The director of the Al-Ahly and Zamalek match was referred to investigation due to the "Egyptian national anthem"
Zamalek fans were greatly shocked after the director of the summit match against the traditional rivals Al-Ahly in the Egyptian Football League ignored the players of their team while the players were lining up on the field to listen to the national anthem and focus the image on Al-Ahly players only, which prompted Egyptian TV director Naela Farouk to refer director Hisham Abdel-Wadood is investigated before the legal affairs, according to Egyptian reports.
The supervisor of sports programs on Egyptian television, Mohamed Ibrahim, apologized to Zamalek fans for the errors of the director of the summit match, in which Zamalek won 3-1, and said in an intervention on the Zamalek channel: “The mistakes of the director of the summit match are not intended at all, and we transmitted the image transparently and without The bias of one team from the other. ”, Adding:“ The mistake that happened by shooting the camera on Al-Ahly players only during the national anthem was not intended, as the time was not enough to turn the cameras on the Zamalek players and the director was surprised at the end of the national peace quickly, and perhaps social media sites are Who ignites the atmosphere? "
The analytical studio presenter on the Zamalek channel, Tariq Yahya, strongly blamed the director of the match, especially since the match was considered on Zamalek soil and he had to appear first in the filming cadre.
The incident aroused the anger of many Zamalek people, who questioned the director's tendencies on social media and considered him a fanatic, before the big victory subsided their anger.