Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – Some fans of the Saudi Al Hilal club objected to the decisions of the Chinese referee, Ma Ning, who managed the “Blue” confrontation with his Japanese counterpart, Urawa Red Diamonds, in the second leg of the 2022 AFC Champions League final, at noon on Saturday.
Some supporters of the Saudi club demanded that two penalty kicks be awarded to the team during the first ten minutes of the first half, and the former international referee, Tammam Hamdoun, revealed to CNN Arabic his opinion on the two controversial cases.
And at the fifth minute, Al-Hilal club striker Abdullah Al-Hamdan fell to the ground inside the opponent’s penalty area, after a clash with the Urawa Red Diamonds club goalkeeper.
Hamdoun, winner of the award for best assistant referee in Asia in 2008, said: “In this case there was no penalty kick, the competition was normal for the ball between the goalkeeper and the first Al Hilal striker, but the second striker was the one who interfered with the goalkeeper, he interfered recklessly, and it was He must be warned.”
In the ninth minute, Al-Hamdan was fouled by the opponent’s defender inside the box, and Tamam Hamdoun said: “The defender tried to kick the attacker, but there was no strong contact between the defender’s foot and the attacker’s foot, so the referee’s decision was correct not to award a penalty kick.”
The “Crescent Blue” had lost to the Japanese club with a goal without a response, so that the latter won the Asian (Championship) title, benefiting from the result of a positive tie with a goal for the same in the first leg.
2023-05-06 11:54:20
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