2023-12-24T08:22:57+00:00
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/ The Iraqi Football Association commented, on Sunday, on the repercussions of the “tattoo crisis” between the head of the referees’ committee, Najah Rahm, and international referee Muhammad Tariq Ahmed.
The day before yesterday, Friday, the head of the Referees Committee of the Iraqi Football Association, Najah Rahm, announced the temporary suspension of international referee Muhammad Tariq Ahmed, due to a tattoo that the committee asked him not to reveal more than once during matches.
In this context, a member of the Football Association, Ghaleb Al-Zamili, told Agency, “The Federation will bring the two parties together this week and understand what happened and address the imbalance.”
At the same time, Al-Zamili criticized the unsuccessful statements of the Chairman of the Referees’ Committee to make a decision in the media and referee Muhammad’s resort to the judiciary.
He pointed out that “the Federation believes that matters like this should have been resolved within the Referees Committee system and within the walls of the Football Association and under the supervision of the person in charge of the committee and the Federation member, Rahim Lafta.”
Al-Zamili confirmed that the supervisor of the referees committee, Rahim Lafta, is considered a representative of the federation and will meet with the two parties to resolve the problems, not expand the scope of the dispute, and avoid the issue reaching the courts.
He went on to say, “The Federation is busy with big and important matters related to Iraqi football, such as: the double qualifiers, the Asian Championship, preparing the Iraqi teams and leagues, etc., and problems should not arise at a time like this that hinders its goal of developing Iraqi football.”