Bahrain’s national football team says it will not enjoy a World Cup qualification device in Indonesia, to “protect the protection” of the group.
Following a contentious 2-2 draw between both countries ‘ teams last week, the Bahrain Football Association ( BFA ) reported that the Gulf nation’s players were receiving online death threats from Indonesian fans.
The BFA has requested that the fit be moved to a location outside of Indonesia for the returning match, which is scheduled for March of next year.
Neither the Indonesian Football Association ( PSSI) nor Fifa have publicly commented.
After Bahrain scored a 99th moment equalizer against Indonesia, a complete three days after their players had anticipated the game would end, a row broke out last Thursday.
The target sparked riots among Indonesia’s players and staff, one of whom had to be taken off and separated from the officials.
Indonesia’s sport organization alleged that the ref, Oman’s Ahmed Al Kaf, intentionally allowed the suit to go on until Bahrain managed to score.
Arbitrators usually indicate how much time they may add to the sport just before the scheduled 90-minute break in order to compensate for stoppages.
In this case, Al Kaf indicated an additional six days. Ahrain scored after nine.
While questionable, the laws of the game position that indicated more time is just a required, and referees are entitled to increase the amount if necessary.
” We are quite disappointed with the refereeing”, said PSSI professional member Arya Sinulingga.
” It appeared as though they extended the extra time just to let Bahrain score an equalizer.”
The PSSI claims to have received an official complaint after the match with both Fifa and the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC).
Indian football fans abused Indian football fans frequently on their social media accounts and created fake accounts posing as Ahmed Al Kaf in succeeding days.
Some fans claimed that the Omani referee had purposefully allowed the game to continue in favor of a different Gulf region. After the match, Indonesia’s boss called Al Kaf “biased” towards Bahrain.
The BFA, which had to delete comments on its social media posts and claimed its site was frequently targeted by thieves in Indonesia, responded strongly to the abuse.
The BFA expresses its deep shock at the numerous death threats the staff members have received on their social media accounts, which shows how disregard for human lives is shown by the Indonesian public, according to a statement posted on Instagram.
” It does not relate to the rules, principles and Islamic standards, nor does it reveal the progress and development of nations”.
In response, the BFA stated that it had requested that the game in Jakarta be moved outside of Indonesia because it “refuses to highlight the lives of the group users to any possible harm.”
Indian football’s authorities have frequently struggled to contain violence between supporters groups, which causes a lot of masses trouble.
Two years ago, Indonesia saw one of the world’s worst ever stadium disasters when 125 people were killed in a crush that was triggered by a fan pitch invasion in the city of Malang.
Bahrain, who are ranked 76th in the world, will confront China in their next World Cup qualifying match following month.
Indonesia, ranked 129th, enjoy Japan next in November.