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Dubai : Inter-village soccer final ends in controversy
The final of the second All Goa inter-village soccer
tournament ended in controversy after ABC Benaulim
walked out.
Trouble broke out eight minutes into the second half
Stanley the Benaulim defender in the bid to stop
Russell of scoring miss kicked him which resulted in
a penalty being awarded in favour of Vanxim Divar with
both teams tied goalless.
The referee Mohammad Aziz flashed the red card to ABC
Benaulim goalkeeper Casmiro Palha for a charge on
Russell Rodrigues of Vanxim Divar without the ball in
play.
Linesman Azari informed Aziz about the charge made by
Palha and the referee showed the Benaulim goalkeeper
the red card.
Palha, in turn, questioned the referee why he had been
given the card, but Aziz stuck to his decision.
Watched by Samant Goel, Consul from the Consulate
General of India and a large holiday crowd of mostly
Goan expatriates, Aziz backtracked on his decision
after Benaulim refused to continue. The organising
committee of All Star Entertainment met hurriedly and
tried to have better sense prevail, but Benaulim stuck
to their decision, insisting that the decision on the
penalty also be withdrawn. "It was an offence
punishable with a red card," referee Aziz told Gulf
News.
But ABC Benaulim manager Dominic Colaco charged
favouritism for the Vanxim Divar team throughout the
tournament. "If they wanted to win the trophy this
way, why make us play at all?" Colaco asked.
Till this unfortunate incident, the final had given
the large crowd enough to cheer about. And it was the
players who were left to rue the situation in the end.
"We would have loved to win this trophy in a proper
way as we thought we were the better team," shrugged
Vanxim Divar skipper, Noel Fernandes.
"We were willing to withdraw the red card and allow
the goalkeeper to play. But they wanted even the
penalty to be withdrawn."
Gulfnews.com
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