Ghali was sentenced to two months. There was no other option, explained the controller – Sport.cz

If Liberec does not appeal and the patch is not shortened, Ghali will miss seven league games and could only return to action at the end of October. The midfielder is ready to intervene in the match against Pardubice (3:0), when he unfortunately broke Jan Kalabišek’s fibula.

“The reason why the interference that the referee marked on the field of play as red after the intervention of VAR, which the FAČR Referee Commission marked as a correct decision, was due to raw play during the evaluation , to very bad results in the assessment. form of the opponent’s broken leg. Paragraph 42, Paragraph 3 of the FAČR Disciplinary Rules clearly states that a player who is sent off for the offense of foul play and causes long-term injury to an opponent will be punished for 2 to 18 months and may be fined. to 250,000 crowns,” explained the chairman of the disciplinary committee Jiří Matzner, adding that he gave Ghali the lowest possible sentence.

“DK LFA understands that the player participated in the meeting of the disciplinary committee and was interested in Mr. Kalabiška’s state of health immediately after the match. However, based on the Disciplinary Rules of the FAČR, the DK LFA has no other choice but to deal with the crime in the specified circumstances according to section 42, paragraph 3,” said Matzner.

Ghali’s exclusion attracted a lot of attention in Czech football after the final round. It was the 68th minute when Ahmad Ghali from Liberec slipped after playing the ball on the wet turf and hit Pardubice player Jan Kalabiška. It had to be replaced after longer treatment and he ended up in a Liberec hospital with a broken fibula, and he will have surgery on Friday. Referee Karel Rouček didn’t even show a yellow card at first, but after VAR intervention, he drew a red one.

“Raw play, threatening the opponent with the side of the body from the side in a fight for the ball in an uninterrupted game using disproportionate force, the opponent did not finish the game , he was replaced immediately,” he explained in the summary of the game.

However, the first league referee Karel Hrubeš, for example, did not agree with this. “This is not a great game. The player went after the ball, he wanted to play it, but he slipped and fell with his body on the leg of the opponent. How was he cruel in this case? Not at all. He has to run fast after the ball to get to it first. He didn’t use too much force to be cruel. This is not a red card for me. Yes, we want to protect the health of the players, I feel very sorry for Kalabiška, but none of his players even blamed the Liberec player for what happened. Even the emotions on the pitch show that this cannot be considered a raw game,” the former referee protested the day after the match.

Immediately after the match, Ghali apologized to Kalabišek. “I would like to apologize to Jan for the hurt. I did not mean that in any way and I am very sorry. It was an unfortunate time because of the bad weather,” said Ghali. The beginning of the game was greatly affected by clouds and, for example, in the nearby game of the second league in Varnsdorf, which was played at the same time, it was not ready.

“We are very sorry that this unfortunate situation has occurred. On behalf of the whole club, we wish Honzo Kalabišek a speedy recovery. A similar injury happened to me, when an opponent slipped and pressed against my leg during a fight. Unfortunately, these situations happen and it is difficult to find the culprit,” said Liberec sports director Theo Gebre Selassie. The Ghali Commission found him guilty and punished him with a ban from playing for two months.