2024-01-29T17:11:27+00:00
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/ Iranian referee Alireza Faghani stirred controversy once again during Monday’s match between the Iraqi and Jordanian national teams, as he had previously led 4 matches for Iraq, each one of which had more bitter memories than the other.
The Iraqi national team bid farewell to the tournament this afternoon, with a difficult loss to its Jordanian counterpart, who scored a fatal goal in the seventh minute of stoppage time after the end of regular time in the controversial match, especially after it witnessed the expulsion of Iraqi striker Ayman Hussein.
The Iranian website (Varzesh Seh Sports 3) reported in a report translated by Agency that referee Ali Reza Faghani was the most prominent figure in the match that took place in the quarter-finals of the Asian Cup between the Iraqi and Jordanian national teams, when he showed the red card to the Iraqi player Ayman Hussein who scored the second goal for the Iraqi national team, which changed the course of the match to end with three goals for Jordan versus only two goals for the Iraqis who left the tournament with this defeat.
In addition to today’s match, Faghani has also made several decisions in Iraq’s national team competitions in recent years, most recently in 2016 and the 2018 World Cup qualifier against Australia, which the Australian Kangaroos won 2-0.
Prior to that, Faghani officiated Iraq’s second group stage match of the 2015 AFC Asian Cup against Japan, which Iraq lost 1-0 in the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, and in the 2013 match, the same Iranian referee officiated the Iraq-Australia match, which the Australians also won.
These bitter memories of Faghani’s refereeing of the Iraqi national team matches, the last of which was the expulsion of player Ayman Hussein and Iraq’s elimination from the Asian Championship, were sufficient reason for Faghani’s account on social media (Instagram) to be attacked, according to the report.