Egyptian refereeing continues to stir controversy, this time in the Al-Ahly and Pyramids match in the Egyptian League summit.
The result indicated that Pyramids were ahead by a clean goal scored by Rami Rabia by mistake in his own goal.
But in the 41st minute, referee Mahmoud Al-Banna made one of the most controversial decisions this season.
The referee returned to watch Ahmed Tawfik’s intervention on Karim Al-Debis, and in the shot there was contact from the Pyramids player’s elbow on the face of the Al-Ahly player.
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Perhaps the contact was not strong enough to make the referee decide to take out the red card and expel Tawfik, who immediately became the talk of millions on social media.
In general, this is not the first controversial game recently, as the penalty kick that was awarded to Al-Ahly in the last round against Farco was also the subject of great controversy and doubts about its validity, and other games in various matches.
It is noteworthy that Pyramids tops the Egyptian League standings with 20 points, two points ahead of the title holder and current second-place holder, Pyramids.
