Al-Ahly club, the leaders of the Egyptian Football Premier League, said today, Wednesday, that it had submitted an urgent legal memorandum to the local association of the game regarding the punishment of its player, Mahmoud Abdel Moneim, “Kahraba.”
And the most titled Egyptian club in football announced yesterday, Tuesday, that it had officially received a letter from the Egyptian Federation for the game, which includes penalties issued against the club and Kahraba, the first-team player.
Reports stated that the Disciplinary Committee of the Egyptian Federation punished Kahraba by suspending him for 12 matches and fining him one million pounds ($32,366) after rivals Zamalek complained about “the player’s misbehavior by chanting slogans with Al-Ahly fans” after a summit meeting between the two teams in the league last January that ended with Al-Ahly winning 3- zero.
Al-Ahly was also punished with a fine of 200,000 pounds for the insults that were made by its fans.
Al-Ahly said on its Facebook page today, “This morning, the club’s management submitted an urgent legal memorandum to the Egyptian Football Association regarding the penalties issued by the Disciplinary Committee against the club and first-team football player Mahmoud Kahraba.”
Al-Ahly did not disclose the content of the urgent legal memorandum.
Local reports indicated that Al-Ahly is considering withdrawing from the local Super Cup match against Zamalek next month, in protest of these sanctions.
Al-Ahly leads the league with 53 points from 21 matches, five points ahead of its direct competitor, Future, who played 23 matches.
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