{"id":20403,"date":"2015-01-25T10:46:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-25T18:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=20403"},"modified":"2024-01-29T20:35:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T04:35:07","slug":"iran-want-life-ban-for-aussie-referee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2015\/01\/25\/iran-want-life-ban-for-aussie-referee\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran want life ban for Aussie referee"},"content":{"rendered":"

beIN Sports – TEHRAN, A top Iranian official on Sunday called for a life ban for Australian referee Ben Williams after a bungling display in their tempestuous Asian Cup quarter-final loss to Iraq.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Delegation chief Houshang Moghaddas said Iran would lodge a formal complaint against Williams following the dismissal of their protest that had Iraq fielded an ineligible player.<\/p>\n

“We will complain 100 percent, yes. With documents, with DVDs. This referee must be suspended for life,” Moghaddas told AFP in Sydney.<\/p>\n

“Our team was going to be the champions here. We worked on this team for four years. We brought a very good and ready team. They spoiled it. The referee spoiled it.”<\/p>\n

Iran were furious with Williams after he questionably yellow-carded defender Mehdrad Pooladi for simulation in the first half of their rollercoaster quarter-final with Iraq.<\/p>\n

Williams started to run off before being reminded he had already cautioned Pooladi, and returned to brandish a red card — an incident which enraged Iran coach Carlos Queiroz.<\/p>\n

Iran, Asia’s top-ranked side, were leading 1-0 at the time but the game finished 3-3 after extra time before Iraq won a penalty shootout 7-6 in Canberra.<\/p>\n

Queiroz had already been hit with a $3,000 fine for criticising Williams following their Group C win over Bahrain, and he struggled to control himself after Friday’s game.<\/p>\n

“Can he sleep tonight?” fumed the former Real Madrid and Portugal boss.<\/p>\n

Iran will make the delayed trip home on Monday after they failed with a formal protest claiming that Iraq’s Alaa Abdulzehra should have been ineligible because he tested positive for drugs last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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