Mazen Marzouq: I was not asked to postpone the summit … it will cause harm

Mazen Marzouq, a former head of the Egyptian Football Association’s competition committee, said he was not asked to postpone the summit match between Al-Ahly and Zamalek in the Egyptian Premier League, adding that it would hurt the tournament schedule.

Zamalek will face Al-Ahly on December 27 of this year, on the fourth day of the local league championship.

During radio remarks for the “Falcon Stadium” program broadcast on “Radio Misr”, Marzouk said: “I have no information on the proposal to postpone the summit match between Zamalek and Al-Ahly due to the Christmas holidays.”

He added: “In case of postponement, there will be damage to the league table. I am convinced that the state wants a regular league, which is what I found during the period in which I worked, there was a lot of support, and nobody asked me postponed before my resignation. “

He continued: “I hope we preserve the system. I have dealt with all the clubs in the last period, and they all welcomed the system. In the first two rounds, the matches were good and the sportsmanship was wonderful.”

He continued: “I established the rules and conditions and explained it to everyone, and I would apply justice with the utmost transparency among all teams in the league, and the rules will be strictly applied to everyone.”

He continued: “I am afraid of the Corona crisis, but if things went normally, the current season will be different.

Regarding his opinion on the holding of the Football Association elections, he said: “Egyptian law does not allow elections to be held now, and the Prime Minister issued a decision not to establish general assemblies, and FIFA does not it considers the interests of the federations, but has other considerations. There must be negotiations between the Egyptian Olympic Committee and the Olympic Committee. International with FIFA “.