YThe Saudi Professional League revealed the circumstances of its refusal to postpone the First al-hilal Football Team match against Al Ahli, within the 28th round of the Saudi Roshen League, denying that the decision was justified by the Blue Administration as a “club tax competing for all tournaments” as stated in the TV show Action Ya Walid.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the league referred to the al-hilal Club sending a letter to it on 16 March, containing the “request to consider the remainder of the calendar of the season in general”, without “specifying a clear request” from the competition management.
According to the statement, the club sent an “email” 6 days after the first letter, which included its desire to hold a meeting with the “competitions” to discuss the remainder of the calendar, which happened two days later inside the headquarters of the association, in the presence of Fahad El-Moufarraj, a representative of Al-Hilal.
The meeting discussed the possibility of adjusting the date of the meeting of the al-hilal and Ahli, and the association assured the release, according to the statement, that the postponement would cause greater pressure on the team’s schedule of matches, once it had qualified for the ACL final, yet gave the club the opportunity to coordinate on the match with Al Ahli.
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— دوري روشن السعودي (@SPL) April 13, 2024
In a damning visit to the al-hilal, 25 March, Spain’s Steve Calzada, the club’s chief executive, revealed the difficulty of postponing the game because it would “put more pressure on the team schedule”, with the latter responding that Blue officials would study the matter internally, after having received sufficient assurances of the Association’s full willingness to cooperate with all clubs in their external participation in accordance with regulations and regulations.
al-hilal sent another letter to the Association on April 6. Includes a new request to reconsider the league schedule, and the team matches in particular, The reply stated: “No adjustment can be made to the calendar for the negative impact that all Championship clubs will have, especially the al-hilal ” stressing the absence of a response to the phrase “This is a club tax competing for all tournaments”, as stated in the programme.
The association explained in its statement that the submission of tours from 25 to 32 was influenced by changes introduced by the Asian Football Federation to its calendar, which resulted in a change in the date of the Saudi Diriyah Super Cup, scheduled earlier between February 27 and March 1.
She demanded that “professionals” verify and obtain information from official sources, promising that She called on “professionals” to verify and obtain information from official sources, promising to take all legal and systemic measures in order to safeguard her and the clubs’ rights.
