Baniyas Club issues an official statement against the referee, Hamad Ali Youssef

Baniyas Club announced that it is about to formally file a complaint against the referee, Hamad Ali Youssef, and those in charge of the video technology who managed their match against Shabab Al-Ahly, which was held (Monday) in the semi-finals of the President's Cup in football.

Bani Yas lost the match with a goal without a response, so Shabab Al-Ahly qualified for the final match against Al-Nasr, and the date will be set later.

In an official statement, the club said that it would like to emphasize several matters, which came as follows:

First: The match witnessed clear arbitration errors that affected the final result and the loss of Bani Yas by canceling a correct goal by Suhail Al-Noubi in the 33rd minute, as an incorrect offside line was drawn according to what appeared on television by the officials on that and depriving Bani Yas of progressing in the match and gaining an advantage. Progress!

Second: There was a correct and clear penalty kick for Baniyas in the 83rd minute for Nicolas Jimenez, which the referee was clearly close to, and all the media and experts agreed on the existence of the penalty kick that was not awarded to us, which deprived the team of the opportunity to return to the match again.

Third: The referee was unable to control the atmosphere of the match as it was in the semi-finals of a very important tournament, which made him distribute warnings and cards in an exaggerated manner on the Bani Yas team in particular, as he caused the player Joao Victor to be expelled at the start of the second half in the 55th minute after he famously A second yellow card, which was preceded by a first yellow card, was not deserved at all in the 40th minute, which deprived Baniyas of the efforts of one of his players for a period of more than 35 minutes.

Fourth: Despite the great confusion of the cases that changed the course of the match, the arena referee did not go to verify for himself the video technology of the match in any case, and those in charge of video technology did not succeed in several decisions, the most prominent of which is the line that was clarified to viewers on television screens in the event of the canceled goal infiltrating With the catastrophe of stopping the match for five minutes and twenty seconds, then announcing a wrong and influential decision with stopping play for an exaggerated period with a negative impact!

Quite the opposite, in the 83-minute clear Bani Yas club penalty kick, the video technology players did not ask to stop playing for even one minute to give the Bani Yas team the legitimate right from that situation!

In light of what happened, we hold those responsible for the video technology responsible for the mistakes that occurred with the arena’s referee, which missed them with fairness and lack of realism with cases that deserved positive, rational and fair intervention.

Fifth: Despite the protest of the official Bani Yas club at the match stadium, which was chosen by the Competitions Committee of the Football Association did not achieve any equal in opportunities and distances, but no decision or reaction was taken to the objection submitted by Bani Yas Club, which was submitted after Announcing the location of the match stadium directly, and here comes the exclamation and surprise of the decision, which violated the norms of the tournament and its system used over the past years, which was not applied only now in today's match.

Sixth and last: A question to those in charge of arbitration, is there a way for athletes to enjoy arbitration that satisfies them with fair transparency?

The Bani Yas administration also confirms that we are all winners as Emiratis and we congratulate our brothers in the Shabab Al-Ahly Club.

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