Statistics, monitored by Emirates Today, revealed that football referee, Ahmed Salem Khalfan, is the stadium judge who used the most colored cards in the ADNOC Professional League until the eighth round, which concluded on the 23rd of this month, as he showed the yellow card 22 times, and the red card three times. In five matches he managed in the league competition, including 10 yellow cards and two red cards during one match, he brought together Shabab Al-Ahly and Al-Sharjah in the sixth round, while he confirmed The former international referee, Abdullah Al-Ajel, said that “Ahmed Salem is characterized by calm outside the field, but he is fierce in enforcing the law during his leadership of the matches,” describing him as a diligent referee, noting that Ahmed Salem has not yet obtained the international badge, but he excels in his performance over Some international stadium judges.
International referee Omar Al Ali came in second place in displaying colored cards in the league with 24 times, during his management of five matches, while his record has not been shown any red card so far, and Yahya Al-Mulla came in third place with 16 cards, including 15 yellow cards and one red. Referee Sultan Abdul Razzaq Al Marzouqi came in fourth place with 12 yellow cards, while referee Nawaf Al Zeyoudi showed the colored cards 11 times (including two cards). Hamrawan), Mohamed Al Harmoudi 11 times, Hamad Ali Youssef nine times, Badr Boujoumour, Saif Al Musabi and Mohamed Saleh seven times, French referee Clément Turpin five times, including a red card, and Italian Davide Massa five cards, while the most famous yellow cards are three judges. Malaeb, namely Nasser Al-Ali, Ahmed Hassan, and Suhail Abdullah, four times, while Youssef Al Jasmi and Dutchman Danny Makele each used the yellow card three times, while the international referee became famous. Adel Al-Naqbi received the yellow card twice, and the red card only once.
According to statistics from the official website of the Professional League as well, international referee Ahmed Issa Darwish is considered the least famous of the stadium judges for color cards, as he only issued the yellow card once, and it was for Al-Nasr player, Leo Ver, during the Al-Orouba and Al-Nasr match in the first round, which is The only match he officiated in the league until the eighth round, while German international referee Felix Zwier came in second place, with the least stadium judges displaying colored cards, and this was due to his use of the card. Yellow only twice in the match between Al-Wasl and Al-Nasr in the second round.
The league matches up to the eighth round were led by 20 referees, including four foreign stadium judges: Felix Sauer, Danny Makele, Clement Turpin and Davide Massa.
Al-Ajel told Emirates Al-Youm: “The use of yellow and red cards is not a measure of the level of the referee’s performance, as it is only related to the circumstances of the match and the referee’s estimates.”
He pointed out that referee Ahmed Salem led large, competitive and sensitive matches during recent periods, so colored cards always abound in such matches.
Al-Ajel continued: “I expected that the matches led by Ahmed Salem would be assigned to foreign referees, as he led two important matches: Shabab Al-Ahly and Sharjah, in the sixth round, and Al-Wasl and Al-Jazira in the seventh round.”
Al-Ajel stressed that “the distinguished and hard-working referee will get his chance if he proves his presence, indicating that the presence of the foreign referee will not be an obstacle to the excellence of local stadium judges, but rather represents a challenge to them, and Ahmed Salem Khalfan’s competence in leading large and sensitive matches is the best evidence of that.” .
. 20 football referees, including 4 foreigners, led the league matches until the eighth round.
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