Press reports revealed Al Ittihad management’s desire to request a foreign referee panel for their team’s match against Al Shabaab on December 15 at the Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium in Riyadh as part of the ninth round of the Saudi League after participation ended. Saudi Arabia in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The Al-Riyadiyah newspaper stated that the Al-Shabab club did not ask foreign referees to direct the team’s match against fellow Al-Ittihad in the top of the league’s ninth round.
The newspaper confirmed that there is a renewed confidence among young people in the local government, that they are playing strong games in the league, and that their policy is not to involve foreign referee teams.
