The sports critic, Mamoun Abu Shiba, blamed the Sudanese Football Association for the reason behind the retreat of Sudanese football, considering that the decision to freeze all competitions, stop the travel of delegations abroad, lay off all players from their teams, freeze the accounts of clubs and unions, and switch to what is called "mass sport" is not The reason for the deterioration of the ball in Sudan.
Yesterday, Friday, April 24th, the 44th anniversary of the strangest decision that many Sudanese people consider, and football lovers in particular, that it is devastating for the game, and that Sudanese football is still paying for it today, after the Minister of Sports at the time, Zain Al Abidin Mohamed Ahmed Abdel Qader, issued a decision directed by the President Al-Jumhuriya, Jaafar Al-Numayri only exercises sports in residential areas.
Abu Shiba confirmed to "Emirates Today" that the officials of the Football Association are standing idly by without trying to develop, and said: "Football has developed in African countries that have taken care of the young and the establishment of academies, while the Football Association in Sudan has done nothing in the file of development, caring for children and providing The basic structures of stadiums, academies, and experts, as well as neglecting the establishment of regular patrols for Sunni teams, and this means that the palaces are from the federation and not because of the decision of the mass sport. "
He added: "It is true that the decision of the mass sport in 1976 to dissolve the clubs caused the emigration of our most prominent stars to the Gulf countries, which created a period of absence for the Sudanese clubs internationally, but after the return of the clubs it needed years and gradually recovered its strength as Mars won the 1986 Cycava Cup, the Dubai Golden Cup 1987 and the Africa Cup 1989 and in return. Al Hilal reached the final of Africa twice 1987 and 1992, and the junior team reached the World Cup Finals in Italy. At the level of the first national team, there were no major achievements except for a regional championship in the early eighties.
It is mentioned that the main reason for the decision on "mass sport" was due to a violation in the summit match on the "Healthy Revolution Cup", between Hilal and Mars, on Monday April 24, 1976, which turned into riots between the players of both teams, which ended with the decision of the late match, Mahmoud Hamdi, a decision The goalkeeper, Al Tayeb Sanad, was expelled, and the match continued after that, and Al Hilal team won, but things did not stop there.
With the whistle sounding at the end of the match with the victory of Al-Hilal with a clean goal, which was scored by legend Ali Qaqrin in the 70th minute, the crescent fans spread with victory, and began chanting the slogan "Your father, who is Ali Qagereen."