Al Ahly officials are trying to contain the real crisis that awaits their team against Raja Casablanca in the second leg of the African Champions League quarter-final next Friday.
In this context, according to Al Ahly’s official Twitter account, Mahmoud Al Khatib, the president of the club, contacted the relevant authorities to stop what he saw as Moroccan fans’ incitement on social media against the Al Ahly team before returning . coincidence.
These moves by Al Ahli bring the Moroccan fans’ anger to a head after what happened to their team in the first match in Cairo, which ended in a 1-2 loss to Raja.
The Moroccans believe they suffered a serious injustice in the first leg in Cairo last Saturday, counting a fictional penalty kick by Congolese referee John Jacques Ndala and Algerian “mouse” referee Mahdi Obeid when the ball clearly hit the Moroccan defender’s thigh, but the referee signaled a penalty from the mouse rule . The Moroccan Rajah of Casablanca issued a strongly worded protest against the Confederation of African Football (CAF), stressing that the reputation of African football is at stake due to the “disastrous” arbitration of its match against Egyptian hosts Al-Ahly. 1-2) in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
And Al Raja, in a message posted on his Facebook account, stated: “Al Raja Sports Club strongly condemns this arbitration farce, which will remain a disgrace in the history of African football and arbitration, and demands guardianship. open an urgent investigation in this regard, with the application of the law in the person of the crew of the above-mentioned arbitration award and ensuring the principles of honesty and integrity among all participants in the competition.
Raji’s tweet was accompanied by excerpts from the interaction of international media such as the French newspaper L’Equipe and the Spanish Marca with the mistakes of the Congolese referee Jean-Jacques Ndala, especially with the alleged penalty that was announced against Mohamed Al-Makazi.