I want to add the yellow could be awarded based on delay of restarting the game. Looks to me the ref tried to persuade Pouladi to get up and continue the game but Pouladi refused. If it's based on unsporting conduct maybe the goal keeper should also get one. It did not look that way. The ref may consider this is a non-issue and will let it go, until Pouladi refused to get up.

lol found this on facebook

Agree with the above. Think Williams was trying to make a "statement" about simulation, hence why he didn't let anyone on to help. He'd just forgotten he'd already booked that player. The yellow is justified and a little bit of karma, but Williams probably wouldn't have given it if he had remembered who he had already booked.

Pretty much this. No sympathy at all.

The biggest problem here is that Williams will not get punished or even marked down in the referee's assessment as according to the rule book what he did (yellow card for simulation) was technically correct. It's just that the timing was unfortunate for Iran that a referee finally got sick of the grass rolling and decided to punish it. If Williams had remembered that he had already booked Pooladi I'm sure he would have used common sense (although I'm not sure how much of this Ben Williams possesses) and let him off with a warning, It's just that he had forgotten or mistook his identity at the 2nd yellow.
Pooladi has to take some of the blame for going down clutching his face and screaming like a little girl from a light push to the chest directly in front of the referee, knowing he had already been booked, The referee asked him to get up twice and he still stayed down. All Pooladi was trying to do was get the Iraqi keeper sent off, so it's quite ironic that his cheating ended up costing his team the match.

The boys from Al Shorta are walking taller.

No complaints here.

Bummer we couldn't draw against Korea in the group to play Iraq in the semi. Saw Australia play Iraq at anz in a friendly about a decade ago.

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-PB

Hope the Iraqi fans get their burnouts right tonight this time round at Fairfield.

Our nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only comrade.

Hell of a game.

One of the best games I've what drama wise in ages

Edited by aussie pride: 23/1/2015 08:37:41 PM

he actually won't make it through the night if he goes there lol

Iraq wins and everyone leaves the pub for ANZ.

Brilliant match

FFA should take note and realise the bloke is fucking clueless. Back to the NPL.

Ben Williams is gpnna be lucky to make it through the night haha

:lol:

All the Persians crying is gonna make me cry :cry:

Amazing match.

The Iraqi Simon colosimo finishes it nicely

What a game. Tough for both teams.

Wowee

Both iran players who smiled just before they took there pens missed.

Iran readying the nukes.

What a game, just need UAE to win now.

YES!!!!

FUCK OFF IRAN

Iraq go through!