Three thousand Al-Ahly followers have been suspended for 2 video games for shouting “insults” in opposition to Zamalek and Egypt participant Shikabala in the course of the group’s final sport in opposition to Pharco, the Egyptian Football Premier League (EPL) stated on Sunday.
Even although league leaders Al-Ahly weren’t enjoying Zamalek on Friday, their three thousand followers in attendance – which is the utmost allowed for any group throughout a home soccer match – vented their anger in the direction of midfielder Shikabala in what has been a long-running saga of insult buying and selling.
Al-Ahly was additionally fined 20,000 Egyptian kilos ($650) for the incident.
The EPL additionally suspended 2,021 Ismaili supporters and 874 Ittihad followers for shouting insults throughout their matches in opposition to ENPPI and Smouha respectively on Friday.
“If the insults are repeated fans will be banned from attending league matches until the end of the season,” the EPL stated in an announcement on Sunday.
Egypt permits a most of 6000 followers to attend any home soccer match, with every group’s allocation capped at 3000, because the 2012 Port Said Stadium catastrophe wherein greater than 70 Al-Ahly followers have been killed and several other hundred have been injured.
The solely exception is for worldwide fixtures that includes the nationwide group or video games organised by the African Football Association (CAF).
The ticketing system within the nation requires followers to supply identification when buying match tickets, which makes it straightforward for the authorities to trace down attendees and if required droop them.
“The league’s dream is to have fans to the full capacity of the stadiums and we made great efforts to increase the number of fans. We don’t want anyone to spoil these efforts,” EPL president Ahmed Diab stated.
“We punish only the wrongdoers and those who break the rules, and the punishment is not collective,” he added.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com