Egypt – Former head of the Egyptian Referees Committee, former English worldwide referee Mark Clattenburg, responded to the accusation made by Essam Abdel Fattah, former member of the Egyptian Soccer Affiliation, relating to his manipulation of the VAR expertise in favor of Al-Ahly.
Essam Abdel Fattah made provocative statements on Saturday night, saying, “There was a match between Al-Ahly and Farco (on August 3, 2022 within the Egyptian League) and an Al-Ahly objective was disallowed for offside. Clattenburg was the pinnacle of the referees committee on the time and tried to control the video expertise strains to show the validity of the disallowed objective scored by (Al-Ahly star) Percy Tau, however the determination of Mahmoud Ashour, who was on the VAR expertise, was appropriate to disallow the objective for offside.”
He added: “The ball was offside, and Clattenburg tried in each technique to present that the objective was legitimate.”
Clattenberg’s response to those accusations didn’t take lengthy, as he stated in statements to the “btolat” web site: “I don’t need to waste my time with Essam Abdel Fattah, I’ve not even met him earlier than.”
He continued: “However I do know that he didn’t coach any large match on the earth. I’ve no respect for him. I left Egypt 18 months in the past, and now he’s talking. Possibly he wants some fame when he mentions my title on tv.”
The previous English worldwide referee added: “The match he’s speaking about was earlier than I arrived in Egypt. It was on August 3, and I arrived in Egypt on August 6, 2022. You have got information of my arrival date. I got here from Spain at the moment.”
He continued his statements: “After I arrived, I analyzed many arbitration instances, and there have been many errors on the a part of the Egyptian referees.”
When requested if there was a choice on his half issued in opposition to referee Mahmoud Ashour to exclude him from matches, he replied: “All my appointments of referees in Egypt have been based mostly on refereeing advantage in matches by way of efficiency evaluation. One of the best referees managed matches in addition to within the VAR method.”
When requested if there was any oblique downside with Essam Abdel Fattah, he replied: “Earlier than I began my work in Egypt, he gave an interview on tv and attacked me. He didn’t even know me.”
He continued: “As I stated earlier than, I actually don’t care about what he says. I don’t respect this particular person, as a result of he has by no means been an ideal referee and has by no means refereed vital matches.”
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2024-07-01 11:42:39