Riyadh's victory and elimination official: The team has been affected by controversial referee decisions recently and hopes to maintain fairness

6686 Sports News on November 7 In the early hours of this morning, Riyadh officials suddenly issued a club statement. In the statement, Riyadh expressed the club's opposition to any attempt by the Saudi League to modify the registration rules in the middle of this season. At the same time, Riyadh stated that in the last round of the league, the team suffered from the negative impact of the referee's controversial ruling and called on the officials to maintain the fairness and transparency of the Saudi League.

In the last round of the league match against Feha, in the 10th minute of the second half stoppage time (the original stoppage time was 6 minutes), the referee on duty Khalid Salvi whistled for a handball by the Feha defender, and then Cristiano Ronaldo took the penalty from 12 yards and scored, helping Riyadh win 2-1 with the last shot of the opponent. The twelve-yard ruling in extra-long stoppage time caused quite a bit of controversy.

Official statement of Riyadh Victory and Elimination

Riyadh Victory and Elimination expresses high concern about the Saudi Football Federation's recent attempt to amend the registration rules for "U21 foreign players".

Previously, the Saudi Football Federation tried to amend the registration rules in the last days of the summer transfer window but failed in the end because the clubs refused to change these regulations at the last moment of the registration period.

However, the club is currently informed that there are new trends in the Saudi Federation aiming to implement changes to registration rules starting from the next winter transfer window. Changing the rules during registration or mid-season would seriously impact the credibility and integrity of league competition and undermine the commitment to fair play rules and trust in maintaining the integrity of the competition.

Since the implementation of the registration regulations for "U21 foreign players", Al-Nasser Club has always respected these regulations, planned and formulated signing strategies responsibly, and signed contracts and handled affairs with great respect based on these regulations. We call on policymakers to uphold the integrity of Saudi league events and resist any pressure to serve the interests of particular parties. The interests of any club should not override the public interest.

Additionally, teams are suffering in their on-field competition and the integrity of league competition is at full risk due to the artificial pressure created over the past week regarding referee decisions.

The club hereby solemnly declares that if any rules or regulations are modified during this season without the consent of all clubs, the club reserves all legal rights to take all necessary legal measures to appeal to the relevant authorities. Because once this happens, it will destroy the fairness, fairness and integrity of competition.