Mortada Mansour rejects the Al-Ahly player’s apology and complains to FIFA ... “The dead man is killed and walks in his funeral!”
The Egyptian club Zamalek exploded a new crisis in its relationship with its rivals Al-Ahly after its president, Mortada Mansour, refused to apologize to "Red Castle" player Walid Soliman to defender Mohamed Abdel Shafi after he deliberately injured him during the match that brought the two teams together, last Saturday, in the 21st round of the Egyptian Football League, which It ended with Zamalekawi winning 3-1 wide.
Zamalek said on its official website, today, Monday: "The club's board of directors decided to file a complaint against Al-Ahly player Walid Suleiman to the Egyptian Federation and the International Federation (FIFA) bearing the names of the players who were attacked by the player and deliberately injured, the most recent of which is Mohamed Abdel Shafi, the left back of the football team of Zamalek Club." .
The medical examinations revealed that Abdel Shafi had a broken collarbone, as a result of which he underwent surgery, which resulted in him staying away from playing for two months, which would deprive Zamalek of his services in the first-leg of the African Champions League semi-finals in which he will face Moroccan Raja Casablanca on September 25 in Casablanca.
The statement added: "Zamalek's board of directors confirms that Walid Soliman's assault on Abdel Shafi in an official match in the Egyptian League will deprive Zamalek of the player for a period of two months, who is the main left-back for Zamalek, despite the team's need for his efforts before the team’s engagement for the CAF Champions League matches."
He continued: “Mortada Mansour and the Zamalek Board of Directors rejected the apology of Walid Suleiman, who visited Abdel Shafi in the hospital, knowing that the club had prepared a complaint against him with all the injuries he caused to the league players, and Mortada Mansour confirms that the player Mohamed Abdel Shafi has no right to accept or reject the apology of invited Walid Suleiman because he He was not assaulted at his home or in the café, but rather this player intentionally hurt Abdel Shafi during an official match in the official league competition, and the deliberate assault of this player against Abdel Shafi did not only result in injury to the Zamalek player, but also the damage included depriving the club of the main left back for a period of two months. It affects the club's successful career and its ambitions to win the CAF Champions League, so the visit of the offending player to the Zamalek player is also rejected and reminds us of the famous Egyptian proverb (he kills the dead and walks in his funeral). ”
The statement concluded: "Zamalek Club is within its authority to accept or reject the apology, because the club is an administrative system that respects everyone, but there is a complete rejection of bullying behavior in stadiums."