The Swiss Manuel Navarro, head of the referees department in the Saudi Football Association, confirmed that the referee affected the outcome of the Al-Ittihad match and Al-Nassr in the league due to the mistakes that occurred, especially the incorrect penalty kick for the leader of the standings.
Navarro said in an interview with the “Into the Goal” program on Tuesday: The referee affected the final result of the Al-Ittihad and Al-Nasr match, because Hamdallah’s penalty kick once morest Al-Nasr was incorrect, and the decision to expel Talisca also deserved a yellow card and not an expulsion.
He added: I am not satisfied with the level of refereeing, I will be satisfied when a Saudi referee participates in the World Cup finals.
And regarding the arbitration cases of the Al-Hilal and Al-Ittihad match in the league, Navarro explained: The penalty kick awarded to Al-Hilal is incorrect.
He continued: In the Al-Shabab match once morest Al-Ittihad in the league, there was a penalty kick in the 90th minute for Al-Shabab because the Al-Ittihad player made an extra movement towards the ball, but it was not calculated.
