Saturday 20/Sep/2025 – 09:49 PM
Sources for Cairo 24 revealed an aspect of the details of the movements of the main referees committee in Football Association To bring a foreign referees crew to manage the expected summit match between Al -Ahly and Zamalek on September 29.
Spain tops the scene and rejected English
The sources pointed out that the Colombian Oscar Ruiz, the head of the Referees Committee, is the one who himself in charge of communications with a number of foreign federations to bring in a foreign referees crew to manage the Al -Ahly and Zamalek summit, where the Colombian expert opened communication lines with a number of major European federations in this regard.
The sources added that the Spanish Federation is the closest so far to agree to send an international referendum to manage the Al -Ahly and Zamalek meeting.
The sources pointed out that the English Federation refused to send referees to manage the Al -Ahly and Zamalek match, as the English Federation refuses in general to send its referees to manage matches outside the umbrella of the European and international federations due to the English Federation’s reliance on a limited number of referees in managing the English Premier League matches, and therefore it is difficult to send an English referees team to manage a match in another league.
The sources continued: The timing of the Al -Ahly and Zamalek match makes there a somewhat difficult to bring in the elite referees team in Europe due to the associations of the referees in their local and continental competitions, as well as the presence of another group of European referees in Chile to manage the World Youth Cup matches that are held in conjunction with the Al -Ahly and Zamalek summit.
