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Football Association backs Sayed Abu Farha: 'Both yellow cards were wrong'
The Football Association and the Israeli national team are angry at the referee who sent off striker Sayed Abu Farha with two yellow cards in the match against Austria, claiming a great injustice was done to the player and the team. According to an Association source, even the first yellow card was undeserved. The Association is united around Coach Ran Ben Shimon and focused on the match against Ireland.
· Source: Walla. Photo as published in the article
Israeli football officials claimed that the two yellow cards received by Sayed Abu Farha in the match against Austria were erroneous, while the Football Association united around the national team and coach Ran Ben Shimon ahead of the match against Ireland.
In the Israeli national team and Football Association, it was claimed this morning (Friday) that an injustice was done to Sayed Abu Farha and the team. Officials from the Association, who typically refrain from criticism, expressed anger at the referee who issued two yellow cards and sent the striker off. An Association official said that 'both yellows were wrong. Even the first yellow didn't deserve to go to Sayed,' describing how an Austrian player larger than him pushed, pulled and shook Sayed and knocked him to the grass before the referee issued yellow to both players.
That official added that he does not understand why a second yellow was issued to Sayed, wondering 'what did he do? Celebrate a goal in the motion of a snooker or billiards game?' According to him, a great injustice was done to Sayed and the team, and the Football Association has no complaint against the player. He added that anyone claiming Sayed is not okay does not represent what really happened in the match.
Meanwhile, an official from the Football Association conveyed that all energy is now directed at the match against Ireland and the other matches awaiting the team, noting that it is only the first match and that without the red card the team would have won. According to him, the team took the second half well and changed the face of the game, tied the score and nearly reversed it, but still could play better and create more chances than it created in the first half.
Source: Walla
