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Mazen Marzouq, Head of the Competitions Committee of the Egyptian Football Association, explained when the Egyptian Premier League will end for the 2020-2021 season.
“The tournament will start on December 11,” Marzouq said in a press release Saturday on the sidelines of the committee meeting with the league’s clubs. “Each team will play every 3 days. The league will be compressed due to club associations.”
And he continued, “Al-Ahly will be postponed 3 games due to their participation in the World Cup. The league will end next August. The team that hosts a continental or Arab game will play in the league three days before, and four days if it plays. a party outside Egypt “.
And he added, “There is no intention to postpone any match, whatever the reasons, and the system will be applied to all clubs with the utmost fairness and transparency, except for the team that reaches the semi-finals or final, Arab or African, there will be a space of 5 to 6 days for each participating team, but the postponement is rejected and will not happen in a similar way. Premier League “.
The league kicks off against defending champion Al-Ahly against clear Egypt, while Zamalek plays his host, the Arab Contractors.
The first round will also see the channel derby between Al-Masry and Al-Ismaili.
And find the two poles in the fourth round.
Marzouq revealed the fate of the league and the participation of clubs in the two African championships in case the tournament was halted by the Corona virus, saying: “If less than half of the league matches take place, the tournament will be canceled, and the same teams that qualified for the previous season will participate in Africa, and if the league is canceled after half the matches, it will apply. The principle of sports merit and league with the same rank and declaring the champion and the participants in the continental tournaments.
He added that “if the number of matches is for a larger team, a proportional calculation process will be carried out and the number of points will be determined in its light. If two teams are equal, direct confrontations will be used, and if they are equal, will use the goal difference. “
Regarding the number of substitutions, he explained, “There will be 5 substitutions on 3 occasions during the game, and there will be 9 substitutes and 7 members of the technical, administrative and medical staff. The minutes of drinking water will be determined with the referees committee according to the weather conditions. “.
“In the event that the VAR is interrupted before or during the start of the match, the match will be completed smoothly and its result is counted because the video is a helping factor, and all clubs understand the decision and we apply the instructions of FIFA about it. “
