Old Egyptian players expressed their dissatisfaction with the recent statements made by the former coach of the Zamalek club and one of the Egyptian football legends Farouk Jaafar, famous for his "king of the text" - as the best of the midfield in his country - after he revealed the existence of compliments from the African arbitration for the Egyptian team during Participation in the 1990 World Cup qualifiers, along with arbitration facilities for Egyptian clubs in the continental championships, were paving their way towards the podium rise, which rocked the Egyptian and African sports street.
Egyptian football is the most crowning African Champions League with 14 titles, through Al-Ahly (8 championships), Zamalek (5 championships) and Ismaili (one championship), while the Egyptian team is the most crowning African Cup of Nations "seven championships".
Former Zamalek board member and former volleyball coach for Egypt volleyball Azmi Mujahid denounced Farouk Jaafar’s statements, and told Al-Watan newspaper: “Unfortunately, there is no irresponsible speech, and the state must move quickly because of what he said,” adding: “Farouk Jaafar must be tried In order to be a lesson to those who ask him to insult Egypt in this way, I say that insulting Egypt is a crime, and the state must act to restore its consideration.
For his part, the former Al-Ahly star, Ahmed Schubert, one of the participation elements in the 1990 World Cup in Italy, said on his account on the social networking site "Facebook": "For six whole years, he was captain of Al-Ahly and also I was captain of the Egyptian team. I never sat with a referee in a match Neither locally nor Africa nor internationally. "
In turn, the former Zamalek player, Haitham Farouk, expressed his dissatisfaction with the statements of Farouk Jaafar, and said on his account in "Twitter": "Zamalek, Al-Ahly, the contractors and the Ismailis got their African championships thanks to God first, then the efforts of the players and the technical equipment and support of the fans, as is the case with regard to the arrival of Egypt's Cup team The world 1990 .. Upright, God bless you.
As for the former Egyptian Football Association member and the international player in the eighties and nineties of the last century Magdy Abdel Ghani, the only goal for the team of the Pharaohs in the World Cup 1990, he said to the newspaper "Al-Watan": "The words are unbelievable in the mind, and really any words in any words," adding: "We must reject These statements and we do not repeat them again because they distort Egypt's image before the world.
Farouk Farid Jaafar said:
- Egypt was complimented in one of the 1990 World Cup qualifying matches for the Pharaohs to reach the World Cup "Italy 1990" by canceling a correct goal for the opponent.
- We had a good generation, but there were much stronger teams in that period (1990).
- Egyptian clubs are also complimented in the African matches that take place in Egypt, and are played by Al-Ahly, Zamalek or Ismaili, and this was evident in many matches, and I do not want to go into more details than that.
- Mahmoud Al-Gohari was a distinguished coach, but things were done by the Football Association with unjustified requests, including the cancellation of the General League during this period.