Hussein Al-Sayed, a member of the Board of Directors of the Egyptian Zamalek Club and the general supervisor of the football team, denied what was published by the Moroccan newspaper Al-Mukhtab regarding the nomination of Mohamed Amin Bin Hashem, the technical director of the Egyptian Modern Sport team, to coach the team during the next stage.
Al-Sayed said in statements published by Zamalek’s media center on Tuesday that the club did not communicate with the Moroccan coach, and his name was not put forward to take over the team’s technical responsibility.
He confirmed that Motamed Jamal will continue in his position normally, with the full support of the Board of Directors, which has confidence in the current technical staff.
The general supervisor of the football team expressed his surprise at the circulation of this news a few hours before facing Assiut Petroleum in the Egyptian League.
He called on the media to consult club officials to verify the accuracy of the information before publishing or recirculating it.
The Egyptian Pyramids Football Club announced on Monday that the team’s midfielder, Ahmed Tawfik, will be absent from the field for 3 weeks due to a torn posterior muscle.
Mustafa Al-Muniri, head of the Pyramids medical team, said in statements to his club’s media center that Ahmed Tawfiq suffered the injury during his participation in the match against Al-Merreikh Pinto, champions of South Sudan, in the city of Juba in the first leg of the second preliminary round of the African Champions League.
He added that the player underwent medical examinations and x-rays following the team's return to Cairo, and it was confirmed that he had an injury in the posterior muscle, indicating that he will undergo a treatment and rehabilitation program during the next three weeks to prepare him to return to group training.
Pyramids is preparing to face Talaia El Gaish, on Tuesday, as part of the seventh round of the Premier League, seeking to continue its victories, as it sits at the top of the standings with 18 points with a full score.
The Egyptian Football Association received the decisions of the Disciplinary Committee of the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) regarding Hossam Hassan, the coach of the first Egyptian national team, Ibrahim Hassan, the national team manager, and Mostafa Abdel Raouf “Zico,” the team’s player.
The Egyptian Football Association stated in an official statement, on Monday, that the decisions included suspending Hossam Hassan and Ibrahim Hassan for 3 matches each, in addition to suspending Mostafa Zico for 5 matches.
The federation added that it had submitted an official request to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to obtain the detailed reasons and justifications for the decisions issued against the trio in order to study them and evaluate the legal position.
He explained that this step comes in preparation for taking procedures to appeal the penalties, in accordance with the regulations in force in the International Federation of Association Football.
The Egyptian national team's coach had said, after losing 2-3 to Argentina in the round of 16 of the World Cup, that he would not watch the tournament because of FIFA's compliment to star Lionel Messi for propaganda reasons, in addition to his speech before the match with political messages, calling on everyone to support the Palestinian cause and the suffering of the people of the Gaza Strip from the Israeli aggression.
Zico also said after the match that the French referee, François Leutix, who officiated the Argentina match, was unfair, alluding to FIFA’s compliment to the tango dancers.
