“Special instructions” for Saudi League referees

Saudi Arabia – Al-Riyadiah newspaper revealed “special instructions” for the Saudi Football League referees in the decisive rounds.

According to the Saudi newspaper, officials of the Referees Committee of the Saudi Football Federation are “besieging” the local referees with special instructions before the start of the last five rounds of the Saudi League.

It was revealed that Uzbek Farhad Abdullah, Director of the Arbitration Department, and Swiss Manuel Navarro, Chairman of the Referees Committee, will speak to the referees about these instructions, and about the importance of the matches of the last five rounds of the Saudi League, and the focus in making decisions so as not to affect the results of the matches.

The last five rounds of the Saudi League begin next Thursday, with three matches, and three more will be played on Friday, before the 30th round matches conclude with three matches on Saturday as well.

Al-Riyadiya reported that the referees will receive instructions during a workshop that will start next Sunday for three days in Jeddah, where the arbitration department and the referees committee will discuss the cases of the past rounds of the Saudi League.

The committee is then expected to periodically announce the mistakes made by match referees during the past rounds.

Al-Hilal leads the Saudi League table and has 77 points from 27 matches, while Al-Nasr occupies second place and has won 68 points from 28 matches.

In the struggle for the bottom of the table, Al-Hazm, Al-Ukhdood and Abha are competing to avoid relegation, and Al-Hazm occupies last place with 19 points from 29 matches.

While Al-Akhdood has 24 points from 28 matches, compared to 25 points from 28 matches for Abha.

Source: “media”