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Dubai: Ali Bu Jsaim, the UAE FA board's deputy chairman and head of the referees committee, admitted that the referees had made mistakes in the league matches last week.
"Mistakes occur in football, often by players, coaches and referees and we have to accept it. The referee didn't award Al Wasl a penalty kick against Hatta last week because he was slow and couldn't assess the speed of the ball.
"He also disallowed a just goal by Al Wasl's Sami Rabea as it was not an offside. The assistant referee made a big mistake when he raised his flag from a wrong angle," Ali Bu Jsaim told Gulf News.
The ex-Fifa badge holder referee claimed that Al Wasl suffered due to the referee's decisions which affected the match's result.
Meanwhile, Al Wasl Club has protested to the FA and referees' committee about the quality of supervision in that match.
"We know that this protest will change nothing and the referee's decision will stand. However, we want to record our protests against the referee's unfair decision which cost us two points," said Walid Al Shaibani, Al Wasl's executive manager.
Al Shaibani said: "Mistakes are a part of the game and we have to accept it."
However, Ali Bu Jsaim criticised those who said that the penalty kick award for Al Ain against Al Shabab was not correct.
"It was a clear penalty for the Al Shabab defender pushed the Al Ain striker inside the box. The penalty kick by Emirates goalkeeper against Al Shaab player was also correct and the offside ruling against Emirates striker Enayati was a right decision as well."
Adnan Al Zaabi, manager of Emirates Club, had alleged that they lost two points due to unfair decisions by the referee against Al Shaab which ended in a 3-3 draw.
"The referee awarded Al Shaab an unfair penalty kick. Al Shaab scored the second goal from a ball which had gone out of play. Bu Jsaim, however, said that the UAE referees in general are rated one of the best in Asia.
"We have five members in the list of elite referees in Asia selected by the Asian Football Confederation: Fareed Ali, Mohammad Omar, Ali Hamad, Khalid Al Doukhy and Mohammad Abdul Karim. I think this is indication enough that our referees are the best."
'Will not officiate again'
Chief slams Darwish
Ali Bu Jsaim offered no sympathy to assistant referee Eisa Darwish, who officiated in the 2006 World Cup Finals, and insisted Fifa would frown upon his conduct.
"We didn't receive any resignation from him, he announced it in the media without informing us officially. If he want us to discuss with him, he can come to the FA and meet with us. If Fifa knew he announced his resignation in the media before informing us, he will not officiate again," said Bu Jsaim.
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