Former Chairman of the Referees Committee in the Football Association, former international referee Mohamed Omar, confirmed that the application of replacing five players per team per game instead of three in the Arab Gulf League the new season is in the interest of the players and the game in general in light of the current conditions the world is going through Because of the Corona pandemic.
The International Football Association (FIFA) had previously approved the five replacements temporarily, and it entered into force from the first of last June. Omar told «Emirates Today»: «We are currently going through force majeure, so this decision gives an opportunity for a large number of players to participate in one game, and at the same time it gives other players an opportunity to rest instead of restricting the matter to replacing only three players, as was happening Previously, it was in our league’s interest to continue to apply this decision during the new season’s competitions. ” He added: "The decision of the International Football Federation was clear in this regard, which is to protect players in light of the (Covid-19) pandemic."
Mohamed Omar commented that the stadium judges are away from managing matches for long periods, and said: “This will undoubtedly affect the technical level of the referee and his physical fitness, and I demand the referee of the ball to be responsible for developing their levels under these force majeure conditions by following the development and new amendments in the arbitration law Regarding the return of the tapes of the matches that he managed during the past period, and benefiting from them, whether positive or negative, considering that "the referee only learns from the negatives in which it falls."
"The food and training system, the continuation of training and the constant review of the law have a great role in developing the level of governance as well, and if it fails in any of the aspects that I mentioned, this matter will greatly affect the level of its giving," Muhammad Omar said.
The former president of the referees committee in the Football Association pointed out that «the recent decision issued by (FIFA) to supervise himself on the application of assistive video governance (mouse) technology in the world instead of the International Football Legislative Council, an indication of greater interest of the International Federation in the need to take advantage of This technique and the follow-up of its application, "stressing that" this step is in the interest of arbitration, because the (FIFA) is the closest to the game. "