Exclude the Malaysian referee from the Asian Cup

The AFC Arbitration Committee ruled out that Malaysian referee Mohammed Amirel bin Yaqoub be excluded from the 2019 Asian Cup tournament.

Malaysian referee Ben Yaqub made a big controversy Sunday during his match against Oman and Japan, which ended in favor of the Japanese team with a single goal, coming from Japan. a questionable penalty in the 28th minute of the match, where the recovery showed that the contact between Raed Saleh, Oman player and Janki Haraguchi The Samurai striker was out of the box.

The Malaysian umpire also raised controversy again after ignoring the penalty for Oman after Salah Al Yahyai fired a powerful shot from inside the penalty box and hit a Japanese defender.

Salim bin Said Al-Wahibi, president of the Omani Football Federation, expressed his dissatisfaction with the decisions of the referee.