Mohamed Seif Eldin-Cairo
CAIRO (Reuters) - The head of the Egyptian Football Association's interim committee Amr El-Janaini has announced the return of fans to the matches in the new season of the Egyptian Premier League, a few weeks after President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said fans should return to the stadiums.
The date of the start of the Egyptian Premier League is not known, as the board of directors of the resigned Football Federation has set a date for the start of September 19, which has not been resolved by the interim council.
`` The fans will return during the new season (the Premier League), with a minimum of 5,000 fans, in the same way that they attended the stadiums of the 2019 African Cup of Nations, '' he said in a television interview with a local satellite station on Saturday evening.
Al-Ganayni's assertions echoed Sisi's comments at the end of July, in which he said that "the decision to return fans to Egyptian stadiums is now easy, after the successful organization of the African Nations Championship and the implementation of the system" ticket "to book tickets," explaining that the decision "in the hands of the Ministry Youth, sports and security services. "
The ticketing website was launched to buy tickets for the 2019 African Championship electronically in May, to identify the identity of those who wish to enter the stands, as well as the use of drones (drones) installed surveillance cameras to track the movements and actions of the public, in the fear of Political chants embarrass the Egyptian regime.
Since the incident in Port Said in northern Egypt, in which 73 Al-Ahly fans were killed in February 2012, the Egyptian authorities have refused to allow fans to attend the matches in full.
Three years later, the security services agreed to the fans' return to the stands, but quickly reinstated the ban after 22 fans of Zamalek were killed because of a stampede on the narrow passages that the security forces placed at the entrance to the air defense stadium before a meeting with Enppi in February 2015. Team matches and clubs in African championships only.