Sports journalist Waleed Al-Faraj responded to Khaled Al-Shanif after the latter’s statements after the match between Al-Hilal and Al-Shabaab last night, Friday, in the Saudi Professional League Roshen.
Khaled Al-Shanif confirmed on his SBC Stadium program that the central video room of War was out of service during the match between Al-Hilal and Al-Shabaab, which ended in favor of Al-Shabab with a score of 3: 0. ).
The derby caused widespread controversy on both social media and sports channels due to referee Majed Al-Shamrani’s decisions, especially after he refused to award Michael a penalty.
Al-Shanif announced a big surprise on his program, stating: “We have not yet confirmed, but our sources say that the central room of VAR was out of order and was not working during the match between Al-Hilal and Al-Shabaab.”
Waleed Al-Faraj responds to Al-Shanif’s statement regarding Al-Hilal-Al-Shabaab derby!
However… the response came from the media, Waleed Al-Faraj, to Al-Shanif’s statement, as he revealed that the sources of his “Action with Waleed” program confirmed that the VAR room was running during the match.
He also stressed that audio recordings between the referee and video referees of the Al-Hilal and Al-Shabaab derbies are available to everyone.
And he continued in response to a question from one of the viewers who raised this issue: “Whoever said this, I know him completely, this is the same person who said that Abd al-Razzaq Hamdallah will be removed from office, and he is the one who said that Romarinho is on steroids and he is the one who tells a new story every day, God help him.”