A Penalty Won by an Attacker's Cunning and a Foul Before the Second Goal/ Refereeing Experts Analyze Four Controversial Scenes in Gol Gohar's Asian Match

An Iranian football referee expert believes the Al Muharraq striker won a penalty by deceiving the referee, the sending off of Erfan Masoumi was the correct decision, and the Bahraini team's second goal came after a foul that the referee overlooked.

According to Sport Seh, the 2-0 defeat of Golgohar Sirjan against Al Muharraq in Bahrain in the second week of the Asian Champions League 2 was not limited to the result of the match and several refereeing decisions also became one of the main discussions of this game. From the announcement of a penalty in favor of the representative of Bahrain at the beginning of the second half to the dismissal of Irfan Masoumi and the last minute goal of Al-Muharraq, there were scenes that caused the reaction of the bench of Golgohar and Mehdi Rahmati.

After the match and in a press conference, Golgohar's head coach protested the decision of the referee in the scene of the second goal and believed that the Al-Muharraq player had committed a foul on his team's player before scoring. Now, refereeing expert Ali Mirzabigi has reviewed the four important scenes of this match in a conversation with Sport Se.

Al-Muharraq penalty: did the attacker cleverly deceive the referee?

The first controversial scene of the match was the collision in the penalty area of Golgohar, which led to the announcement of a penalty in favor of Al Muharraq. Artur Rezandeh converted this shot into a goal in the 48th minute to change the conditions of the match. Mirzabigi said about this scene: "If the number 6 player of Golgohar (Irfan Masoumi) had hit the opponent's left leg with that intensity, the opponent's leg should have been lifted off the ground and hit the ground with the opposite side of the body. But the striker lifts himself up artificially and hits the ground, which seems to have managed to get a penalty from the referee."

According to this expert's opinion, the way the Al-Muharraq attacker fell did not match the intensity of the alleged collision, and he believes that the Bahraini team player was able to use this scene to get a penalty. A decision that changed the course of the game.

Expulsion of Irfan Masoumi: The referee's decision was correct

After giving a penalty to the opponent, Irfan Masoumi was sent off after receiving a second yellow card a few minutes later (minute 55) so that Golgohar continued the game with one less player. This decision was among the scenes protested by the representative of Iran, but Mirzabigi believes that the referee made the right decision in this case: "In the scene of the dismissal of the goal player, he grabs the attacker with his hands and deprives the opponent of a clear opportunity to score. It may be said that the distance between the foul spot and the goal is too long, but the law does not define a limit for this purpose and it is up to the referee. Because a speedy striker can quickly cover the distance of 40-50 meters to the goal, and therefore the dismissal is correct."

Did the ball cross the goal line? A definitive diagnosis is not possible

In the 75th minute of the match, Golgohar players believed that the ball had crossed the goal line of Al Muharraq. A scene that could change the fate of the match; However, the lack of specific images from the goal line eliminates the possibility of making a definitive statement.

Mirzabigi also says about this scene: "In this scene, the goal players believed that the ball crossed the goal line, but due to the lack of a camera on the goal line, we cannot give a definite opinion. At the same time, it can be assumed that the entire perimeter of the ball did not pass."

Al-Muharraq's second goal: a mistake that the referee missed

The last scene under review was Al Muharraq's second goal in the 90+4 minute. The goal that put an end to Golgohar's hopes to return to the match. Mehdi Rahmati also protested this scene after the game and believed that before the goal, the Al-Muharraq player fouled one of his team's players.

Mirzabigi also confirms this protest in his assessment: "The Al-Muharraq team scored the second goal in the extra minutes of the second half when the player of this team made a mistake in the middle of the field on the goal player who deserved a yellow card due to recklessness, but the referee surprisingly continued the game and put the Al-Muharraq team in a scoring position."

The summary of Mirzabigi's comments shows that among the four discussed scenes, he considers the dismissal of Irfan Masoumi to be a correct decision, and he excludes the possibility of making a definitive judgment about the ball crossing the goal line due to the lack of sufficient images. On the other hand, according to him, Al-Muharraq's penalty was the result of the referee's deception and the second goal of the Bahraini team was scored after a mistake that should have been announced.

In the end, Golgehar lost with a score of 2-0, but the analysis of these scenes shows that the judgment of the Vietnamese referee in several key moments of the match had an effect on the fate of this important Asian interview of Iran's representative.