RESULTS referee canceled the goal Ahmad Nordin Alias on the 89th when the semi-finals of both the FA Cup and the Lions XII in Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium in Kuala Terengganu on Saturday is one hundred percent accurate.
Chairman of the Football Association Referee Malaysia (FAM) Goh Ah Chai explains that by Umpire Evaluation Report and video analysis clearly shows that Terengganu player is on the offside and only a defender Lions XII, Nazrul Nazari was behind it.
"The law does not mention that soccer goalkeepers must be the last defender and this means that any player at the opponent may be the last player and the second player the last.
"The match referee, Amirul Izwan Yaacob also have canceled the goal after getting help from the assistant referee, Azman Ismail," he told reporters at Wisma FAM, here, today.
Meanwhile, FIFA Referee Instructor C. Ravichandran said the same situation had occurred at the opening of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, when the network canceled the match referee Mexico against the hosts.
The referee's decision to cancel the fourth network Team 'turtle' cause the team was eliminated in the semi-finals of the FA Cup when Lions XII advanced to the final with the advantage on away goals after a 4-4 aggregate results dependent.
In action at Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, the operating Abdul Rahman Ibrahim squad win 3-2, after losing 1-2 to the team from across the pond in the first semi-final action.
That decision led to nearly 15,000 supporters acting wild by burning property and an ambulance and damaged several facilities inside and outside the stadium, resulting in estimated losses of about RM150,000.
Goh said the decision of the referee on the match should be commended for this situation is rare in football matches and only occurs in one of 1,000 matches.
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