Essam Abdel Fattah explains the amendment of the "hand touch" on the football law

Issam Abdel Fattah, chairman of the Referees Committee of the Egyptian Football Federation, has made new amendments to the football law, which have come to the fore with regard to hand-to-hand contact. of the repair area.

The International Football Federation (FIFA) has announced a series of amendments to the Football Law at the meeting in Aberdeen, Scotland. (See here)

"The football law stipulates that the touch of the hand must be deliberate so that the error is imputed to the attacker or the defender, and if it is not intentional, the match will continue to play normally, "Abdel Fattah told Radio On Sport Sunday morning.

"But FIFA suggested, at the meeting yesterday, that if football touches the hand of the attacker inadvertently, an error will be made against him, which is not in the The amendments will be implemented in July. "

"If the defender touches the ball inadvertently, the error will not be calculated and if the touch of the hand is proven in the surface, the penalty will be calculated normally," he said.