The Asian Cup is a huge controversy! The AFC has made it clear that the double standard yellow card reversed the game, and Asia's seventh was unjustly out
A yellow card completely changed an eighth-final in this Asian Cup, from 2-1 to 2-3, on the one hand, the winning team continued to "eat grass" to celebrate, and on the other hand, because of the same "grazing", the team of 10 against 11 was reversed and missed the quarterfinals.
In the one-eighth finals of the Asian Cup, which ended on the evening of January 29, Beijing time, Jordan reversed Iraq 3-2 with two goals in stoppage time, and the seventh in Asia was unfortunately out.
The whole controversy of this match was centered on Hussein's celebration. In the 75th minute, Hussein jumped out of the field after scoring a goal and celebrated wantonly. After that, he sat back on the turf and imitated the Jordanian players' "grazing" celebrations.
The referee on duty, Fagani, came up with a yellow card and then pulled out a red card. Hussein turned two yellows and one red and was sent off.
Although they led 2-1, they had one man less in the final stages of the game, and in the end, Iraq was reversed by Jordan 3-2.
What did you get this yellow card for? The AFC official explained that Hussein received a second yellow card for overcelebration.
Some well-known reporters also revealed that the referee on duty, Faghani, is no longer an Iranian national, and he is a naturalized Australian, so there is nothing wrong with officiating the Iraqi game. But Fagani knows the culture of Arabia, and it can be seen from the picture that Hussein is grazing with his left hand.
In Arab culture, eating with the left hand is insulting, and the left hand is considered unclean and can only assist the right hand in tearing food. So, Fagani showed Hussein a yellow card.
But this explanation doesn't make sense at all, because after the Jordan team scored, 5 players sat around and were also "grazing", and one of the players also used his left hand!
Let's take a look at the AFC's determination that the dismissal of Hussein is "excessive celebration", it is clear that after the two goals are generated, they are the same celebration, if Hussein is excessive, then what about the Jordanian players?
Some netizens also thought that Hussein's celebration was too long and a little too rampant. Even so, the referee's reason for showing a yellow card should be delay.
Even if Hussein's running out of the field to celebrate is considered excessive celebration, the referee should have decisively shown the yellow card when he returned to the field, rather than "eating grass" before resolutely discarding the card.
So, the explanation of over-celebration doesn't work at all.
In the end, Iraq, who defeated Japan in the group stage, unfortunately exited, and Hussein led the scorer list, with the number of goals stuck at six. After the game, Iraqi coach Sass fired directly in an interview: "We have controlled the situation in both halves. But it was a red card that changed the course of the game. In any tournament, players always celebrate when they score a goal, and the referee can't show a red card just because he celebrates. Everybody saw it, the Jordanian players celebrated in the same way, and no one got a card!"