Farag Amer, the former president of Smouha club, confirmed the replay of the match between Egypt and Senegal in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
And Faraj Amer wrote on his personal account on Facebook: “Keep thinking, I am the first to say that the match between Senegal and Egypt will be repeated, and in Qatar, without an audience, and with a rate of 99 percent, confirm this news again.”
In the same context, a few hours separate us from deciding on the fate of the Egyptian Football Association’s complaint regarding the first national football team match against Senegal, which was held in Dakar in the second leg of the final stage of the African qualifiers for the World Cup, which ended in favor of the Teranga Lions with a penalty shootout.
It is expected that the FIFA Disciplinary Committee will announce the final decision on whether to replay the match or not, no later than Thursday, April 21, which is the date for considering Egypt’s complaints against Senegal and Algeria against Cameroon, in addition to several other files.
The Disciplinary Committee did not meet during the past few days, according to assurances from the CAF and FIFA committees, which indicated that everything related to the events that occurred in the two matches would be considered.
The Board of Directors of the Football Association headed by Gamal Allam, with new documents to the Disciplinary Committee of the International Football Association, was among the complaint submitted against Senegal, during which the Egyptian Football Association demanded the approval of the qualification of the Pharaohs to the World Cup 2022 or the replay of its match against Senegal in the second leg of the final stage of the African qualifying qualifiers. for the World Cup.
Akhbar Al-Youm portal learned that the Football Association received new videos, especially from some of the fans who attended the return match at Abdullah Wade Stadium, which revealed the existence of organized actions towards the team’s players inside the stadium, and not unique actions, especially by using lasers in a systematic and not random way from the stands towards Pharaohs players.
The Egyptian Football Association sent the new documents to FIFA to support the complaint before issuing the decision next week.
A source within the Confederation of African Football had confirmed earlier that the disciplinary committees within CAF and FIFA had, during the past few days, studied the reports submitted by the match referee, the observer of the referees committee, the match observer, security and media coordinators, in addition to watching all the videos, whether from television broadcasts or Other.
First scenario:
The source confirmed that FIFA has largely settled on the outcome of the match, and that the decision will be announced within a short period.
The source revealed that the decisions of the International Football Association, regarding the events that accompanied the match between Egypt and Senegal in the qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, will not deviate from the following:
Acceptance of the complaint of the Egyptian Football Association in terms of form and content, some decisions were issued on top of them
Adopting the result of the match between Egypt and Senegal, with the Teranga Lions qualifying for the 2022 World Cup, and rejecting Egypt’s request to replay the return match that ended in favor of Senegal with penalty kicks, after tying the result of going in Cairo 1-0 in the original and extra time.
The Senegalese Football Association fined between 100,000 and 200,000 Swiss francs
Denying the Senegalese national football team the presence of their fans at their stadium during two consecutive matches
– The Senegalese Football Association reprimanded for the events that accompanied the return match, which was held at the Abdoulaye Wade Stadium in the capital, Dakar
The Senegalese federation warned of doubling the penalties in the event of a repeat of the unfortunate events witnessed in the match between Egypt and Senegal.
The second scenario:
The second scenario refers to the replay of the match on a neutral ground in the event of a clear conviction that affected the outcome of the two matches
The most prominent violations mentioned by the Egyptian Football Association in its complaint were:
1- The appearance of offensive banners in the stadium stands for the players, specifically Mohamed Salah, the team leader.
2- The Senegalese fans terrorized the Egyptian national team players by throwing bottles and stones at them during the warm-up process.
3- The Egyptian mission’s buses were attacked, causing their windows to shatter and some people were injured and injured, which was documented with pictures and videos that were attached to the complaint.
4- Directing laser beams at the eyes of the Egyptian players during the penalty shootout that awarded the Senegalese team the qualification card.
5- The decisions of the referee during the match, which affected the events of the match.