Forged travel permits behind Ittihad trio absence

Forged travel permits were behind the absence of three Ittihad Alexandria players from their side’s African Confederation Cup match against Rwandan club Rayon Sport.

كتب : Omar Shoeb

الجمعة، 17 مارس 2006 - 22:58
حسام عبد المنعم جدد تعاقده مع الاتحاد
Alexandria – Hani El-Awadi: Ittihad Alexandria defender Hossam Abdul-Moenem revealed that forged travel permits for him, alongside Youssef Taher and Mohamed Sharaf, were behind their absence from their side’s African Confederation Cup match against Rwandan club Rayon Sport.

"Cairo International Airport customs officials discovered that my travel permits were forged, which drove me to submit my original military exemption papers to prove my innocence, so they let me go, but not in time to catch the team,” Abdel-Moenem told Filgoal.com exclusively.

The Ittihad trio asked the same mediator to finish their travel permits from the Egyptian military, but later discovered that he forged the documents.

Taher and Sharaf decided to retreat after watching the Egyptian customs catch Abdul-Moenem’s forged papers, given that they asked the same mediator to process the papers for them.

Abdel-Moenem is scheduled to leave for Rwandan capital, Kigali on Saturday morning, even with his chances of participation slimming down given his anticipated fatigue after his long trip.