The Sudanese Crescent announced its intention to take legal escalatory steps through official channels, against the background of the leaked video of the Vice President of the Sudanese Al-Merreikh Club, in which he stated that Al-Ahly of Egypt had agreed with his club to be lenient in one of the two teams’ matches in the group stage.
In the video, Vice President of Mars Mohamed Ahmed said that Al-Ahly promised his club to be lenient in one of the two clubs’ matches, by giving the latter players in the transfer market in exchange for agreeing to play the two matches in Cairo, not one in Egypt and the other in Sudan.
Al-Hilal explained in his statement published on his official page on the social networking site “Facebook” that he assigned a group of senior jurists to draft a memorandum that preserves justice and guarantees the honor of African competition.
Al-Hilal confirmed that he did not intend to compromise his right and prejudice his reputation.
Al-Hilal of Sudan hopes that the Confederation of African Football will take serious steps to ensure the integrity of the CAF Champions League matches. If any suspicion about the results of matches is confirmed, the perpetrators may be excluded from the championship.
Al-Mars had issued a statement earlier, in which he confirmed that what was said in the leaked video was incorrect, choosing his deputy.
Al-Ahly won twice against Mars in the group stage and ranked first in the first group, while the latter bid farewell to the competition, and Al-Ahly continued its journey to preserve the title by eliminating Moroccan Raja from the quarter-finals.
Al-Ahly will play Algeria’s ES Setif in the semi-finals.
The red title holder is seeking to crown the title for the third time in a row, to raise his tally to 11 titles.
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