Reactions continued to the incident of Egyptian Al-Ahly star Hussein El-Shahat slapping the Pyramids player, the Moroccan Mohamed El-Sheibi, which occurred last July but is still in the courts until now, as the Egyptian Pyramids Football Club issued a statement confirming its support for its Moroccan player, Mohamed El-Sheibi. In his crisis with Al-Ahly club winger, Egyptian international Hussein El-Shahat.
An argument broke out between El-Shahat and El-Sheibi after their teams’ match last July in the Egyptian Premier League, which ended with Pyramids defeating Al-Ahly by three unanswered goals. After the match, El-Shahat slapped the Moroccan player in the face.
Al-Sheibi filed a lawsuit against Al-Shahat after the latter assaulted him. The Public Prosecution referred the Egyptian international to the Nasr City Misdemeanor Court, and a session was set for April 18 to consider the case, which may witness a ruling against the Al-Ahly player, especially after his confession and apology to the player.
The Pyramids Club said in its statement: “In light of the Pyramids Club management’s follow-up of the events and media statements circulating in the Egyptian sports community, regarding the incident of Hussein El-Shahat, the Al-Ahly club player, attacking our Moroccan international player Mohamed El-Sheibi, after the end of the two teams’ match on July 23, 2023 in the Premier League, we would like to Pyramids Club confirms its full support for the El Sheibi player.”
The statement added: “The club will not hesitate to provide the necessary assistance and support at the local or international levels to the player, from whom we have seen nothing but good manners, good commitment, and full respect for regulations and laws locally and internationally. Thus, he was an ideal example and role model for the professional foreign player in Egypt.”
The Egyptian Al-Ahly Club confirmed on its official website on Tuesday that it had sent a letter to the Egyptian Football Association to investigate the situation after more than three months had passed and the matter had not been resolved.
Al-Ahly revealed that the letter read: “We urgently submit to you that the Nasr City Misdemeanor Court has set a session for April 18, to consider the lawsuit filed by Mohamed El-Sheibi, the Pyramids club player, against our player Hussein El-Shahat, in flagrant violation of the regulations of the International and Egyptian Football Federations, which prevent any asylum seeker.” It is an element of the game for civil courts to resolve any sporting dispute.”
He continued: “Pyramids respects the lofty Egyptian judiciary, and confirms its full respect for the Egyptian Public Prosecution institution, as it is the trustee over the criminal case and has inherent constitutional jurisdiction to direct and initiate the criminal case, and confirms that the Egyptian Public Prosecution has carried out its constitutional role in filing the criminal case against the player Hussein El-Shahat, and it has not ended.” To set the April 18, 2024 hearing before the Nasr City Misdemeanor Court, which cannot, in any way, constitute a violation of the laws and regulations in force in the field of sports.
The statement continued: “It is a serious mistake and inappropriate to say that the Egyptian Public Prosecution’s exercise of its constitutional role constitutes a violation of the regulations of the Football Association and FIFA, as the various sports bodies and federations and their internal judicial committees do not have jurisdiction beyond deciding on disciplinary matters subject to the disciplinary law and contractual matters subject to the civil law.” As for criminal matters, they are the exclusive jurisdiction of the local criminal authorities in the country.”
2024-04-03 17:14:56
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