you talk regarding arbitration, you have to speak with understanding, and do not speak in an encouraging form, because this expresses your lack of understanding of arbitration.”
And he added: “For the first penalty kick, the replay that shows that it came in the player’s foot, they have to show the image of the ball coming from the player’s foot, the referee when he went to the mouse technique, he saw the image from the opposite angle, and the ball returned from the foot towards the hand.”
He continued: “The Raja player thought that the handball did not count because it bounced from his foot to his hand, but the case is different because if the ball rebounds from his teammate, he is not punished with a hand touch.”
And he added: “The palm of the player Raja’s hand touches the ball, and the first penalty kick is correct.”
And he continued: “People stuck to the picture that doesn’t show the hand touch, and they didn’t talk regarding the other picture that shows the opposite.”
And he concluded: “The referee of the arena for the match between Al-Ahly andPlease He is the decision maker, not the mouse.
And he concluded: “The back shot that showed the hand touch was present in front of the referee of the mouse and presented to the referee of the arena.”