Al-Ahli youth team supervisor Hamad Al-Marri has revealed that his club has lodged a formal protest with the executive committee of the game against the referee of his match with Khorfakkan in the Federation Cup semi-final, which was lost by the Dubai Knights 2-4. Despite the existence of an emergency circumstance affected the course as a result of the invalidity of the floor of the Club Hall of the Union of Kalba, which led to the sliding of the players during the meeting, demanding the application of regulations and re-confrontation again, he said.

Water droplets were falling from the main cooling system inside the hall due to high humidity, which prompted cleaning workers to intervene in many times of the game to clear the floor for the safety of the players and prevent slippage, as shown by the videos circulated through social networking sites.

Al-Marri told Emirates Today: “A formal protest has been filed against the referee for the game because he did not apply the official regulations in such circumstances based on article 47 of the circular issued by the committee for this year, which states that if the referee decides to end the meeting Before the end of any emergency can not be dealt with the game must be returned in full whatever the result », explaining that« the game actually witnessed an emergency circumstance, and has not been effectively addressed, so we demand the return of the game to achieve justice ».

For his part, denied the Secretary-General of the Executive Committee Futsal, Omran Abdullah, rumors about the invalidity of the Kalba Union to play games, describing what is going on in the arena as «inaccurate», and said that «the Futsal Committee is keen to apply all the elements of safety and security in the gyms Which hosts futsal competitions ».

He explained that «all gyms in the country are subject to the supervision of the State Futsal Committee, and is not allowed to hold any games without being fully valid, and what happened in the game won by Khorfakkan temporary exhibitor, was not influential, and was addressed».

Zaabi: What was raised «exaggerated» .. Kalba Union Hall is fully ready

Jassim al-Zaabi, manager of the first team of lounges at Al Ittihad Kalba Club, said that what has been raised about the inability of the sports hall to receive the futsal matches is exaggerated and exaggerated. He told Emirates Today: “What happened is very few drops of water that fell from the main cooling system of the hall due to high humidity, and a slight gathering of condensed water was treated the same day for the match, and the hall is fully ready.” Al Zaabi told Emirates Today: Union Hall Kalba of modern lounges at the level of the state, and this is the first time to occur, and the fall of the water drops very few and ineffective, and was not influential in the progress of the game, so that it caused the loss of youth Al-Ahli match, stressing that the lounge is ready to receive the games ».

Khorfakkan defeated Shabab Al Ahli 4-2 in the semi-finals of the Futsal Cup.

Imran Abdullah:

"We are keen on the safety of the players, and the invalidity of the ground is exaggerated."

Hamad Al Marri:

"The referee did not apply the official regulations in such circumstances."