After a controversial week in Malaysian
football, FAM arrived to a conclusion regarding the fracas that took place in
the FA Cup clash between JDT and T-Team at Larkin last week. They have awarded
a 3-0 victory to JDT, which also effectively dumps T-Team out of the
competition.
However, the debate doesn't end here. In
fact, it has elevated after the ruling from FAM, with some branding it as an
unfair decision.
The clash initially started on the
touchline with T-Team fitness coach Stefano and JDT head coach Cesare Ferrando
both being embroiled in a verbal outburst on the touchline. However, T-Team
claimed that two of their personnels were physically hit at as the fracas grew
inside the tunnel.
According to them, Stefano was kicked in
the groin, while their foreign player Evaldo Goncalves was punched in the face
by a Johor FA official, causing bleeding in his nose. Thus, they decided to not
continue the second half, citing security concerns as the excuse behind it.
But as far as Johor DT are concerned, they
claim that no physical hostility took place inside the tunnel, while also
putting the blame on Stefano for provoking the verbal altercation that happened
between him and Cesare Ferrando at the touchline.
Logically speaking, it is absolutely
crucial for any team to respect the game beyond anything and there is certainly
a case to make for T-Team to have resumed the second half at Larkin. After all,
the integrity of the game has to be put on a higher pedestal. But at the same
time, T-Team's security concerns are indeed understandable if the incidents
that they claimed happened inside the tunnel were true.
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