date of publication:
July 20 2022 6:21 GMT
Update date: July 20 2022 7:50 GMT
The former Egyptian international referee, Jihad Greisha, issued a warning to Al-Ahly and Zamalek players before the Egypt Cup final, following the appointment of the Polish Simon Marciniak, who was assigned to manage the match.
The Egyptian Football Association assigned the task of managing the Al-Ahly and Zamalek match in the Egypt Cup final to Polish referee Simon Marciniak.
Al-Ahly and Zamalek will play in the Egypt Cup final last season 2020/2021, next Thursday evening at Cairo Stadium.
Jihad Greisha said in televised statements, Tuesday evening, “Simon Marciniak is a very reliable referee in European arbitration, and he is one of the highest referees in the world in the past period and has a very great history in arbitration. The first time he ruled in Egypt, he is one of the rulers of the European elite for a long time.”
He added, “A very high-level jury, and a successful selection by the jury.”
And he continued, “Simon has an abnormal physical build and I was with him at the 2018 World Cup. You feel that he is a boxer and not a referee, and he is a bit nervous, and even in his training in the gym he cares regarding his muscles and carries weights, unlike the referees’ attention to the muscles of the feet and abdomen.”
And he added, “The Polish referee does not think much regarding warning and expulsion is very easy for him, and I warn the players of both teams once morest him. This referee does not have accounts and he does not joking on the field at all, and a refereeing staff is very much expected of him in the Qatar 2022 World Cup.”
And he concluded, “Simon does not tamper and will not allow nervousness and (distortion) and deviation from the text or talk to him inappropriately. He does not want anyone to discuss with him on the field, and he wants everyone to be committed to him.”
Who is the Polish referee Shimon Marciniak?
Marciniak has been an international referee since 2011, and the 41-year-old Polish referee officiated three matches in the last Arab Cup.
The most prominent event in the tournament was his leadership of the Qatar-Algeria match in the semi-finals of the tournament, which constituted a widespread controversy following it was calculated 9 minutes instead of lost, and the match lasted for 19 minutes at the time, during which the desert warriors scored two goals that ignited the match that they won in the end.
But before the Arab Cup, Marciniak previously managed several matches in the Saudi League for Al Hilal, Al-Ittihad, Al-Ahly, Al-Shabab and Al-Nasr.. He also managed a meeting in the Qatari league between Al-Sadd and Al-Duhail.
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Marciniak managed a few matches during the last season of the Champions League, most notably the match between Real Madrid and Chelsea in the second leg of the quarter-finals, which ended with Premontada for the royal winning three goals to two goals.
Marciniak oversaw the matches between Liverpool and Inter, Juventus and Villarreal in the round of 16 of the Champions League last season.
He also managed the match between Liverpool and Villarreal in the first leg of the semi-finals of the same competition, which ended with the Reds winning 2-0.
Marciniak previously managed two matches in the 2018 World Cup, which were between Germany and Sweden, and Argentina and Iceland in the group stage.
The Polish referee previously managed the European Super match between the two poles of the Spanish capital, Real and Atletico Madrid, in 2018, which was won by Diego Simeone’s battalion with four goals to two goals at the time.
In total, Marchignac managed 531 matches, during which the yellow card was shown 2,119 times, and he was charged with 140 expulsions.
